History Creator / Sony

->''"Be Moved"''

Originally Matsushita Electric Co (the Sony name was invented as the name of a product line in the '50s, became the company's brand overseas at first and finally the name of the company itself by 1980) maker of numerous diverse electronic goods, prominently including televisions, stereos, [=PCs=], and cell phones, and game consoles. They also do [[AcmeProducts electronic components, industrial chemicals, batteries, toys, robots, banks, and life insurance.]] They also have their own animation studios (Creator/SonyPicturesImageworks, Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation and Creator/A1Pictures), their own major record company with numerous labels and even their own [[Creator/{{Animax}} Anime channel]] co-founded with Creator/ToeiAnimation, Creator/{{TMS|Entertainment}} and {{Sunrise}}, a anime streaming site called [[http://www.daisuki.net Daisuki]][[note]]co-founded not only with Toei, Sunrise and TMS, but also Nihon Ad Systems, Dentsu and Asatsu-DK[[/note]]. One could almost say that, like [[PlayStation3 one of their products]], they only do everything[[note]] including lawsuits against [[Creator/{{Hydraulx}} effects studios]] [[DuelingMovies for]] [[Film/{{Skyline}} similar]] [[Film/BattleLosAngeles movies]]; and getting entangled with Korean electronics company LG for Blu-ray rights[[/note]].

It's worth noting that Sony Corporation ''per se'' only does the electronics and some financial shenanigans. Most of the fingers Sony sticks in other pies are technically independent corporations-- SonyComputerEntertainment (games), Sony Pictures Entertainment (motion pictures), Sony Music Entertainment (music), Sony Financial Holdings, etc. That's before getting into Sony Corporation of America, Sony de Mexico, etc... There are dozens of Sony corporations in total ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Corporation_shareholders_and_subsidiaries The Other Wiki has a list]]). One upshot of this is that Sony has been known on more than one occasion to [[RightHandVersusLeftHand sue "itself" when conflicts arose between]], for instance, Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Corporation. Or take different sides of a political issue, such as during the SOPA fiasco, Sony Corporation was for it while Sony Computer Entertainment was against it.

It's worth noting that Sony Corporation ''per se'' only does the electronics and some financial shenanigans. Most of the fingers Sony sticks in other pies are technically independent corporations-- SonyComputerEntertainment (games), Sony Pictures Entertainment (motion pictures), Sony Music Entertainment (music), Sony Financial Holdings, etc. That's before getting into Sony Corporation of America, Sony de Mexico, etc... There are dozens of Sony corporations in total ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Corporation_shareholders_and_subsidiaries The Other Wiki has a list]]). One upshot of this is that Sony has been known on more than one occasion to sue "itself" when conflicts arose between, for instance, Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Corporation. Or take different sides of a political issue, such as during the SOPA fiasco, Sony Corporation was for it while Sony Computer Entertainment was against it.

Originally Matsushita Electric Co (the Sony name was invented as the name of a product line in the '50s, became the company's brand overseas at first and finally the name of the company itself by 1980) maker of numerous diverse electronic goods, prominently including televisions, stereos, [=PCs=], and cell phones, and game consoles. They also do [[AcmeProducts electronic components, industrial chemicals, batteries, toys, robots, banks, and life insurance.]] They also have their own animation studios (SonyPicturesImageworks and Creator/A1Pictures), their own major record company with numerous labels and even their own [[Creator/{{Animax}} Anime channel]] co-founded with Creator/ToeiAnimation, Creator/{{TMS|Entertainment}} and {{Sunrise}}, a anime streaming site called [[http://www.daisuki.net Daisuki]][[note]]co-founded not only with Toei, Sunrise and TMS, but also Nihon Ad Systems, Dentsu and Asatsu-DK[[/note]]. One could almost say that, like [[PlayStation3 one of their products]], they only do everything[[note]] including lawsuits against [[Creator/{{Hydraulx}} effects studios]] [[DuelingMovies for]] [[Film/{{Skyline}} similar]] [[Film/BattleLosAngeles movies]]; and getting entangled with Korean electronics company LG for Blu-ray rights[[/note]].

