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The earlier estimate wasn't final, as Sony had
not yet compiled accurate data for its Hollywood movie studio
after a massive hack into its computer systems. On Feb.4 Sony
said third-quarter operating profit was about 178 billion yen,
nearly double year-earlier.
On Tuesday, Sony said that including official results for the
movie studio, quarterly revenue rose 6.5 percent from a year
earlier to 2.567 trillion yen, instead of the 2.558 trillion it
estimated earlier.
Forecasts for the full-year ending March 31 were unchanged.
Sony has struggled to gain market share in high-end smartphones,
lagging far behind Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.
But its shares have risen more than 30 percent so far this year
on hopes of a turnaround, following a program of massive cuts in
unprofitable segments and targeted expansion in lucrative areas
such as sensors for smartphone cameras.
($1 = 121.3800 yen)
(Reporting by Ritsuko Ando; Editing by Kenneth Maxwell)
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