Sony Financials

[Acert93]

http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20050127_105644.html

Sony Computer Entertainment revenues fall as PS2 sales slip

January 27, 2005 - 10:56 EST

The latest financial results from Sony Corporation reveal that revenues in its videogames division dropped by 23 per cent year on year in the third quarter, with a slide in hardware sales only partially offset by improved software sales.

The division recorded revenues of 282.6 billion Yen in the three months ended December 31st, while operating income fell by 36.8 per cent in the same period - down to 44.6 billion Yen.

More info here:

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=6489

 

[Phil]

there's already a thread that covers Sony's financials:

http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20022

 

[Teasy]

Still this thread focuses on the most appropriate part of Sony's financials, the games division (this is the console forum after all).

 

[Acert93]

Opps, I did not see that. The above links have a bit of info though. The tidbit at the end from the other link on consoles sales:

In the video-game division, sales of PlayStation 2 consoles tapered off and prices were slashed. Operating profit in the division sank 37 percent for the quarter to 44.6 billion yen ($433 million) from 70.5 billion yen.

The PlayStation Portable, or PSP, the handheld version of Sony's hit game machine, went on sale in Japan on Dec. 12 and is scheduled to go on sale in the United States and Europe later this year. Sony said it sold 510,000 PSP machines, a healthy number, so far but needs to boost production to keep up with demand.