Sony company , whose fiscal year ends in March, reported about the third quarter. Producer, finished last reporting year with record losses of $ 5.7 billion . Although the period from October to December has brought the company a loss of $ 115 million, Sony expect to complete the fiscal year with an operating profit.
Sales in the quarter close to $ 22.4 billion, which is 6.9% more than the same period previous year. Most importantly, during the quarter generated an operating profit of $ 543 million, while the year before that company had about $ 1 billion in operating losses.
It may be noted a few interesting points of the report.
First, sales of compact cameras for the year decreased. Manufacturer explains the growing popularity of smartphones, which often have built-in cameras can quite replace single compact camera. But sales of cameras with interchangeable lenses, in contrast, have grown substantially. However, in general, demonstrated a reduction in the relevant unit sales for the year by 4.7%.
Sales of video game consoles decreased by 15.1%.
Sales of home audio and video products, including televisions, for the year fell by 17.9%.
But the mobile division was able to increase sales by 94.4%.