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TOKYO: Sony Group Corp<\/a> trimmed its profit forecast on Friday after a weak first quarter for its PlayStation<\/a> business, which it blamed on waning consumer interest due to a lack of new games and an easing of COVID-19 constraints dampening stay-at-home gaming.
Sony<\/a> said the business would draw support, however, from its upcoming game slate and as it addresses supply chain snags that have disrupted production of its hit PlayStation 5<\/a> console.
\"Last quarter was just a bump in the road for Sony,\" said Serkan Toto, founder of the Kantan Games consultancy.
\"It looks like Sony is actually now getting more and more PS5s into stores, especially in the U.S. and Europe.\"
Operating profit at Sony's key gaming unit fell 37% in the April to June quarter from a year ago, which Chief Financial Officer Hiroki Totoki blamed on a lack of top titles and the return of normalcy to people's lives amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
\"The growth of the overall game market has decelerated as opportunities to go out have increased following a decline in COVID infections,\" Totoki said.
Sony cut the annual operating profit forecast for its gaming unit by 16%, citing an expected fall in games sales from external developers while booking expenses from an earlier-than-expected closing of its deal for \"Halo\" creator Bungie.
Its group-wide operating profit forecast for the year to next March was cut by 4% to 1.11 trillion yen ($8.37 billion).
Sony posted a 9.6% rise in first-quarter operating profit to 307 billion yen, beating analyst estimates, boosted by demand for its movies and television shows.
The conglomerate has said it aims to sell 18 million of its hit PS5 consoles this fiscal year as supply chain snarls ease and it ramps up production. It sold 11.5 million units in the year ended March.
\"With recovery from the impact of the lockdown in Shanghai and improvement in component supply we are working to bring forward supply for the year-end holiday season,\" Totoki told a news briefing.
Sony sold 2.4 million PS5 units in the first quarter, only a slight increase from the same period a year earlier, while software sales slumped 26% to 47 million units.
Sony competes with Microsoft Corp<\/a>, which is aggressively acquiring content to push to its Xbox Game Pass subscription<\/a> service.
Sony's Redmond, Washington-based rival this week reported a decline in gaming revenues in its fourth quarter and upcoming high-profile game titles have been delayed.
PlayStation's pipeline includes hotly awaited titles such as a remake of \"The Last of Us\" in September and \"God of War Ragnarok\", due for release in November.
Sony shares closed flat ahead of earnings. The group's shares have lost around a fifth of their value this year, compared with a 3% drop in the blue-chip benchmark Nikkei 225.
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东京:索尼集团公司周五下调了利润预期第一季度的疲软游戏机业务,这归咎于消费者的兴趣减弱由于缺乏新游戏和一个宽松的COVID-19约束阻尼全职游戏。
索尼表示业务将画的支持,然而,从其即将到来的游戏板岩和地址供应链障碍中断生产的冲击PlayStation 5控制台。
“第四季度只是一个索尼的坎坷,“Serkan托托说,Kantan游戏咨询公司的创始人。
”看起来索尼现在是越来越ps5到商店,尤其是在美国和欧洲。”
营业利润在索尼的关键游戏单位4月至6月季度下跌37%从一年前,这些首席财务官Hiroki Totoki归咎于缺乏顶级标题和常态的回归人的生活在COVID-19大流行。
“整个游戏市场的增长减速,出去的机会增加COVID感染下降后,“Totoki说。
索尼将其游戏部门年度营业利润预估16%,援引一位预期游戏销量的下降从外部开发人员而预订费用提前关闭“光环”的创造者Bungie的交易。
其集团的年度营业利润预估明年3月减少了4%,至1.11万亿日元(合83.7亿美元)。
索尼公布第一季度营业利润增长9.6%至3070亿日圆,超过分析师预期,提振了对其电影和电视节目的需求。
集团已表示,它计划出售1800万打PS5控制台本财年的供应链堵塞安逸和增加产量。截至今年3月销售1150万台。
“复苏的影响锁定在上海和改善组件供应我们正在努力提出供应年终假期,“Totoki在新闻发布会上说。乐动扑克
索尼在第一季度售出240万PS5单位,只有从去年同期略有增加,而软件销售下滑26%,至4700万辆。
索尼的竞争对手微软(msft . o:行情),这是推动其积极获取内容Xbox游戏通过订阅服务。
索尼的雷德蒙,本周华盛顿竞争对手公布其第四季度博彩收入下滑和即将到来的知名游戏标题已经被推迟。
PlayStation的管道包括热切期待如游戏翻拍的“我们”的最后9月和“上帝的世界毁灭战争”,因为在11月发布。
索尼股价收平前收益。集团的股票今年已贬值约五分之一,而蓝筹股基准的日经225指数下跌3%。
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