Sources: BBC IGN
The world's largest annual video game industry event E3 2020 is officially cancelled due to concerns over the coronavirus. The highly anticipated event was scheduled to take place on June 9, ahead of major console launches for Microsoft and Sony. 2020-03-11
Sony agrees to a $2.3 billion deal where they will buy a controlling interest in EMI Music Publishing. The deal will mean that Sony would indirectly own 90% of the music publisher and its two million songs. 2018-05-21
Saturday's earthquake forces Sony to close its plant in the Kumamoto Prefecture. Toyota, Honda, and Nissan also stop work at several plants in the region. 2016-04-16
Sony announces $278.2 million in net profits for the quarter ending Sept. 30, beating market expectations. 2015-10-29
Sony announces they sold one million PlayStation 4 units in the first day. 2013-11-17
Sony admits it increased the price of two Whitney Houston albums hours after she was found in the bathtub of her hotel room last Saturday. Fans react with outrage. 2012-02-15
Hacker group Lulz Security claims to have again compromised Sony's online security system and posted the results online. 2011-06-6
Sony states that it will delay the restart of its PlayStation Network following the PlayStation Network outage, and that it has managed to remove user data that had been posted online by a third party. 2011-05-7
Sony blames recent malfunctions of older PS3 "fat" models on an internal clock glitch. 2010-03-1