Sony Group spans entertainment and technology in a combination no other company quite matches. PlayStation makes it one of the world's largest gaming businesses, Sony Music is a top global label, and Sony Pictures produces film and television. On the hardware side, its image sensors sit inside most premium smartphone cameras, a quiet near-monopoly, alongside consumer electronics from televisions to audio. Founded in Tokyo in 1946, Sony evolved from a transistor radio pioneer into a portfolio built around owning and monetizing creative content.