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Tokyo-based Sony Corp.’s quarterly profit totaled 338.5 billion
yen ($2.2 billion), up from 200 billion yen in the same period
of the previous year.
Consolidated quarterly sales edged up 3% year-on-year to 2.9
trillion yen ($19 billion).
Sony’s results were boosted by healthy demand around the world
for image sensors used in mobile products.
Sales also held up in its video games division. During the
latest quarter, 3.8 million PlayStation 5 game consoles were
sold globally, although that’s below the 4.9 million units sold
the same period a year ago.
Demand remained strong for PS5 game software, according to Sony.
The top-selling music releases from Sony for the quarter
included “SOS” by SZA, David Gillmore’s “Luck and Strange” and
Kenshi Yonezu’s “Lost Corner.”
One area where Sony’s business suffered was its movies division,
which was hurt by production delays caused by the strikes in
Hollywood.
Among the recent hit films from Sony was “It Ends With Us,” a
romantic drama based on a novel.
Sony, which also makes digital cameras and TVs, stuck to its
forecast for a 980 billion yen ($6.4 billion) profit for the
fiscal year through March 2025, up 1% from the previous fiscal
year.
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