Originally Matsushita Electric Co (the Sony name was invented as the name of a product line in the '50s, became the company's brand overseas at first and finally the name of the company itself by 1980) maker of numerous diverse electronic goods, prominently including televisions, stereos, [=PCs=], and cell phones, and game consoles. They also do [[AcmeProducts electronic components, industrial chemicals, batteries, toys, robots, banks, and life insurance.]] They also have their own animation studios (SonyPicturesImageworks and Creator/A1Pictures), their own major record company with numerous labels and even their own [[Creator/{{Animax}} Anime channel]] co-founded with Creator/ToeiAnimation, Creator/{{TMS|Entertainment}} and {{Sunrise}}, a anime streaming site called [[http://www.daisuki.net Daisuki]][[note]]co-founded not only with Toei, Sunrise and TMS, but also Nihon Ad Systems, Dentsu and Asatsu-DK[[/note]]. One could almost say that, like [[PlayStation3 one of their products]], they only do everything[[note]] including lawsuits against [[{{Hydraulx}} effects studios]] [[DuelingMovies for]] [[Film/{{Skyline}} similar]] [[Film/BattleLosAngeles movies]]; and getting entangled with Korean electronics company LG for Blu-ray rights[[/note]].

Originally Matsushita Electric Co (the Sony name was invented as the name of a product line in the '50s, became the company's brand overseas at first and finally the name of the company itself by 1980) maker of numerous diverse electronic goods, prominently including televisions, stereos, [=PCs=], and cell phones, and game consoles. They also do [[AcmeProducts electronic components, industrial chemicals, batteries, toys, robots, banks, and life insurance.]] They also have their own animation studios (SonyPicturesImageworks and Creator/A1Pictures), their own major record company with numerous labels and even their own [[Creator/{{Animax}} Anime channel]] co-founded with Creator/ToeiAnimation, Creator/{{TMS|Entertainment}} and {{Sunrise}}, a anime streaming site called [[http://www.daisuki.net Daisuki]][[note]]co-founded not only with Toei, Sunrise and TMS, but also Nihon Ad Systems, Dentsu and Asatsu-DK[[/note]]. One could almost say that, like [[PlayStation3 one of their products]], they only do everything[[note]] including lawsuits against [[{{Hydraulx}} effects studios]] [[DuelingMovies for]] [[Film/{{Skyline}} similar]] [[Film/BattleOfLosAngeles movies]]; and getting entangled with Korean electronics company LG for Blu-ray rights[[/note]].

* {{Blu-ray}}

Originally Matsushita Electric Co (the Sony name was invented as the name of a product line in the '50s, became the company's brand overseas at first and finally the name of the company itself by 1980) maker of numerous diverse electronic goods, prominently including televisions, stereos, [=PCs=], and cell phones, and game consoles. They also do [[AcmeProducts electronic components, industrial chemicals, batteries, toys, robots, banks, and life insurance.]] They also have their own animation studios (SonyPicturesImageworks and Creator/A1Pictures), their own major record company with numerous labels and even their own [[Creator/{{Animax}} Anime channel]] co-founded with Creator/ToeiAnimation, Creator/{{TMS|Entertainment}} and {{Sunrise}}, a anime streaming site called [[http://www.daisuki.net Daisuki]][[note]]co-founded not only with Toei, Sunrise and TMS, but also Nihon Ad Systems, Dentsu and Asatsu-DK[[/note]]. One could almost say that, like [[PlayStation3 one of their products]], they only do everything[[note]] including lawsuits against [[{{Hydraulx}} effects studios]] [[DuelingMovies for]] [[Film/{{Skyline}} similar]] [[BattleLosAngeles movies]]; and getting entangled with Korean electronics company LG for Blu-Ray rights[[/note]].

It is also the current owner of Creator/ColumbiaPictures and TriStarPictures, which along with their record company (Sony Music, owner of Creator/ColumbiaRecords and Creator/EpicRecords) has led the company to switch sides in [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil the intellectual-property war]]. Said record company, Sony Music Entertainment, has the dubious distinction of being the only major record company to ship a rootkit (malignant software which takes over your computer) on a music CD, all in the name of [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil the war on piracy]].

It is also the current owner of Creator/ColumbiaPictures and TriStarPictures, which along with their record company (Sony Music, owner of Creator/ColumbiaRecords and Epic Records) has led the company to switch sides in [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil the intellectual-property war]]. Said record company, Sony Music Entertainment, has the dubious distinction of being the only major record company to ship a rootkit (malignant software which takes over your computer) on a music CD, all in the name of [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil the war on piracy]].

