Digital | ON: GAMES Aug 26, 2018
by Brian Ashcraft
The upcoming month brings with it the "Marvel's Spider-Man" PS4 game and console release, an all-women SNK game and the expo for all gamers — Tokyo Game Show.
Business / Corporate Aug 15, 2018
Sony's catch-up plan to break into pro camera market
by Yuji Nakamura and Yuki Furukawa
Eight seconds — that's how long a cowboy needs to stay on a bucking bronco to qualify for a rodeo score. For photographers, that's barely enough time to take just a few blurry, often unusable pictures. "In the past, these images would have been made ...
Business / Corporate Aug 9, 2018
Sony opens experimental 'park' in Ginza
by Kazuaki Nagata
In what appears to be an unusual mix, tech giant Sony Corp. opened a "park" in the middle of the Tokyo's ritzy Ginza district on Thursday with four subterranean levels. Ginza Sony Park was built at the site where the Sony Building, a former landmark, ...
Business Jul 20, 2018
Comcast concedes to Disney in bidding war for Fox assets but still vies to buy chunk of Sky
Comcast Corp. dropped its $66 billion bid for Twenty-First Century Fox Inc.'s entertainment assets on Thursday but said it would still try to expand its international footprint by acquiring 61 percent of European broadcaster Sky PLC, the remainder of which is owned by Fox. Comcast's ...
Business / Tech Jul 19, 2018
Sony starts taking advance orders for new version of Aibo robot dog
Sony Corp. started accepting advance orders Thursday in Japan for its new artificial intelligence-equipped Aibo robot dog, making it possible for every would-be buyer to own the electric pet amid greater-than-expected demand. In January when Sony released an upgraded version of AIBO — its predecessor ...
Business / Tech Jun 26, 2018
Vaio Corp., the Sony Corp. computer spinoff, said Tuesday it will begin showing virtual reality movies in a theater in the capital's Shinjuku district on July 2. Vaio, which took over Sony's personal computer business, is hoping to expand the VR market by combining the ...
Business / Corporate Jun 4, 2018
Sony backs maker of instrument that RZA and Grimes can't live without
Sony Corp.'s venture capital arm is backing Roli, the maker of digital musical instruments like the Seaboard that have attracted stars including Wu-Tang Clan rapper RZA and Canadian artist Grimes. CEO Roland Lamb described the funding from the Sony Innovation Fund as a "significant investment ...
Business May 31, 2018
Sony plans to launch 'Everybody's Taxi' dispatch service within fiscal year
Sony Corp. is moving forward with plans to introduce a taxi-hailing service in Japan, unveiling a joint venture with cab companies called "Everybody's Taxi." The electronics maker, which announced in February that it was forming the alliance, said on Thursday it will begin services within ...
Business / Corporate May 24, 2018
A Sony Car? New CEO says he has always wanted to work on moving objects
Sony Corp.'s new chief executive officer is interested in taking the electronics maker in an entirely new direction: objects that move. Kenichiro Yoshida, who took over in April, said on Wednesday that he's always wanted to work on "moving objects," adding that it's far too ...
Business / Corporate May 24, 2018
Sony's new PlayStation chief hints at return to portable gaming
Sony Corp.'s new PlayStation chief John Kodera said he sees a future in portable gaming, departing from his predecessor's view that there's a limited market for handheld games. Kodera, who replaced Andrew House as the head of the ¥1.84 trillion ($16.6 billion) games division in ...
Business / Corporate May 22, 2018
Sony buys EMI Music Publishing in $1.9 billion deal to beef up music catalog
by Kazuaki Nagata
Sony announced it will acquire a majority stake in EMI, which holds rights to about 2.1 million songs, including from artists such as Pink and Kanye West.