List of acquisitions by Sony explained

is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest media conglomerates. The company's history of acquisitions reflects its strategic efforts to expand and diversify its business across various sectors such as entertainment, technology, and digital media. As a result, Sony has successfully broadened its presence across multiple industries, solidifying its position as a leader.

In 1988, Sony acquired CBS Records Group, marking its first major step into the music industry. The company entered the film and television sectors with the acquisition of Columbia Pictures Entertainment in 1989. The acquisition of Psygnosis in 1993 played a key role in bolstering the launch of Sony's PlayStation console in 1994, which became a global success and marked the company's shift to digital entertainment.

Established in 2001, Sony Ericsson was a joint venture between Sony Corporation and Ericsson, and in 2012, it acquired Ericsson's 50% stake in the joint venture, making Sony the sole owner of the mobile phone business. Formed in 2004 as a joint venture between Sony Music Group and Bertelsmann Music Group, Sony BMG became fully part of Sony in 2008 when it acquired Bertelsmann's stake.

In 2012, Sony Interactive Entertainment acquired Gaikai to enhance its PlayStation Network offerings and expand its gaming portfolio into the realm of cloud gaming. That same year, Sony Music Group acquired a 30% stake in EMI Music Publishing and purchased the remaining 70% stake in 2018. Toshiba's image sensor business was acquired by Sony Semiconductor Solutions in 2015.

Crunchyroll, a leading anime streaming service and licensing company, was acquired in 2020 by Sony Pictures Entertainment and Aniplex. During the same year, Sony acquired the remaining shares of Sony Financial Group that it did not already own. Sony Interactive Entertainment's acquisition of Bungie in 2022 was a crucial step in expanding its gaming portfolio and strengthening its position in the highly competitive gaming industry.

Sony is known for acquiring over 100 companies, taking stakes in more than 50 others, and making over 20 divestments, although the actual total may be higher, as the company generally does not disclose most of its transactions unless revealed by the press. Furthermore, Sony has not disclosed the financial details of most of its acquisitions, stakes, and divestments.

