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Chinese Nintendo Switch console users find themselves in limbo after the announcement that online sales and services for the device will cease from 2026. Photo: EPA-EFE

Video gaming

Chinese Nintendo Switch users in limbo as Tencent ends console’s online support

Online game sales for the Chinese Nintendo Switch will cease on March 31, 2026, while other related services will end weeks later on May 15.

27 Nov 2024 - 7:00PM

Smartphones

Vivo unveils X200 smartphone weeks after release of new Apple, Huawei handsets

15 Oct 2024 - 9:21AM

Video gaming

China approves 117 video games, the most in 2024, amid Black Myth: Wukong mania

31 Aug 2024 - 5:50PM

China's economic recovery

Can China’s Black Myth: Wukong take domestic economy on a journey to the best?

China’s blockbuster video game Black Myth: Wukong is driving a wave of economic activities at a time of weak domestic demand.

28 Aug 2024 - 6:11PMvideocam

A young man plays Chinese action role-playing game Black Myth: Wukong. Photo: AFP

Video gaming

China’s Black Myth: Wukong mania lifts sales of Sony’s PS5 gaming console

The hit action role-playing game has prompted an increase in consumer spending on the mainland for video-gaming hardware.

22 Aug 2024 - 12:46PMvideocam

Video gaming

Huawei steals spotlight at ChinaJoy as HarmonyOS Next promotion entices gamers

At ChinaJoy, telecommunications equipment giant Huawei unveiled more than 40 video games that can run on the next version of its mobile operating system.

30 Jul 2024 - 6:00PMvideocam

Nvidia

Chinese promotion matches Nvidia graphics cards with Black Myth: Wukong game

The offbeat promotion reflects growing competition in the mainland graphics card market, where consumers are substituting Nvidia’s products with alternative made-in-China hardware.

16 Jun 2024 - 9:00AM

Black Myth Wukong is an action role-playing game based on the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West published in the 16th century. Photo: Game Science

Video gaming

Black Myth: Wukong game a big hit as initial pre-orders 16 times oversubscribed

The action role-playing video game, developed by Tencent-backed Game Science, is set for release on August 20.

12 Jun 2024 - 5:04AMvideocam

Huawei

Japanese firm denies it examined Huawei Pura 70 smartphone components

Several Chinese online media outlets falsely reported that a Tokyo-based research firm found more than 90 per cent of the handset’s parts to be domestically sourced.

1 May 2024 - 2:45AM

Video gaming

China approves 95 video games in April, including new Sony and NetEase titles

This was the smallest batch of video games approved so far this year by regulator the National Press and Publication Administration.

27 Apr 2024 - 5:00PMvideocam

Lost Soul Aside is an action role-playing game for personal computers as well as for gaming consoles PlayStation 4 and 5. Photo: Facebook

TSMC

Semiconductor giant TSMC to build second plant in Japan with new investor Toyota

TSMC’s second chip fabrication plant in Japan marks a major victory for Prime Minister Fumio Shikida, as his government seeks to boost domestic production of integrated circuits.

6 Feb 2024 - 10:19PMvideocam

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s second chip fabrication plant in Japan is scheduled to begin operation by the end of 2027. Image: Shutterstock

Fame and celebrity

9 film and TV roles that almost went to other actors, from Barbie to Bond

Henry Cavill went up against Daniel Craig for Bond in Casino Royale and lost, while Brangelina may never had happened if Gwen Stefani had been given the role of Jane Smith in Mr & Mrs Smith …

5 Jan 2024 - 11:01AM

India

India entertainment sector set for more mergers as US media giants eye expansion

Reliance Industries and Walt Disney are reportedly teaming up to invest up to US$1.5 billion to merge their Indian media operations.

28 Dec 2023 - 6:32PMvideocam

Video gaming

Sony highlights PS5 momentum as hardware sales top 50 million

Sony said it is seeing strong momentum for its PlayStation 5 console, with lifetime sales exceeding 50 million units, and the company seeing its best-ever Black Friday sales result.

21 Dec 2023 - 2:18PM

PS5 sales were hampered by supply chain snarls earlier in its life cycle. Photo: Shutterstock

Video gaming

6 gifts for gamers in 2023: PlayStation 5 controllers, a VR headset and more

From PlayStation 5, Xbox and Nintendo Switch controllers to the Meta Quest 3 VR headset to an arcade joystick for playing Street Fighter, 6 of the best gift options in 2023 for the video game lover in your life.

1 Dec 2023 - 4:15AM

Smartphones

China’s Realme surges past 200 million smartphone shipments

The company says it reached the milestone in the second quarter, with most devices sold outside China.

