Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.

Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. is a video game company. The company was established on November 16, 1987 in Tokyo, Japan prior to the launch of the original PlayStation video game system. The logo has been used since 1994.

Playstation
Sony's first home console release, the Playstation was initially designed to be a CD-ROM drive add-on for Nintendo's Super Nintendo Entertainment System (a.k.a. Super Famicom or SNES) video game console, in response to Sega's Sega CD. The PlayStation was released in Japan on December 3, 1994 and later in North America on September 9, 1995.

Playstation 2
Currently the highest selling home console of all time, SCE's second home console, the Playstation 2 (PS2) was released in Japan on March 4, 2000, and later in North America and Europe in October and November 2000, respectively. The PS2 is powered by a proprietary central processing unit, the Emotion Engine, and was the first video game console to have DVD playback functionality included out of the box. Initially, the system was criticized for its complex development environment, due mainly to the proprietary hardware included, however despite these complaints the PlayStation 2 received widespread support from third party developer's throughout its lifespan on the market.

Playstation 3
The newest home console in the PlayStation family, as well as Sony's entry in the seventh-generation of consoles, the Playstation 3 (PS3) was launched in November 2006. It utilizes a unique processing architecture, the Cell microprocessor, a proprietary technology developed by Sony in conjunction with Toshiba and IBM. The graphics processing unit, the RSX 'Reality Synthesizer', was co-developed by NVIDIA and Sony. Several variations of the PS3 have been released, each with slight hardware and software differences, each denoted by the varying size of the included hard disk drive (20, 40, 60, 80, and 160GB). A 120GB Slim model has been released and is now the current default system. The 20, 40, 60 and 80GB versions, however, have since been discontinued.

Playstation Portable (PSP)
The Playstation Portable (PSP) is SCE's first foray into the handheld console market, which was and to this date still is dominated by Nintendo. Its development was first announced during SCE's E3 conference in 2003, and it was officially unveiled during their E3 conference on May 11, 2004. The system was released in Japan on December 12, 2004, in North America on March 24, 2005 and in Europe and Australia on September 1, 2005. The console has since seen two major redesigns, with new features including a smaller size, more internal memory, a better quality LCD screen and a lighter weight. A new design, the PSP Go, was released on October 1, 2009 for North America and Europe and on November 1, 2009 for Japan. It has a 3.8" LCD which slides up to reveal the main controls. The PSP Go is 45% lighter and 56% smaller than the original PSP and does not support UMD. The device does support Bluetooth and will be completely digital meaning all media must be downloaded or transferred to the device which has 16 GB of internal flash memory.

Owned franchises

 * Alundra
 * Ape Escape
 * Alundra
 * Ape Escape
 * Arc the Lad
 * ATV Offroad Fury
 * Beyond the Beyond
 * Buzz!
 * Calling All Cars!
 * Colony Wars
 * Dark Cloud
 * Demon's Souls
 * Destruction Derby
 * Dog's Life
 * Downhill Domination
 * Dropship: United Peace Force
 * Echochrome
 * Extermination
 * EyeToy
 * FantaVision
 * Folklore
 * Gangs of London
 * Genji
 * Getaway, The
 * Ghosthunter
 * God of War
 * Gran Turismo
 * Hardware
 * Heavenly Sword
 * Heavy Rain
 * Hot Shots Golf
 * ICO
 * inFamous
 * Intelligent Qube
 * Jak and Daxter
 * Jeanne d'Arc
 * Jet Moto
 * Jumping Flash!
 * Killzone
 * Kinetica
 * Lair
 * Last Guy, The
 * The Last Guardian
 * Legend of Dragoon, The
 * Legend of Legaia
 * Lemmings
 * LittleBigPlanet
 * LocoRoco
 * Mark of Kri, The
 * MediEvil
 * MLB: The Show
 * ModNation Racers
 * Motor Toon Grand Prix
 * MotorStorm
 * NBA
 * NFL GameDay
 * NFL Xtreme
 * NHL FaceOff
 * Okage: Shadow King
 * Omega Boost
 * PaRappa the Rapper
 * Patapon
 * PoPoLoCrois
 * Primal
 * Pursuit Force
 * Rally Cross
 * Ratchet & Clank
 * Resistance
 * Rogue Galaxy
 * Shadow of the Colossus
 * SingStar
 * Siren
 * Sly Cooper
 * SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs
 * Syphon Filter
 * Turbo Prop Racing
 * Twisted Metal
 * Uncharted
 * War of the Monsters
 * Warhawk
 * Wipeout
 * Wild Arms
 * White Knight Chronicles