Acquisitions

Date	Company	Business	Country	data-sort-type="number"	Value (USD)	Used as or integrated with	References
	WEGA	Consumer electronics	Germany	—	Sony Corporation	[1]
	Music Center	Professional audio	United States	—	Sony Corporation of America	[2]
	Nippon Fairchild Semiconductor chip plant	Semiconductor	Japan	—	Sony Semiconductor Solutions	[3]
	CBS Records Group, CBS/Sony	Music	United States	2,000,000,000	Sony Music Group	[4]
	Tree International Publishing	Music publishing	United States	40,000,000	Sony Music Group	[5]
	Trans Com Systems	In-flight entertainment	United States	—	Sony Corporation of America	[6]
	Materials Research	Semiconductor	United States	—	Sony Corporation of America	[7]
	Columbia Pictures Entertainment	Film, television	United States	3,400,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[8]
	Guber-Peters Entertainment	Film, television	United States	200,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[9]
	AMD chip plant	Semiconductor	United States	55,000,000	Sony Semiconductor Solutions	[10]
	Culver Studios	Film, television	United States	80,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[11]
	RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video	Home entertainment	United States	325,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[12]
	Psygnosis	Video game	United Kingdom	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[13]
	Sony of Canada	Consumer electronics	Canada	207,000,000	Sony Canada	[14]
	Sony Life	Insurance	Japan United States	—	Sony Financial Group	[15]
	CyberLife Technology game development business	Video game	United Kingdom	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[16]
	RTime	Broadband networks	United States	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[17]
	Bend Studio	Video game	United States	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[18]
	Naughty Dog, Red Zone Interactive	Video game	United States	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[19]
	Acuff-Rose Music	Music publishing	United States	157,000,000	Sony Music Group	[20]
	Incognito Entertainment	Video game	United States	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[21]
	Aiwa	Consumer electronics	Japan	—	Sony Corporation	[22]
	Sonic Foundry desktop software business	Editing software	United States	19,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[23]
	GospoCentric Records	Music	United States	—	Sony Music Group	[24]
	International Display Technology	Display	Japan	177,000,000	Sony Corporation	[25]
	SN Systems	Game development tool	United Kingdom	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[26]
	Guerrilla Games	Video game	Netherlands	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[27]
	Konica Minolta camera business	Digital camera	Japan	—	Sony Corporation	[28]
	Zipper Interactive	Video game	United States	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[29]
		Film, television, video on demand	United States	65,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[30]
	Famous Music	Music publishing	United States	370,000,000	Sony Music Group	[31] [32]
	Bigbig Studios, Evolution Studios	Video game	United Kingdom	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[33]
	Sony Bank	Bank	Japan	—	Sony Financial Group	[34]
	2waytraffic	Television	Netherlands	363,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[35]
	Gracenote	Automatic content recognition	United States	260,000,000	Sony Corporation of America	[36] [37]
	Sony BMG	Music	Japan Germany	1,200,000,000	Sony Music Group	[38] [39] [40]
	Sony NEC Optiarc	Computer data storage	Japan	—	Sony Corporation	[41]
	Embassy Row	Television	United States	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[42]
	Convergent Media Systems	Content delivery network	United States	—	Sony Corporation	[43]
	iCyt Mission Technology	Flow cytometry	United States	—	Sony Corporation of America	[44]
	Media Molecule	Video game	United Kingdom	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[45] [46]
	Suzhou Epson	Display	China	118,000,000	Sony China	[47]
	Toshiba chip plant	Image sensor	Japan	648,000,000	Sony Semiconductor Solutions	[48]
	Hawk-Eye Innovations	Computer vision	United Kingdom	—	Sony Corporation	[49]
	Sucker Punch Productions	Video game	United States	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[50]
	Micronics	Medical device	United States	—	Sony Corporation of America	[51]
	Netblender	Optical disc authoring	United States	—	Sony Corporation of America	[52]
	Sony Ericsson	Mobile phone	Japan Sweden	1,500,000,000	Sony Corporation	[53]
	Bulldog United	Automatic content recognition	United States	—	Sony Corporation of America	[54]
	Multi Screen Media	Television	India	271,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[55]
	Gaikai	Cloud gaming	United States	380,000,000	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[56]
	Sony Network Communications	Internet service provider	Japan	697,000,000	Sony Corporation	[57]
	Left Bank Pictures	Television	United States	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[58] [59]
	Pixim	Semiconductor	United States	—	Sony Corporation	[60]
	Senior Enterprise	Nursing	Japan	—	Sony Financial Group	[61]
	Renesas chip plant	Image sensor	Japan	72,000,000	Sony Semiconductor Solutions	[62]
	Stellify Media	Television	United Kingdom	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[63]
	Teleset	Television	Colombia	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[64]
	CSC Media Group	Television	United Kingdom	180,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[65] [66]
	Curio Pictures	Television	Australia	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[67] [68]
	The Orchard	Music	United States	200,000,000	Sony Music Group	[69]
	Wakanim	Film, television, video on demand	France	—	Aniplex	[70] [71]
	Optical Archive	Digital preservation	United States	—	Sony Corporation of America	[72]
	Memnon Archiving Services	Digital preservation	Belgium	—	Sony Europe	[73]
	Century Media Records	Music	Germany	17,000,000	Sony Music Group	[74]
	Softkinetic	Semiconductor	Belgium	—	Sony Semiconductor Solutions	[75]
