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The electronics and entertainment giant now expects its operating profit for the year to March 31 to total 1.18 trillion yen ($9.17 billion), up from its previous forecast, announced in November, of a 1.16 trillion yen profit.
The revised projection falls short of analysts’ average estimate of a 1.19 trillion yen profit, according to Refinitiv data, and is just shy of a record profit of 1.2 trillion yen posted a year earlier.
Sony said sales of its PlayStation 5 videogame consoles came to 7.1 million units in October-December quarter, which overlaps with the critical year-end shopping season, up sharply from 3.9 million units a year earlier.
($1 = 128.6800 yen)
