>A slate of marquee games including Battlefield 6 and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 from external publishers and Sony’s own Ghost of Yōtei bolstered the PlayStation business. Sony reported a rise in software sales to 97.2 million units, while its flagship PlayStation 5 sold 8 million consoles in the period. The company did caution, however, that profitability of the wider games and networking division worsened, due to hardware costs.>Revenue also got a boost from Sony’s consistently strong music-streaming proceeds and related live events. The company’s image sensor division reported about a 20% jump in revenue in the company’s fiscal third quarter, with Sony noting sales for mobile products increased. The outlook for that business now appears clouded by the industrywide shortage of memory — which is forcing smartphone makers to cut sales forecasts or alter product specifications.>“With the stock price having continued to decline amid concerns about rising costs driven by higher prices for DRAM and other components, the results likely came as a positive surprise for the market,” said Toyo Securities analyst Hideki Yasuda. “Both the music and gaming divisions performed solidly, and the semiconductor business also benefited from strong iPhone sales. The upward revision to the outlook this time likely sent a strong message to investors.”https://archive.ph/Urppa
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