	Toshiba image sensor business	Image sensor	Japan	155,000,000	Sony Semiconductor Solutions	[76]
	Altair Semiconductor	Semiconductor	Israel	212,000,000	Sony Semiconductor Solutions	[77]
	Plumbee	Online casino	United Kingdom	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[78]
	Essential Music & Marketing	Music	United Kingdom	—	Sony Music Group	[79]
	Sony/ATV Music Publishing	Music publishing	Japan United States	750,000,000	Sony Music Group	[80]
	eSaturnus	Professional video over IP	Belgium	—	Sony Europe	[81]
	Ministry Of Sound Recordings	Music	United Kingdom	104,000,000	Sony Music Group	[82]
	Ten Sports	Television	India	385,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[83]
	Wildstar Records	Music	United Kingdom	2,250,000	Sony Music Group	[84]
	TruTV	Television	United Kingdom	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[85]
	Crispin	Broadcast automation	United States	—	Sony Corporation	[86]
	finetunes, Phonofile	Music	Germany Norway	—	Sony Music Group	[87]
	Yuuai Holdings	Nursing	Japan	—	Sony Financial Group	[88]
	Funimation	Film, television, video on demand	United States	143,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[89] [90]
	Revolve	Action figure	Japan	—	Aniplex	[91]
	EMI Music Publishing	Music publishing	United Kingdom	2,300,000,000	Sony Music Group	[92]
	Audiokinetic	Game development tool	Canada	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[93]
	Madman Anime Group	Film, television, video on demand	Australia	25,000,000	Aniplex	[94]
	Manga Entertainment	Film, television	United Kingdom	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[95]
	Mido Holdings	Network virtualization	Switzerland	—	Sony Semiconductor Solutions	[96]
	Nurulize	On-set virtual production	United States	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[97]
	Milan Records	Music	United States	—	Sony Music Group	[98]
	The Araca Group merchandising business	Merchandising	United States	—	Sony Music Group	[99]
	Insomniac Games	Video game	United States	229,000,000	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[100]
	Kontraband	Merchandising	United Kingdom	—	Sony Music Group	[101]
	Game Show Network	Television	United States	500,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[102]
	Silvergate Media	Television	United States	195,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[103]
	Insightness	Dynamic vision sensor	Switzerland	—	Sony Semiconductor Solutions	[104]
	Eleven	Television	United Kingdom	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[105]
	Sony Financial Holdings	Financial services	Japan	3,700,000,000	Sony Financial Group	[106] [107]
	Nevion	On-set virtual production	Norway	—	Sony Corporation	[108] [109]
	Pure Flix	Film, television, video on demand	United States	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[110]
	Human Re-Sources	Music	United States	—	Sony Music Group	[111]
	Probity	Merchandising	United Kingdom	—	Sony Music Group	[112]
	Floresta	Television	Brazil	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[113] [114]
	Somethin' Else	Podcast, radio program	United Kingdom	—	Sony Music Group	[115]
	Alamo Records	Music	United States	—	Sony Music Group	[116]
	Housemarque	Video game	Finland	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[117]
	Nixxes Software	Video game	Netherlands	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[118]
	Crunchyroll	Film, television, video on demand	United States	1,175,000,000	Aniplex, Sony Pictures Entertainment	[119] [120]
	Firesprite	Video game	United Kingdom	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[121]
	Fabrik Games	Video game	United Kingdom	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment
	Bluepoint Games	Video game	United States	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[122]
	Bad Wolf	Television	United Kingdom	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[123]
	Valkyrie Entertainment	Video game	United States	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[124]
	Ceremony of Roses	Merchandising	United States	—	Sony Music Group	[125]
	Ultra Records	Music	United States	—	Sony Music Group	[126]
	Lasengle	Video game	Japan	—	Aniplex	[127]
		Television	United States	350,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[128]
	Som Livre	Music	Brazil	255,000,000	Sony Music Group	[129] [130]
	AWAL, Kobalt Neighboring Rights	Music	United States	430,000,000	Sony Music Group	[131] [132]
	Haven Studios	Video game	Canada	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[133] [134]
	Bungie	Video game	United States	3,700,000,000	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[135] [136]
	Repeat.gg	Esports	United States	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[137]
	Right Stuf	Film, television, e-commerce	United States	—	Aniplex, Sony Pictures Entertainment	[138]
	Neon Koi	Video game	Germany Finland	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[139] [140]
	Pixomondo	Visual effects	United States	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[141]
	Beyond Sports	Software visualization	Netherlands	—	Sony Corporation	[142]
	Above Board	Music	United Kingdom	—	Sony Music Group	[143]
	Firewalk Studios	Video game	United States	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[144]
	Myriagon Studio	Film, television	Japan	—	Aniplex	[145]
	OKListen	Music	India	—	Sony Music Group	[146]
	Audeze	Audio electronics	United States	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[147]
	iSIZE	Video processing	United Kingdom	—	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[148]
	Altafonte Network	Music		—	Sony Music Group	[149]
	Japan Display panel plant	Display		11,460,000	Sony Semiconductor Solutions	[150]
	Neon Hum Media	Podcast		—	Sony Music Group	[151]
	Alamo Drafthouse Cinema	Movie theater		200,000,000	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[152] [153]
	3Hz	Animation	Japan	—	Aniplex	[154]
	Eleventh Hour Films	Television	United Kingdom	—	Sony Pictures Entertainment	[155] [156]
	Zepp	Music venue	Japan	—	Sony Music Group	[157]
	KinaTrax	Motion capture	United States	—	Sony Corporation	[158]
	Just In Case	Insurance	Japan	—	Sony Financial Group	[159]

