Sony posts 2012 financial results, records profit of $458 million

09 May, 2013
That's the first time the company posts positive financial results since 2008.

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  • Anonymous
  • PG5
  • 10 May 2013

Go Sony!

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    • Anonymous
    • IaH
    • 10 May 2013

    one step at a time, this FY maybe due to the assets, 2014 we will see more good stuff from Sony such as PS4, Honami, Togari, etc.

    I have seen quite a lot of people buying Xperia Z and heard that it is popular in Europe, especially UK

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      • bob
      • p1q
      • 10 May 2013

      Good for the company to show a profit... but... that comes mainly from selling assets and not from regular day to day business... the growth of the mobile communications segment vs. 2011 is there because they counted only the 50 percentage share of Sony Ericsson for 2011 (as stated in the financial report)
      All the best for the company.. but from an investor point of view that's rather mixed news... far from good

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        • