On February 2, the Sony Group announced consolidated achievements in the third quarter of fiscal 2021.Sales increased by 13%(337.3 billion yen) from the same period of the previous year to 3,31.3 billion yen.Operating income increased by 32%(113.3 billion yen) to ¥ 465.2 billion, and all of them were recorded in the third quarter.The profit before tax is 461.6 billion yen, an increase of 20%(77.8 billion yen).Net income increased 11%(35.4 billion yen), 346.2 billion yen.
映画分野や、イメージング&センシング・ソリューション(I&SS)分野、金融分野、アニメ・モバイルゲームアプリを含む音楽分野の大幅増収が売上高に寄与。ゲーム&ネットワークサービス(G&NS)と、オーディオ・ビジュアル製品やデジタルカメラ、スマートフォンなどが含まれるエレクトロニクス・プロダクツ&ソリューション(EP&S)の各分野については減収に転じた。
なおG&NS分野は、製造コストを下回る価格を戦略的に設定しているプレイステーション5(PS5)ハードウェアの損失縮小や、販売費及び⼀般管理費の減少などにより、前年同期比で121億円増益となっている。
Regarding PS5, the supplementary material stated in the supplementary material that the shipments in the third quarter were 3.9 million units worldwide and the cumulative sales were about 17.3 million units.
Regarding the number of sales of PS5 in 2021, the company said in a consolidated business briefing in FY2020, "we aim for more than 14.8 million units, which is the following year's introduction of PS4."However, in the third quarter performance briefing held on the 2nd, Tenpoku mentioned that it will be around 11.5 million units this year.The reason for this is that in addition to the supply constraints of devices, mainly semiconductors, the lead time has increased due to the turmoil of logistics, and it is not expected to reach the goal.
Regarding the consolidated business outlook in FY2021, the full -year sales will be kept from the announcement as of October to 9.9 trillion yen, but the operating profit increased by ¥ 160 billion to 1.0 trillion yen, and the net profit increased by ¥ 13.3 billion.It has been revised upward to 860 billion yen.