Stakes

Date	Company	Stake	Business	Country	data-sort-type="number"	Value (USD)	References
	CBS/Sony	50%, currently 100%	Music	Japan United States	—	[160]
	Sony Prudential Life	50%, currently 100%	Insurance	Japan United States	—	[161]
	RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video	50%, currently 100%	Home entertainment	United States	—	[162]
	Multi Screen Media	62%, currently 100%	Television	India	—	[163] [164]
	Sony/ATV Music Publishing	50%, currently 100%	Music publishing	Japan United States	115,000,000	[165]
	ST Liquid Crystal Display	50%, currently 10%	Display	Japan	—	[166]
	Telemundo	37.48%, currently 0%	Television	United States	125,000,000	[167] [168]
	General Instrument	4.3%	Semiconductor	United States	187,500,000	[169]
	ePlus	50%, currently 51%	Primary ticket outlet		—	[170] [171]
	M3	90%, currently 34%	Medical websites	Japan	—	[172] [173]
	Sony Bank	80%, currently 100%	Bank	Japan	248,000,000	[174]
	Sony Ericsson	50%, currently 100%	Mobile phone	Japan Sweden	250,000,000	[175] [176]
	Square	19%, currently 0%	Video game	Japan	124,000,000	[177] [178]
	Intertrust Technologies	49%	Digital rights management	United States	226,500,000	[179]
	S-LCD	49%, currently 0%	Display	Japan Korea, Republic of	1,000,000,000	[180]
	Sony BMG	50%, currently 100%	Music	Japan Germany	—	[181]
	Huaso	49%	Film, television	China	—	[182]
	MGM Holdings	20%, currently 0%	Film, television	United States	257,000,000	[183]
	Shine TV	21%, currently 0%	Television	United Kingdom	—	[184] [185]
	Madhouse	minority	Animation	Japan	—	[186]
	Sony Network Communications	58%, currently 100%	Internet service provider	Japan	—	[187]
	Sony NEC Optiarc	55%, currently 0%	Computer data storage	Japan	—	[188]
	Cellius	49%	Video game	Japan	—	[189]
	Field Emission Technologies	36.5%	Field-emission display	Japan	—	[190]
	Sony Financial Holdings	60%, currently 100%	Financial services	Japan	—	[191]
	Moversa	50%	Contactless smart card	Japan Netherlands	14,000,000	[192]
	Tuvalu Media	60%, currently 0%	Television	Netherlands	—	[193] [194]
	Gogglebox	minority	Television	United Kingdom	—	[195]
	Spotify	6%, currently 2.85%	Music streaming service		2,200,000	[196] [197] [198]
	Sharp Display Products	7.04%, currently 0%	Display	Japan	109,000,000	[199] [200]
	Fearnet	33.3%, currently 0%	Film, television, video on demand	United States	—	[201] [202]
	Vevo	majority	Music	United States	—	[203] [204]
	Syco Entertainment	50%, currently 0%	Music	United Kingdom	—	[205]
	Victory Television	50%	Television	United Kingdom	—	[206]
	Silver River Productions	majority	Television	United Kingdom	—	[207]
	EMI Music Publishing	30%, currently 100%	Music publishing	United Kingdom	607,500,000	[208] [209]
	Olympus	11.46%, currently 0%	Optical devices	Japan	600,000,000	[210]
	Game Show Network	58%, currently 100%	Television	United States	234,000,000	[211]
	Sony Olympus Medical Solutions	51%	Medical device	Japan	—	[212]
	Bleeding Fingers Music	50%	Film score, soundtrack	United States	—	[213]
	Scarlet Media	majority	Television	United Kingdom	—	[214]
	Internet Media Services	51%, currently minority	Digital marketing	United States	100,000,000	[215] [216]
	Fable Pictures	minority	Television	United Kingdom	—	[217]
	Planet TV	majority	Television	Turkey	—	[218]
	Cogitai	majority	Artificial intelligence	United States	—	[219]
	Blueprint Television	minority	Television	United Kingdom	—	[220]
	Palladium Fiction	minority	Television	Sweden	—	[221]
	DefinedCrowd	minority	Artificial intelligence	United States	—	[222]
	Stolen Picture	minority	Television	United Kingdom	—	[223]
	Live2D	majority	Motion graphics, computer animation	Japan	—	[224]
	Peanuts Worldwide	39%	Film, television, comic	United States	185,000,000	[225]
	APM Music	50%	Production music	United States	—	[226]
	Cinnamon AI	minority	Artificial intelligence	Japan	—	[227]
	The Whisper Group	minority	Television	United Kingdom	—	[228]
	Bilibili	4.98%	Film, television, video on demand	China	400,000,000	[229]
	BeatStars	minority	Music licensing	United States	—	[230]
	iDreamSky	minority	Video game	China	5,000,000	[231]
	Satisfy	20%	Television	France	—	[232]
	Epic Games	1.4%, currently 5.4%	Video game, software development	United States	1,450,000,000	[233] [234] [235]
	Kadokawa	1.93%	Film, television, publishing	Japan	47,000,000	[236]
	Evolution Championship Series	50%	Esports	United States	—	[237]
	Discord	minority	Voice over IP, instant messaging	United States	—	[238]
	Tiger Media International	minority	Music		—	[239]
	Scopely	minority	Video game	United States	500,000,000	[240]
	Devolver Digital	5.03%	Video game	United States	—	[241]
	Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing	20%, currently 6%	Semiconductor	Japan	500,000,000	[242] [243]
	NetEase Cloud Music	minority	Music streaming service	China	100,000,000	[244]
	WK Records	minority	Music	United States	—	[245]
	AccelByte	minority	Backend as a service	United States	—	[246]
	Sony Honda Mobility	50%	Battery electric vehicle	Japan	—	[247]
	FromSoftware	14.09%	Video game	Japan	122,000,000	[248]
	Rapidus	minority	Semiconductor	Japan	7,500,000	[249]
	Raspberry Pi Trading	minority	Semiconductor	United Kingdom	—	[250]
	Rimas Entertainment	30%	Music		—	[251]
	Neural Pocket	4.56%	Artificial intelligence	Japan	5,000,000	[252]
	Proactiv Entertainment	majority	Music		—	[253]
	Sony Network Communications Labs	90%	Blockchain, Web3	Japan Singapore	—	[254]
	Akatsuki	9.87%	Video game	Japan	—	[255]
	OVO Sound	minority	Music		—	[256]
	Carry1st	minority	Video game	South Africa	—	[257]
	Black Sky Creative	majority	Music	United States	—	[258]

