Talk:Sony Interactive Entertainment

SCE and PlayStation article
This article should focus more on the company rather than the products of the company. This article seems to focus more on the PlayStation brand rather than the company itself. The article should talk more about the company and less about the products. See: Apple Inc. and Hewlett-Packard.

I believe that the "Software Initiatives" and "Marketing" sections should be moved to the PlayStation article. The Hardware section should be simplified into one or two all-encompassing paragraphs. Those sections should be altered and merged into the PlayStation article respectively. I would do them but I just want to make sure that there is no objections.KiasuKiasiMan (talk) 13:01, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Teruo / "Terry" TOKUNAKA
Terry Tokunaka is often quoted as a "president" and/or CEO of SCEI - by Phil Harrison, in many instances : http://www.edge-online.com/magazine/the-making-of-playstation?page=0%2C1

- or in the book Sony, by John Nathan, Mariners Books, 2001, p. 304

This Tokunkga is nowhere to be seen in the article. Can someone find his real place in the SCE organigram ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.102.120.242 (talk) 04:06, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Missing owned IP?
Is Jet Li: Rise to Honor missing from the owned franchises and properties list? It was developed and published by SCEA so i'd assume SCE actually own the rights to the game. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.198.198.10 (talk) 21:10, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

SCEA - Foster City or Santa Monica
I've seen both, Foster City and Santa Monica, as locations where SCE of America was initially established. Both locations seem plausible, but which one was first? -- Make (talk) 00:38, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

Insomniac Games
Insomniac games is no longer an exclusive studio of Sony Computer Entertainment since 2010. In fact, the studio has now a partnership with EA, through the EA Partners Brand. So I would like to put Insomniac Games as a "third" studio partner of Sony. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tazmania91 (talk • contribs) 14:36, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Rewrite and Update
I think that Sony Computer Entertainment wiki page might need a rewrite and update, especially in hardware and corporate sections. Also some new sections could improve the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.69.148.5 (talk) 16:21, 11 June 2012 (UTC)

SIE is a new subsidiary encompassing both SCE and SNEI
There seems to be some confusion surrounding the announcement of Sony Interactive Entertainment. From my reading of the press release, Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Network Entertainment International are dissolved into Sony Interactive Entertainment; and, therefore, no longer exist. From this day forward, they operate under a new, unified company name. They have assimilated the old logo and updated the name at SCE headquarters. If this interpretation is correct, then this page should be wp:moved to Sony Interactive Entertainment. — TPX 12:05, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

SCE vs SIE in historical record
I raised this point at List of PlayStation 4 games article and I'm bringing it here in an attempt to gain a broader consensus. Namely, we can expect to see some editors renaming changing publishing data for games published by SCE before April 1, 2016 into SIE, essentially re-visioning a concrete historic piece of information which may go against WP:V - thus making Wikipedia claim that a 2015 game was published by SIE, when all other contemporary publications online and the game's credits themselves say it was published by SCE. Games are a form of media similar to books, newspapers and films in that they come with impressums and credits, which, once published, can no longer be changed. For example, Final Fantasy II was published by Square in 1988 (not Square Enix) and it will remain that way forever regardless of the later name-changes, mergers or bankruptcies that may ensue. InflatableSupertrooper (talk) 07:22, 4 April 2016 (UTC)


 * I think it would be a good idea to split SCE and SIE into two separate articles. The current SIE is not the same company as the former SCE. Maestro2016 (talk) 14:31, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

Disagree: I think the info is false that SIE and SCE should be spilt, they are the same, the only differences is that SCE is Japan and SIE is USA. Benjaminkirsc (talk) 17:52, 31 July 2019 (UTC)


 * According to the SIE company profile page, SIE LLC (USA) and SIE Inc. (Japan) are listed as two different companies, with SIE LLC founded in 2016 and SIE Inc. (formerly SCE) founded in 1993. Maestro2016 (talk) 22:51, 3 August 2019 (UTC)


 * They are two different legal entities, but under the same global leadership team led out of San Mateo, CA and operate as two components of the same corporate group. Many companies have a similar structure, for example, Facebook's European headquarters is in Dublin and is a separate legal entity.69.36.132.252 (talk) 22:40, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

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Create page about Hermen Hulst
Hermen Hulst became the Head of Worldwide Studios as of November 7, 2019. He was also important at Guerrilla Games. So there should be a separate page about him on Wikipedia. -Artanisen (talk) 12:05, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

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SIE is clearly an American company
SIE is clearly an American company, not a multinational company. In formal American English, a corporation is always described as taking the nationality of its country or state of incorporation. This is hammered into law students when they study corporate law in Business Associations courses. Like the one I took, which was taught by this guy.

