Sony has published its financial report for the financial year, ending March 31. To summarize, the company’s image sensor division division record is performing well (films, TVs, music) and PlayStation operating income is increasing (mostly besides sports and PS). Meanwhile, Sony’s smartphone business is small and shrinking.
Imaging and Sensing Solutions (I&SS) Division reported the sale of JPY 1.799 trillion for the year, compared to the JPY 196 billion last year. Operating revenue increased to JPY 261 billion, which is JPY 67.6 billion years year. Sony notes that foreign exchange rates have increased the number.
The I&SS Division, together with better product mix, saw an increase in the sale of a smartphone image sensor unit (ie it was selling more valuable models). However, the division reports that manufacturing costs have increased and is a warning of high R&D costs – but the reason is that it is going to a modern semiconductor node than expected. The purpose is to increase the density of horizontal and vertical aircraft.
The key to the report is: I & SS Division saw record high sales and operating income.
Entertainment, Technology and Services (ET&S) Division has various Sony Electronics home: TV, steel and video cameras, audio and video devices and, for us, important for smartphones. The news is not good. Division sales fell slightly (from JPY 2.453 trillion to JPY 2.409 trillion), but operating income increased slightly (from JPY 187 billion to JPY 190 billion).
Thanks to the smartphone segment – Mobile communications supported JPY 279 billion, which is less than JPY 299 billion in the last financial year. The context is half part of what it has brought to the TV class. He said, in the case of sold units, sales of both TV and smartphones were low.
Game and Network Services (G&NS) saw strong sales of sports (and additional materials)-most third-party games, first-party games are low. More consumers moved towards the PlayStation Plus, which increased the revenue of network services. However, hardware sales are low.
G&NS reported the total sale of JPY 4.670 trillion for the year (more than JPY 4.267 trillion) and Operating income of JPY 414 billion (more than 290 billion).
Other divisions you are interested in include Sony Pictures – the movie sales ended, TV production downs (Sony points to WGA and SAG strikes), online subscriptions and advertising revenue are low. Crohrol (Sony’s mobile phones streaming platform) reported an increase in salaried users, which generated more revenue. It seems that the acquisition of Sony in the Alamo Draft House cinema houses is also going well.
Sony music reports that more sold with streaming sales, which is the largest amount. Overall operating revenue increased from JPY 301 billion to JPY 357 billion.
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