Sony posts record operating profit on great PS5 sales

Sony ended its financial yr with the area last this March on a high. It published a file running income of 1.21 trillion JPY ($eight.nine billion, converted), beating its very own forecast. Sony forecasts income for its subsequent financial yr, finishing March 2024, to be round 11.five trillion JPY - approximately similar to this yr.

A big a part of that achievement is way to tremendous PlayStation five income. Sony offered file 19.1 million consoles withinside the financial yr - in comparison to the 11.five million offered withinside the preceding financial yr, which become marred with the aid of using deliver chain issues. Sony hopes to promote 25 million on this financial yr (with the aid of using March 2024). Sony is last in on forty million income of the PlayStation five.

In contrast, the Mobile Communications department noticed its income drop to JPY356.eight billion ($2.sixty two billion) - 2.five% decrease than closing yr. The employer supplied no precise determine for wide variety of telephones offered, though.

Sony`s gaming department mentioned a sales of JPY3.sixty four trillion ($27.three billion).

The different large winner for Sony become the chip department. Sony's photograph sensor commercial enterprise secured JPY212.2 billion ($1.fifty six billion) in sales - up 36% yr-on-yr.

But, Sony expects its imaging chip commercial enterprise to fall five.7% withinside the contemporary financial yr because of slowed demand, mainly from Chinese telephone makers.