1 May, 2023: On Friday, Sony posted a record annual which operates revenue, helped by its chip division and sales of the flagship PlayStation 5 gaming console, which reached a record for the fiscal year.

For its completing financial year, which ended in March, Sony previously forecasted an operating added of 1.18 and 11.5 trillion yen in earnings. The firm beat its forecast with 1.21 trillion yen in operating gains, a record for the firm.

Sony forecasted its sales for the current financial year, ending in March 2024, starting at 11.5 trillion yen, flat compared to the previous year. It said that operating profit would come in at 1.17 trillion yen, down 3% year-on-year.

Sony stated that it sold 19.1 million PlayStation 5 consoles in the financial year, which seated its forecast of 18 million. That surged from 11.5 million PS5 units sold in the last financial year when Sony faced supply chain issues.

The Japanese gaming division was its biggest profit driver for the year, bringing in an operating profit of 250 billion yen. Hence that was down 27% every year.

For the financial year, Sony’s gaming division brought in earnings of 3.64 trillion yen, up 33% every. The business was the biggest category by sales of Sony.

In the current financial year, Sony forecasted operating profit for its gaming firms to be 270 billion yen. The firm hopes PlayStation VR 2, the virtual reality gaming headset, will help include sales. The company stated that it would see an improvement in profitability from hardware coming year.

Sony said it aims is selling 25 million PS5 units in the current financial year. If achieved, this would document for the PS5.

The firm is competing with Nintendo’s Switch is consoling and Microsoft’s Xbox.