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
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
The United States enacts more sanctions on North Korea in response to their alleged involvement in the hacking attack on Sony. The sanctions target the North Korean Special Operation Force and 10 government officials. 2015-01-2
Sony says it will sell its PC unit and split its TV division into a separate subsidiary as part of its restructuring programme. 2014-02-6
Sony announces they sold one million PlayStation 4 units in the first day. 2013-11-17
Japanese electronics company Sony reduces sales and profit forecasts due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a computer hacking attack and slowing demand in the US and Europe. 2011-07-28
Sony starts restoring its PlayStation Network following the recent PlayStation Network outage on a country-by-country basis, with all services to be restored by the end of May. 2011-05-15
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