Sony Computer Entertainment
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Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) is publishing LittleBigPlanet.
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[edit] Data Sheet
- Company Name: Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. (or SCEI)
- Company Type: Subsidiary of the Sony Corporation
- Foundation: November 16th, 1993 by the Sony Corporation.
- Location: Minami-Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
- Key People:
- Kazuo Hirai: Chairman & Group CEO, SCEI
- Jack Tretton: President & CEO, SCEA
- Phil Harrison: President, SCE Worldwide Studios
- Industry: Video game consoles, Video games
- Products:
- Pocketstation
- PlayStation (PSone)
- PlayStation 2 (PS2)
- PSX
- PlayStation Portable (PSP)
- PlayStation 3 (PS3)
- Website: scei.co.jp
[edit] Description
Sony Computer Entertainment, Incorporated ("株式会社ソニー・コンピュータエンタテインメント" or "Kabushiki Gaisha Sonī Konpyūta Entateinmento") (SCEI) is a Japanese video game company specializing in a variety of areas in the video game industry, mostly in video game consoles and is a full subsidiary of the Sony Corporation, founded on November 16, 1993 in Tokyo, Japan.
SCEI handles the research and development, production, and sales of hardware and software for their high-selling PlayStation line of handheld and video game consoles. SCEI is also a developer and publisher of video games for their systems.
SCEI is comprised of several subsidiaries covering the company's biggest markets: United States of America, Europe, Oceania and Asia. The original soundtracks of its game franchises are produced and distributed by Sony's Japanese distributive unit Aniplex.
SCEI's American subsidiary SCEA (Sony Computer Entertainment America) is publishing LittleBigPlanet, but the development is being left entirely to the Media Molecule. Sony has chosen to limit its involvement in the development process to offering advice, which Media Molecule don't always follow, and this amiable, hands-off approach has fostered positive relations between the development team and SCEA, and good faith.
[edit] Internal organization
On September 14, 2005 Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios (SCE WWS) was formed, and will be responsible for the global creative, technical and strategic direction setting of development and production of computer entertainment software for the PlayStation family. It is headed by former SCEE VP Phil Harrison.
[edit] Slogans
Slogans by Sony Computer Entertainment advertisings campaign:
- "Enos Lives" – PS
- "U R Not e" – PS
- "Do Not Underestimate The Power Of The PlayStation." – PS
- "Wherever, Whenever, Forever" – PS
- "Live In Your World, Play In Ours." – PS, PS2
- "Welcome to the Third Place" – PS2
- "Fun, Anyone?" – PS2
- "WELCOME CHANG3" – PS3
- "This is Living" – PS3
- "PLAY B3YOND" – PS3
[edit] Linux
In 2002, Sony released the first useful operating system for a video game console, after the Net Yaroze experience. The kit turned the PlayStation 2 into a full fledged computer system running Linux. The mix of hardware and software cost approximately US$149 at launch in February, 2007.
The PlayStation 3 is sold with another Linux distribution pre-installed on its hard disk drive to better control online and multimedia capabilities.
In November 2005 Sony formed the Linux Alliance with IBM and Philips.
