Sony Loses $312m In Last Quarter On Weak Gaming And Mobile Sales

Sony Losing Millions On Collapsing Gaming Sales

Add Sony to the growing list of tech companies that aren't making money.

The Japanese giant announced that it lost $312m in the last three months, on sales of $19.2bn.

Sony said that while sales increased year-on-year, by around 1.4%, it lost money overall due to restructuring costs, weak gaming sales and disappointing revenues from its entertainment division.

The company said that it spent $143m on the restructure, and added that it now expects to make $1.66bn this year as opposed to initial projections of $2.29bn.

Gaming was a low point of this quarter's results. As popular as the PS3 has been historically, the PS Vita handheld has been a sales disappointment and with the next gen consoles looming gaming as a whole has slowed for Sony - making a $45m loss. Overall gaming sales fell by 14.5%, Sony said.

"Sales are expected to be essentially flat and operating income is expected to decrease significantly year-on-year," it added in the earnings announcement.

Meanwhile its home entertainment and mobile divisions also made losses, but its imaging (camera) division made a healthy profit.

Elsewhere tech giant Sharp also announced a big loss of $1.2bn on weak television sales.

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