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Sony Interactive Entertainment ('''SIE''' for short, formerly "Sony Network Entertainment" and "Sony Computer Entertainment") was founded and established on November 16, 1993 in Tokyo, Japan as a subsidiary of Sony to create the [[PlayStation]] video game console. The PlayStation was the result of Nintendo and Sony teaming up to try to create a CD add-on for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES for short). However, the deal said that Sony must license the SNES-CD games and not Nintendo. This betrayed Nintendo, and they asked Philips to create the add-on, and the deal was accepted. Philips went on to create four video games for their CD-i, since they had some of the licenses from Nintendo's characters. Once Sony heard about Nintendo and Philips' collaboration which gave Sony "a taste of their own medicine", they went on to independently develop a CD-based game console, the PlayStation. It was a success, leaving Sony to make more PlayStation consoles (including the PlayStation 2, which has gone on to become the best-selling console of all time, at sales of over 150 million units worldwide), even a portable console called the PSP. They continued to make a successful line of consoles and handhelds, such as the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation Vita, the PlayStation 4, and most recently the PlayStation 5. In April 2016, Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Network Entertainment was restructured and reorganized into Sony Interactive Entertainment, carrying over the operations and primary objectives from both companies.

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'''Logo:''' We fade into a white background, then an {{Font color|orange|orange}}/{{Font color|yellow|yellow}} gradient diamond appears. After that, two triangles appear on the diamond in an "S" shape. After it's completed, "{{Font color|darkblue|SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT}}" appears, with "SONY" above the diamond and in its corporate font (actually a variation of the Clarendon typeface font).

*On earlier generation PlayStation consoles (SCPH-100x series to SCPH-555x series), the SCE text is larger and the trademark symbol is on the right of the diamond instead of the "COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT" text.

*On very early Japan-region consoles, the sound can still be heard fading out over the menu screen.

'''Music/Sounds Trivia:''' The music's sequence is generated by 3 integrated PCM sound files which come from the BIOS software (the chimes, bass note and a "shattering"-like reversed sound). All of them are being played in different speeds and pitches than the original samples (also processed in reverb). This is also the same with the following PlayStation logo.

'''Editor’s Note:''' Many people consider this to be one of the greatest console startups, due to its unique sound and nostalgia factor. Notably, this logo is still used as the print logo for Sony Interactive Entertainment today, and can be found on box art of several first-party games from Sony.

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'''Availability:''' Common. It appears on many games developed and/or published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation consoles. The first game to use this logo was the Japan-only PlayStation launch title ''Crime Crackers''.

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'''Logo:''' On a black background with {{Font color|blue|blue}} clouds and 5 dark, giant glass cubes, we see "Sony Computer Entertainment" in white fade in and fade out in the span of a few seconds. We also see four comets, colored {{Font color|blue|blue}}, {{Font color|green|green}}, {{Font color|pink|pink}}, and {{Font color|red|red}} (representing the colors of the shapes [X, Triangle, Square, and Circle, respectively] that are on the round buttons on a PlayStation controller). We slowly zoom into the {{Font color|blue|blue}} clouds, tilting as we do so. After a few seconds, depending on a few things explained below, we suddenly zoom in and go to either the main menu, the PlayStation Broadband Navigator, the "Red Screen of Death" variant listed below, the PS2 logo, the PS1 logo, or the start of the DVD/CD if one is inserted.

*How long we zoom into the blue clouds depends on a few factors; whenever there is a hard disk inserted, if the hard disk is corrupted, if the PSBBN is installed in the HDD, how long the console takes to boot up the software, etc. It ranges from instantaneous to about twenty seconds.

*Depending on how much data you have on a PS2 Memory Card, there will be white blocks all over the screen when you turn on the PS2. This only happens if a Memory Card and/or Memory Cards with saved data is inserted into the Memory Card slots. As a game gets played more and more, its block will become an ever-growing tower with a misty trail behind it. The screen will be empty if there is no Memory Card inserted.

* There is also a variant referred to as the "Red Screen of Death". After we zoom into the blue clouds, we see {{Font color|red|red}} clouds of mist or smoke spiraling around a moving {{Font color|red|red}} light. A glass cube zooms into view and starts to revolve around the light as a message appears saying "Please insert a PlayStation or PlayStation 2 format disc." (this appears in a different language depending on what language your PlayStation 2 is set on, e.g. "Por favor, inserte un disco de formato PlayStation o PlayStation 2." in Spanish). Another glass cube that is further away from us comes into view from behind the text, and also revolves around the light.

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'''Logo:''' On a black background, the white text "Sony Computer Entertainment" fades in, which is positioned on the center of the screen. Behind it is a line of color starting to emerge. The text fades out and the line emerges, revealing a moving lava lamp-like background in a color depending on the month or selected in the settings. The XMB interface appears when there is no UMD in the latch or the UMD Auto-Start is turned off.

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'''Logo:''' Against a {{Font color|blue|blue}} background, we see a series of {{Font color|silver|silvery}} lines waving up and down. The words "Sony Computer Entertainment" in white fade in on the right.

'''Variant:''' The color of the background varies depending on the month it is set to (the colors can be set manually, however). Blue or black are the default colors. A {{Font color|gold|gold}} and {{Font color|purple|purple}} background also exists.

'''Music/Sounds:''' An orchestra of string and woodwind instruments warming up, sounding similar to the orchestra in the [[THX]] Cimarron trailer. Like the 1st logo's music, it starts before the background fades in. After the September 1, 2009 update, the music was slightly changed.

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