Sony's sales rose to ¥6.27 trillion in six months and operating income to ¥1.10 trillion

Written by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model, from public records. Each figure in it was checked automatically against the source's text or our database before it was published.

Sony Group reported sales of ¥6.27 trillion for the six months from Apr 1, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026, against ¥5.73 trillion a year earlier. Operating income, what was left after the costs of running the business, was ¥1.10 trillion, against ¥768.93 billion a year earlier, and net income attributable to Sony Group's stockholders was ¥791.76 billion, against ¥570.45 billion from continuing operations. The figures are in a consolidated financial summary that Sony attached to a Form 6-K, the report a foreign company files with the SEC, filed on Nov 5, 2026.1^,2^,3^,4^,5^,6^,7^,8^,9

The net income comparison is made against continuing operations only: Sony carried out a partial spin-off of Sony Financial Group Inc. effective Oct 1, 2025, and the document says the year-earlier net income figures represent continuing operations.10^,11

In games, the Game & Network Services segment had operating income of ¥422.07 billion for the six months, against ¥268.31 billion a year earlier. Within the segment's sales to customers, network services, which the document says covers network services relating to game, video and music content, rose to ¥426.95 billion from ¥355.33 billion. Hardware and others, which the document says includes home gaming consoles, packaged software, peripheral devices and first-party software for third-party platforms, fell to ¥547.83 billion from ¥567.64 billion. Digital Software and Add-on Content, the segment's other sales line, rose to ¥1.13 trillion from ¥1.06 trillion.12^,13^,3^,14^,15^,16^,17^,18^,19^,20^,21

For the fiscal year from Apr 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2027, Sony's forecast is sales of ¥13 trillion, operating income of ¥1.87 trillion and net income attributable to stockholders of ¥1.33 trillion. The document marks the forecast as a revision of the one most recently announced.22^,23^,24^,25^,26

The summary says it is not subject to review by certified public accountants or an audit firm.27