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Sony Corporation originated with an electronics shop set up in 1946 in Tokyo, and was officially christened Sony in 1958. Sony gained a reputation for innovation with the launch of the Betamax videocassette recording format and the introduction of the Walkman in 1979. Although its market share has been eroded by products from Samsung Electronics and Apple.
- The world’s largest contract chip maker said Toyota will join as a new investor of its Japanese manufacturing subsidiary JASM
- TSMC’s new facility will be built close to its first plant in Kumamoto Prefecture on the southwestern island of Kyushu
Henry Cavill went up against Daniel Craig for Bond in Casino Royale and lost, while Brangelina may never had happened if Gwen Stefani had been given the role of Jane Smith in Mr & Mrs Smith …
Reliance Industries and Walt Disney are reportedly teaming up to invest up to US$1.5 billion to merge their Indian media operations.
Sony said it is seeing strong momentum for its PlayStation 5 console, with lifetime sales exceeding 50 million units, and the company seeing its best-ever Black Friday sales result.
From PlayStation 5, Xbox and Nintendo Switch controllers to the Meta Quest 3 VR headset to an arcade joystick for playing Street Fighter, 6 of the best gift options in 2023 for the video game lover in your life.
The company says it reached the milestone in the second quarter, with most devices sold outside China.
Peter Parker and Miles Morales team up in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 on PlayStation 5, with developer Insomniac Games balancing their story threads into one coherent and poignant narrative.
Luxshare serves as the assembler of Apple’s new Vision Pro mixed-reality headset, which is expected to be launched early next year.
The biggest deal in the gaming industry – that includes Candy Crush Saga and Call of Duty – finally won approval from UK after Microsoft agreed to sell streaming rights.
The Taiwanese chip maker is taking an increasingly optimistic view of Japan as a production base, two industry sources said, as problems persist at its new factory in Arizona.
The decision handed a major victory to Microsoft and allowed it to close its purchase of Activision, the maker of Call of Duty and Candy Crush, as planned on July 18
A judge granted the Federal Trade Commission’s request to temporarily block the acquisition of the video gaming giant that could have closed as early as Friday
Electronics contract manufacturer Luxshare, a major supplier of AirPods for Apple that has also won iPhone 15 orders, emerged as the assembler of the US tech giant’s Vision Pro mixed-reality headset, according to a bill of materials analysis.
Tokyo plans to spend huge amounts on making its own advanced chips in collaboration with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, which is set to build its second Japanese plant.
Wu Huihui and Cheng Hung Man allegedly laundered virtual currencies for members of the Lazarus Group, known for the Sony Pictures hack in 2014.
Gran Turismo starring Orlando Bloom, a movie adaptation of the Sony PlayStation games, shows Sony’s shift from being an electronics producer to a content-driven entertainment company.
Weibo CEO Wang Gaofei says Sony has been punished because of a post in October accused of insulting a Chinese martyr who died in the Korean war.
Yoshihiro Seki, of the Liberal Democratic Party, says the Taiwanese company is looking into further investments in Japan, where it is already building a chip plant with Sony and Denso.
Persona Royal 5 has been re-released on multiple platforms – PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch and PC – but the most important change is the ability to now play it on the go.
Released Wednesday on PS5, PS4 and PC, God of War Ragnarok currently has a 94 per cent rating on review aggregator Metacritic and could be just the boost Sony needs in 2022.
Japan will invest up to US$500 million in a new semiconductor company led by Sony Group and NEC, as the country rushes to re-establish itself as a lead maker of advanced chips.
Microsoft has been building a team to scout for Chinese games after the success of Genshin Impact, which on gaming consoles is exclusive to Sony’s PlayStation.
Sony is betting on access to Honda’s decades-long expertise in car manufacturing, sales and servicing, while Honda seeks to tap Sony’s knowledge in entertainment, networking and sensors for autonomous vehicles.
Activision Blizzard’s launch of its highly anticipated Overwatch 2 was plagued by connectivity issues reportedly caused by DDoS attacks, resulting in long queue times for players.
VTubers, or virtual YouTubers, are the latest in Japan’s virtual entertainers. They have seen increasing growth in the country in the past few years – and Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) is predicting they will go global.
Drawing more than half-a-billion viewers, the annual IPL tournament trails only English soccer and the National Football League in popularity globally.
The list is still growing as more firms report financial results in the days and weeks ahead.
Sony and Lego owner Kirkbi each invested US$1 billion into Epic, bringing its valuation to US$31.5 billion.
The new PlayStation service, in development under the code name Spartacus, is Sony’s answer to Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and a unit of Sony are the largest beneficiaries of Tokyo’s bid to join the global race to manufacture chips.
