Sony

Sony Corporation (ソニー株式会社, Sonī , commonly known as Sony) is a Japanese  corporation headquartered in Kōnan,. The company operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional, the largest company, the second largest , the second largest , as well as one of the most ,  being the largest Japanese media conglomerate by size overtaking the privately held,  , the largest Japanese media conglomerate by revenue.

Microsoft and Sony are known to enter into strategic partnerships to jointly develop technologies, while also competing in the video game marketplace.

Background
Sony, with its 50 percent market share in the market, is among the semiconductor sales leaders  and, as of 2015, the  in the world by annual sales figures. It is the world's largest player in the premium TV market, a market for a television of at least 55 inches with a price higher than $2,500.

Sony Corporation is the of the Sony Group (ソニー・グループ), which comprises Sony Electronics, Sony Semiconductor Solutions,, , , , and.

The company's slogan is Be Moved. Their former slogans were The One and Only (1979–1982), It's a Sony (1982–2005), like.no.other (2005–2009) and  (2009–2013).

Sony has a weak tie to the (SMFG), the successor to the  group. Sony is listed on the (in which it is a constituent of the  and  Core30 indexes) with an additional listing in the form of  listed in the  (traded since 1970, making it the oldest Japanese company to be listed in an American exchange), and was ranked 122nd on the 2020  list.

History
Sony began in the wake of. In 1946, started an electronics shop in Shirokiya, a department store building in the  area of. The company started with a capital of ¥190,000 and a total of eight employees. On 7 May 1946, Ibuka was joined by to establish a company called Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo (東京通信工業, Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation). The company built Japan's first, called the Type-G. In 1958, the company changed its name to "Sony". The first Sony store in the United States was opened on 5th Avenue in New York City on October 1, 1962.

Microsoft and Sony
Sony's personal computer line, which was spun off as in 2014, runs the Microsoft Windows operating systems. In May 2019, Microsoft and Sony entered into a joint partnership to develop cloud services based on Microsoft Azure for (AI) and entertainment. In May 2020, Sony Semiconductor Solutions and Microsoft announced their partnership to jointly develop AI-driven smart cameras with video analytics.

Xbox vs. PlayStation
Microsoft and Sony have long been competitors in the video game market with successive generations of their respective Xbox and consoles. However, Microsoft aims to move the Xbox platform away from direct competition by transitioning towards cloud-based streaming services that are available for other devices, ranging from Surface to Windows.