->''"make.believe"''

They make numerous diverse electronic goods, prominently including televisions, stereos, [=PCs=], and cell phones, and game consoles. They also do [[AcmeProducts electronic components, industrial chemicals, batteries, toys, robots, banks, and life insurance.]] They also have their own animation studios (SonyPicturesImageworks and Creator/A1Pictures), their own major record company with numerous labels and even their own [[Creator/{{Animax}} Anime channel]] co-founded with Creator/ToeiAnimation, Creator/{{TMS|Entertainment}} and {{Sunrise}}, a anime streaming site called [[http://www.daisuki.net Daisuki]][[note]]co-founded not only with Toei, Sunrise and TMS, but also Nihon Ad Systems, Dentsu and Asatsu-DK[[/note]]. One could almost say that, like [[PlayStation3 one of their products]], they only do everything[[note]] including lawsuits against [[{{Hydraulx}} effects studios]] [[DuelingMovies for]] [[Film/{{Skyline}} similar]] [[BattleLosAngeles movies]]; and getting entangled with Korean electronics company LG for Blu-Ray rights[[/note]].

They make numerous diverse electronic goods, prominently including televisions, stereos, [=PCs=], and cell phones, and game consoles. They also do [[AcmeProducts electronic components, industrial chemicals, batteries, toys, robots, banks, and life insurance.]] They also have their own animation studios (SonyPicturesImageworks and Creator/A1Pictures), their own major record company with numerous labels and even their own [[Creator/{{Animax}} Anime channel]] co-founded with Creator/ToeiAnimation, {{TMS}} and {{Sunrise}}, a anime streaming site called [[http://www.daisuki.net Daisuki]][[note]]co-founded not only with Toei, Sunrise and TMS, but also Nihon Ad Systems, Dentsu and Asatsu-DK[[/note]]. One could almost say that, like [[PlayStation3 one of their products]], they only do everything[[note]] including lawsuits against [[{{Hydraulx}} effects studios]] [[DuelingMovies for]] [[Film/{{Skyline}} similar]] [[BattleLosAngeles movies]]; and getting entangled with Korean electronics company LG for Blu-Ray rights[[/note]].

->''"It's a Sony."''
-->--'''Old slogan''' for Sony Electronics

It is also the current owner of Creator/ColumbiaPictures and TriStarPictures, which along with their record company has led the company to switch sides in [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil the intellectual-property war]]. Said record company, Sony Music Entertainment, has the dubious distinction of being the only major record company to ship a rootkit (malignant software which takes over your computer) on a music CD, all in the name of [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil the war on piracy]].

They make numerous diverse electronic goods, prominently including televisions, stereos, [=PCs=], and cell phones, and game consoles. They also do [[AcmeProducts electronic components, industrial chemicals, batteries, toys, robots, banks, and life insurance.]] They also have their own animation studios (SonyPicturesImageworks and Creator/A1Pictures), their own major record company with numerous labels and even their own [[{{Animax}} Anime channel]] co-founded with Creator/ToeiAnimation, {{TMS}} and {{Sunrise}}, a anime streaming site called [[http://www.daisuki.net Daisuki]][[note]]co-founded not only with Toei, Sunrise and TMS, but also Nihon Ad Systems, Dentsu and Asatsu-DK[[/note]]. One could almost say that, like [[PlayStation3 one of their products]], they only do everything[[note]] including lawsuits against [[{{Hydraulx}} effects studios]] [[DuelingMovies for]] [[Film/{{Skyline}} similar]] [[BattleLosAngeles movies]]; and getting entangled with Korean electronics company LG for Blu-Ray rights[[/note]].

They make numerous diverse electronic goods, prominently including televisions, stereos, [=PCs=], and cell phones, and game consoles. They also do [[AcmeProducts electronic components, industrial chemicals, batteries, toys, robots, banks, and life insurance.]] They also have their own animation studios (SonyPicturesImageworks and Creator/A1Pictures), their own major record company with numerous labels and even their own [[{{Animax}} Anime channel]] co-founded with Creator/ToeiAnimation, {{TMS}} and {{Sunrise}}, a anime streaming site called [[http://www.daisuki.net Daisuki]][[note]]co-founded not only with Toei, Sunrise and TMS, but also Nihon Ad Systems, Dentsu and Asatsu-DK.[[/note]] One could almost say that, like [[PlayStation3 one of their products]], they only do everything[[note]] including lawsuits against [[{{Hydraulx}} effects studios]] [[DuelingMovies for]] [[Film/{{Skyline}} similar]] [[BattleLosAngeles movies]]; and getting entangled with Korean electronics company LG for Blu-Ray rights[[/note]].

