Sony Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries develop, design, manufacture and sell electronic equipment, instruments and devices for consumer and industrial markets. It also develops, produces, manufactures and markets home-use game consoles and software, and develops, produces, manufactures and distributes recorded music in all commercial formats and musical genres. It is also engaged in the development, production, manufacture, marketing, distribution and broadcasting of image-based software, including film, video and television, and in various financial service businesses, including insurance operations through a Japanese life insurance subsidiary and non-life insurance subsidiaries, banking operations through a Japanese Internet-based banking subsidiary and leasing and credit financing operations in Japan. Sony also has Internet-related businesses, an advertising agency business in Japan and location-based entertainment businesses in Japan and the United States