Divestitures

Date	Acquirer	Target company	Target business	Acquirer country	data-sort-type="number"	Value (USD)	References
	Praxair	Materials Research	Sony Corporation of America	United States	—	[259]
	Rockwell Collins	Trans Com Systems	Sony Corporation of America	United States	—	[260]
	Oaktree Capital Management, Onex	Loews Cineplex Entertainment	Sony Pictures Entertainment	United States Canada	—	[261]
	Studio City Los Angeles	Culver Studios	Sony Pictures Entertainment	United States	125,000,000	[262]
	Toshiba	Cell chip plant	Sony Interactive Entertainment		835,000,000	[263]
	J. Front Retailing	StylingLife Holdings	Sony Corporation	Japan	—	[264]
	Development Bank of Japan	Sony Chemicals	Sony Corporation	Japan	730,000,000	[265]
	BMG Rights Management	Famous Music UK music catalogue	Sony Music Group		90,000,000	[266]
	Anthem Records	Music catalogue 1993-2012	Sony Pictures Entertainment		150,000,000	[267]
	Tribune Media	Gracenote	Sony Corporation of America	United States	170,000,000	[268] [269]
	Japan Industrial Partners	Sony Vaio	Sony Corporation	Japan	—	[270]
	Columbus Nova	Sony Online Entertainment	Sony Interactive Entertainment	United States	—	[271]
	Magix	Sonic Foundry desktop software business	Sony Pictures Entertainment	United States	—	[272]
	Murata Manufacturing	Lithium-ion battery business	Sony Corporation		168,000,000	[273]
	Reservoir Media	Century Media Records music catalogue	Sony Music Group	United States	—	[274]
	VinPower Digital	Sony NEC Optiarc	Sony Corporation	United States	—	[275]
			Sony Pictures Entertainment	United States	—	[276] [277]
	Satisfaction Group	Sony Pictures Television France	Sony Pictures Entertainment		—	[278]
	ES Broadcast	Memnon Archiving Services	Sony Europe		—	[279]
	Scopely	GSN Games	Sony Pictures Entertainment	United States	1,000,000,000
	Banijay	Sony Pictures Television Germany	Sony Pictures Entertainment		—	[280]
	Média Participations	Anime Digital Network	Aniplex, Sony Pictures Entertainment		—	[281]
	Blackstone	Sony Payment Services	Sony Financial Group		280,000,000	[282] [283]

See also

• List of largest mergers and acquisitions
• Lists of corporate acquisitions and mergers

Notes and References

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8. News: Sony Completes $3.4-Billion Acquisition of Columbia. Los Angeles Times. 8 November 1989. 28 September 2011.
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10. News: Sony Microchip Plant. 18 June 2023.
11. News: Sony Culver Studios. 21 April 2023.
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