Sony reports well profits on powerful sales of sensors and games

TOKYO — Sony’s boost rose 69% in July-September from a year earlier on the back of powerful sales of its image sensors, games, music and network services, the Japanese electronics and entertainment business said on Friday.

Quarterly boost was 338.5 billion yen ($2.2 billion), up from 200 billion yen in the year-earlier period, while consolidated quarterly sales edged up 3% year-on-year to 2.9 trillion yen ($19 billion).

Tokyo-based Sony’s latest quarterly results were boosted by well demand around the globe 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, compared with 4.9 million units sold the same period a year ago.

Demand remained powerful for PS5 game software, according to Sony.

The top-selling music releases from Sony for the quarter included “SOS” by SZA, David Gilmour’s “Luck and Strange” and Kenshi Yonezu’s “Lost Corner.”

One area where Sony’s business suffered was its pictures division, including TV shows and movies, which was impacted 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, maintained its 980-billion yen ($6.4 billion) boost projection for the financial year through March 2025, up 1% from the previous financial year.

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