Take a look at SIE's "Our Company" page. San Mateo is depicted as the "Global Headquarters". Pay attention to where all the top corporate officers are based. They're all based in San Mateo, not Tokyo.

Take a look at SIE's most recent Statement of Information on file with the California Secretary of State. SIE is an California LLC. Coolcaesar (talk) 04:40, 30 August 2023 (UTC)


 * I think the article should be split into Sony Interactive Entertainment and Sony Computer Entertainment. Clearly, they are two different companies, one an American company founded in 2016 and the other a Japanese company founded in 1993. 147.12.151.166 (talk) 04:08, 14 September 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 September 2023
'Hiroki Totoki, Sony Group's president and CEO, will take over as chairman of SIE in October 2023 and then will act as interm CEO of SIE in April 2024 after Ryan's departure.' to 'Hiroki Totoki, Sony Group's president, COO and CFO, will take over as chairman of SIE in October 2023 and then will act as interm CEO of SIE in April 2024 after Ryan's departure.'

Hiroki Totoki is not the CEO of Sony Group. He is the COO and CFO. source:https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/CorporateInfo/executive/ Halfawakehalfasleep (talk) 16:00, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ GSK (talk • edits) 21:54, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 2 April 2024
Jim Ryan has left Sony. Hiroki Totoki has become interim CEO. Deedr1234 (talk) 01:43, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ Have added a source to confirm --M asem (t) 02:13, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

SCEI and SNEI merging together to become SIE LLC is plain wrong
SIE LLC was a new company established in April 2016 by Sony Corporation to oversee the global market and network infrastructures, and as such, nothing to do with it being a merger of two different companies. SCEI was renamed SIEI, while SNEI remained open for a long time. Yuyuluzu (talk) 05:28, 5 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Concern understood, could you suggest a wording? Without being a business writer, I would think it was characterized as a merger because there aren't sources flr SNEI's activities afterwards. IgelRM (talk) 13:07, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
 * https://www.playstation.com/en-us/legal/terms-of-use-april-2016/
 * April 1, 2016. You will see a company called Sony Interactive Entertainment Network America LLC being mentioned here. Yuyuluzu (talk) 00:26, 29 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Interactive Entertainment are two different companies. They should be split into separate articles, instead of being lumped together. 2A00:23C6:1EA9:3C01:C903:8DB6:9286:5DA7 (talk) 18:34, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
 * One is a natural continuation of the other, it makes no sense to split them. M asem (t) 19:13, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
 * The old Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. is now called Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., though. They're literally the same company.
 * I do believe only focusing on SIE LLC (the CA HQ) is kind of limiting. Yuyuluzu (talk) 23:55, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
 * They're different companies. SCE is a Japanese company founded in 1993. SIE is an American company founded in 2016. Presenting them as the same company is misleading and disingenuous. 2A00:23C6:1EA9:3C01:9A1:6D86:E41A:56DB (talk) 02:09, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
 * There a two companies carrying the SIE name, though. It's not even a SIE Europe situation, both the California and Tokyo HQ are named SIE. Yuyuluzu (talk) 03:43, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
 * This article's lead sentence says Sony Interactive Entertainment is an American company founded in 2016. It's not referring to the historical Japanese company founded in 1993. I think it was a mistake to rename Sony Computer Entertainment to Sony Interactive Entertainment, but Sony Interactive Entertainment should've been a separate new article. 2A00:23C6:1EA9:3C01:45DF:9823:ECFC:903F (talk) 15:29, 19 June 2024 (UTC)
 * No, it shouldn't. Both companies have been part of Sony's GN&S, and it makes no sense to have a separate article about the historical Japanese company, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., when it STILL exists to this day, under the name of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. Yuyuluzu (talk) 12:46, 9 July 2024 (UTC)