They make numerous diverse electronic goods, prominently including televisions, stereos, [=PCs=], and cell phones, and game consoles. They also do [[AcmeProducts electronic components, industrial chemicals, batteries, toys, robots, banks, and life insurance.]] They also have their own animation studios (SonyPicturesImageworks and Creator/A1Pictures), their own major record company with numerous labels and even their own [[{{Animax}} Anime channel]] co-founded with Creator/ToeiAnimation, {{TMS}} and {{Sunrise}}, a anime streaming site called [[http://www.daisuki.net Daisuki]] co-founded with Toei Animation, Sunrise, TMS, Nihon Ad Systems, Dentsu and Asatsu-DK. One could almost say that, like [[PlayStation3 one of their products]], they only do everything[[note]] including lawsuits against [[{{Hydraulx}} effects studios]] [[DuelingMovies for]] [[Film/{{Skyline}} similar]] [[BattleLosAngeles movies]]; and getting entangled with Korean electronics company LG for Blu-Ray rights[[/note]].

Responsible for being the TropeNamer for ''GiantEnemyCrab'', ''AttackItsWeakPoint'', and ''ForMassiveDamage'', all from their disastrous 2006 E3 conference keynote.

They make numerous diverse electronic goods, prominently including televisions, stereos, [=PCs=], and cell phones, and game consoles. They also do [[AcmeProducts electronic components, industrial chemicals, batteries, toys, robots, banks, and life insurance.]] They also have their own animation studios (SonyPicturesImageworks and Creator/A1Pictures), their own major record company with numerous labels and even their own [[{{Animax}} Anime channel]] co-founded with Creator/ToeiAnimation, {{TMS}} and {{Sunrise}}. One could almost say that, like [[PlayStation3 one of their products]], they only do everything[[note]] including lawsuits against [[{{Hydraulx}} effects studios]] [[DuelingMovies for]] [[Film/{{Skyline}} similar]] [[BattleLosAngeles movies]]; and getting entangled with Korean electronics company LG for Blu-Ray rights[[/note]].

They make numerous diverse electronic goods, prominently including televisions, stereos, [=PCs=], and cell phones, and game consoles. They also do [[AcmeProducts electronic components, industrial chemicals, batteries, toys, robots, banks, and life insurance.]] They also have their own [[SonyPicturesImageworks visual effects studio]], their own [[Creator/A1Pictures Anime studio]], their own major record company with numerous labels and even their own [[{{Animax}} Anime channel]] co-founded with Creator/ToeiAnimation, {{TMS}} and {{Sunrise}}. One could almost say that, like [[PlayStation3 one of their products]], they only do everything[[note]] including lawsuits against [[{{Hydraulx}} effects studios]] [[DuelingMovies for]] [[Film/{{Skyline}} similar]] [[BattleLosAngeles movies]]; and getting entangled with Korean electronics company LG for Blu-Ray rights[[/note]].

Responsible for being the TropeNamer for ''GiantEnemyCrab'' ''and'' ''AttackItsWeakPoint'', both from their disastrous 2006 E3 conference keynote.

They make numerous diverse electronic goods, prominently including televisions, stereos, [=PCs=], and cell phones, and game consoles. They also do [[AcmeProducts electronic components, industrial chemicals, batteries, toys, robots, banks, and life insurance.]] They also have their own [[SonyPicturesImageworks visual effects studio]], their own [[{{A-1 Pictures}} Anime studio]], their own major record company with numerous labels and even their own [[{{Animax}} Anime channel]] co-founded with Creator/ToeiAnimation, {{TMS}} and {{Sunrise}}. One could almost say that, like [[PlayStation3 one of their products]], they only do everything[[note]] including lawsuits against [[{{Hydraulx}} effects studios]] [[DuelingMovies for]] [[Film/{{Skyline}} similar]] [[BattleLosAngeles movies]]; and getting entangled with Korean electronics company LG for Blu-Ray rights[[/note]].

Responsible for being the TropeNamer for ''GiantEnemyCrab'' after their disastrous 2006 E3 conference keynote.

They make numerous diverse electronic goods, prominently including televisions, stereos, [=PCs=], and cell phones, and game consoles. They also do [[AcmeProducts electronic components, industrial chemicals, batteries, toys, robots, banks, and life insurance.]] They also have their own [[SonyPicturesImageworks visual effects studio]], their own [[{{A-1 Pictures}} Anime studio]], their own major record company with numerous labels and even their own [[{{Animax}} Anime channel]] co-founded with ToeiAnimation, {{TMS}} and {{Sunrise}}. One could almost say that, like [[PlayStation3 one of their products]], they only do everything[[note]] including lawsuits against [[{{Hydraulx}} effects studios]] [[DuelingMovies for]] [[Film/{{Skyline}} similar]] [[BattleLosAngeles movies]]; and getting entangled with Korean electronics company LG for Blu-Ray rights[[/note]].

* CompactDisc (with Phillips)

-> ''It's a Sony.''