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SONY
Sony Corporation is a conglomerate owning a series of other businesses, which often have the Sony name. some of its products include consumer electronics, video games, media/entertainment and computer hardware. The company is one of the leading manufacturers of electronic products for the consumer and professional markets.

PlayStation origin
Sony Computer ntertainment is best known for producing the popular line of PlayStation consoles. The line grew out of a failed partnership with !intendo. "riginally, !intendo re#uested for Sony to develop an add$on for its console that would play Compact %iscs. &n '((' Sony announced the add$on, as well as a dedicated console known as the )Play Station). *owever, a disagreement over software licensing for the console caused the partnership to fall through. Sony then continued the pro+ect independently. ,aunched in '((-, the first PlayStation gained .'/ of global console sales and broke !intendo0s long$standing lead in the market. Sony followed up with the PlayStation 1 in 1222, which was even more successful. The console has become the most successful of all time, selling over '32 million units as of 12''.

ps4
Sony released the PlayStation 4, a high$definition console, in 122.. &t was the first console to use the 5lu$ray format, although its e6pensive Cell processor made it considerably more e6pensive than competitors 7bo6 4.2 and 8ii. arly on, poor sales performance resulted in significant losses for the company, pushing it to sell the console at a loss. The PlayStation 4 sold generally more poorly than its competitors in the early years of its release but managed to overtake the 7bo6 4.2 in global sales later on. &t later introduced the PlayStation 9ove, an accessory that allows players to control video games using motion gestures. Sony e6tended the brand to the portable games market in 1223 with the PlayStation Portable :PSP;. The console has sold reasonably, but has taken a second place to a rival handheld, the !intendo %S. Sony developed the <niversal 9edia %isc :<9%; optical disc medium for use on the PlayStation Portable. arly on, the format was used for movies, but it has since lost ma+or studio support. Sony released a disc$less version of its PlayStation Portable, the PSP =o. The company went on to release its second portable video game system, PlayStation >ita, in 12'' and 12'1. Sony launched its fourth console, the PlayStation -, on !ovember '3, 12'4.

ps "n 9arch '? 12'-, at =%C, President of Sony Computer ntertainment 8orldwide Studios Shuhei @oshida announced their new virtual reality technology dubbed Pro+ect 9orpheus for PlayStation -. The headset, still in prototype form, will bring >A gaming and non$gaming software to the company0s new console. The ,ast of <s is an action$adventure survival horror video game developed by !aughty %og and published by Sony Computer ntertainment e6clusively for the PlayStation 4. &t was officially released worldwide on Bune '-, 12'4. The ,ast of <s was the second$largest video game launch of 12'4, after =rand Theft Cuto >, selling over '.4 million units in its first week. Cs of 9arch 12'-, the game has sold over . million units worldwide.