Sony reported ¥1.20 trillion operating income for the nine months to Dec 31, 2024, up from ¥979.4 billion

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On Feb 13, 2025, Sony Group Corporation filed a Form 6-K, the report a foreign private issuer files with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, attaching its consolidated financial summary for the third quarter ended Dec 31, 2024. Sony prepared the figures under IFRS Accounting Standards, and the summary says its condensed quarterly statements were not reviewed by certified public accountants or an audit firm. Hiroki Totoki, Sony's president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer, signed the filing.1^,2^,3^,4^,5^,6^,7

For the nine months ended Dec 31, 2024, which ran from Apr 1, sales and financial services revenue were ¥10.33 trillion, against ¥9.54 trillion a year earlier. Operating income was ¥1.20 trillion, against ¥979.4 billion, and net income attributable to Sony Group Corporation's stockholders was ¥943.9 billion, against ¥781.6 billion. In the third quarter ended Dec 31, 2024, revenue was ¥4.41 trillion, against ¥3.75 trillion a year earlier, and operating income was ¥469.3 billion, against ¥463.3 billion.8^,9^,10^,11^,4^,12^,13

The Game & Network Services segment includes the network services businesses, the manufacture and sales of home gaming products and the production and sales of digital software and add-on content. Its sales to customers in the third quarter were ¥1.62 trillion, against ¥1.43 trillion a year earlier; with sales to Sony's other segments included, the segment's total was ¥1.68 trillion, against ¥1.44 trillion. Its operating income was ¥118.1 billion, against ¥86.1 billion. By product category, sales to customers of Digital Software and Add-on Content, the distribution of software titles and add-on content through the network, were ¥718.2 billion, against ¥632.0 billion; Network Services were ¥176.9 billion, against ¥137.2 billion; and Hardware and Others, which includes home gaming consoles, were ¥724.7 billion, against ¥659.7 billion.14^,15^,4^,16^,17^,18

Sony Interactive Entertainment, a Sony Group company, publishes God of War Ragnarök and Helldivers 2; its studios include Santa Monica Studio, which develops God of War Ragnarök, and Bungie, which develops and publishes Destiny 2.19^,20^,21^,22^,23^,24

For the fiscal year to Mar 31, 2025, the summary forecast sales and financial services revenue of ¥13.2 trillion, operating income of ¥1.335 trillion and net income attributable to stockholders of ¥1.08 trillion, and flagged the forecast as revised from the one most recently announced. The board also approved, at its meeting on Feb 13, 2025, parameters for buying back up to 30 million shares for up to 50 billion yen between Feb 14 and May 14, 2025.25^,26^,27^,28^,29

Sony's Form 20-F, the annual report a foreign company files, later gave revenue of ¥12.96 trillion and operating income of ¥1.41 trillion for the year ended Mar 31, 2025.30^,31