Sony Group created the PlayStation and owns the Sony Pictures and Sony Music businesses.
Sony began in Japan in 1946 as Tokyo Tsushin Kenkyujo, later known as Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering. The company adopted the name Sony in 1958 and expanded from electronics into entertainment, gaming, music, film, and financial services.
The original PlayStation launched in Japan in 1994 and became a major force in the video-game industry. Sony’s entertainment operations include Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment, giving the group valuable businesses in film, television, recorded music, and publishing.
The company changed its corporate name from Sony Corporation to Sony Group Corporation in 2021. Sony is sometimes confused with Sony Interactive Entertainment, the subsidiary responsible for PlayStation; the publicly traded parent is Sony Group Corporation.