This would be equivalent to a decrease of 29% compared to the previous year, but in this case the net profit was inflated by positive tax effects.
The group is counting on the reopening of cinemas around the world after the forced pause inflicted on the seventh art by the covid-19 pandemic.
Sony has cards to attract viewers, with blockbusters such as “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” which got off to a good start in the United States in October.
“As long as they don’t saturate the market, the Spider-Man franchise offers sustained growth potential” for Sony, Mio Kato, an analyst at LightStream Research in Tokyo, told AFP.
Taking advantage of its versatility, Sony has also launched in the film adaptation of video game franchises with the film “Uncharted”, scheduled for February 2022, a transposition to the screen of the video game series sold so far to more than 40 million copies.
The company also relies on revenue from US streaming platform Crunchyroll, which it acquired earlier this year.
Sony also expects an improvement in its revenue from music streaming, as well as its mobile phone games.
On the other hand, it is more prudent in its video games division, by not increasing its forecasts in this segment, as demand could be affected by the end of the drastic restrictions due to covid-19 worldwide.
“Demand linked to home-based lifestyles was very strong last year, which supported our results, but I have the impression that this effect is diminishing,” Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki said at a press conference on Thursday. .
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