28 Nov 2023 - 1:09PM

Video gaming

Review | Marvel’s Spider-Man 2: a masterful weaving of two superheroes’ stories

Peter Parker and Miles Morales team up in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 on PlayStation 5, with developer Insomniac Games balancing their story threads into one coherent and poignant narrative.

3 Nov 2023 - 4:15PM

Apple

Apple’s Tim Cook visits supplier Luxshare’s factory ahead of Vision Pro launch

Luxshare serves as the assembler of Apple’s new Vision Pro mixed-reality headset, which is expected to be launched early next year.

18 Oct 2023 - 9:09PM

Apple chief executive Tim Cook tours a factory of Chinese supplier Luxshare Precision Industry Co in eastern Zhejiang province on October 18, 2023. Photo: Weibo

Britain

Microsoft closes US$69 billion Activision deal after Britain’s nod

The biggest deal in the gaming industry – that includes Candy Crush Saga and Call of Duty – finally won approval from UK after Microsoft agreed to sell streaming rights.

14 Oct 2023 - 1:04AM

Semiconductors

TSMC puts hopes in Japan chip plant as US project disappoints

The Taiwanese chip maker is taking an increasingly optimistic view of Japan as a production base, two industry sources said, as problems persist at its new factory in Arizona.

13 Sep 2023 - 3:16PMvideocam

Video gaming

Microsoft-Activision US$69 billion deal back on track after US court win

The decision handed a major victory to Microsoft and allowed it to close its purchase of Activision, the maker of Call of Duty and Candy Crush, as planned on July 18

12 Jul 2023 - 8:17AM

Video gaming

Microsoft’s Activision acquisition temporarily blocked by US judge

A judge granted the Federal Trade Commission’s request to temporarily block the acquisition of the video gaming giant that could have closed as early as Friday

14 Jun 2023 - 12:51PM

Apple

Which mainland Chinese firms are part of Apple’s Vision Pro supply chain?

Electronics contract manufacturer Luxshare, a major supplier of AirPods for Apple that has also won iPhone 15 orders, emerged as the assembler of the US tech giant’s Vision Pro mixed-reality headset, according to a bill of materials analysis.

14 Jun 2023 - 7:00AM

Japan

Chips ahoy! Japan recharges home-made semiconductors – with Taipei’s help

Tokyo plans to spend huge amounts on making its own advanced chips in collaboration with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, which is set to build its second Japanese plant.

9 Jun 2023 - 6:07PMvideocam

US-China relations

US sanctions Chinese men linked to notorious North Korean hackers

Wu Huihui and Cheng Hung Man allegedly laundered virtual currencies for members of the Lazarus Group, known for the Sony Pictures hack in 2014.

25 Apr 2023 - 2:52AMvideocam

The US Treasury says North Korean cyber actors looted an estimated US$1.7 billion worth of virtual currency in 2022 alone. Image: Shutterstock

Video gaming

Sony Gran Turismo film teaser at CES shows focus on entertainment content

Gran Turismo starring Orlando Bloom, a movie adaptation of the Sony PlayStation games, shows Sony’s shift from being an electronics producer to a content-driven entertainment company.

7 Jan 2023 - 1:56AMvideocam

Orlando Bloom (right) and director Neill Blomkamp on the set of “Gran Turismo”. Sony is teasing the film at the CES 2023 technology trade show this week. Photo: Gordon Timpen/via Reuters

Censorship in China

Sony gets banned from posting on China’s Weibo after angering patriots

Weibo CEO Wang Gaofei says Sony has been punished because of a post in October accused of insulting a Chinese martyr who died in the Korean war.

5 Jan 2023 - 8:00PMvideocam

TSMC

Japan lawmaker says TSMC is mulling second chip plant in the country

Yoshihiro Seki, of the Liberal Democratic Party, says the Taiwanese company is looking into further investments in Japan, where it is already building a chip plant with Sony and Denso.

25 Dec 2022 - 6:23PMvideocam

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Sony

Sony Corporation originated with an electronics shop set up in 1946 in Tokyo, and was officially christened Sony in 1958. Sony gained a reputation for innovation with the launch of the Betamax videocassette recording format and the introduction of the Walkman in 1979. Although its market share has been eroded by products from Samsung Electronics and Apple.

Chairman / President

Kenichiro Yoshida

CEO / Managing Director

Kenichiro Yoshida

CFO / Finance Director

Hiroki Totoki

Industry

Conglomerate

Website

sony.net

Headquarters address

1-7-1 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Stock Code

TYO:6758
NYSE:SNE

Year founded

1946

last updated:

30 September, 2024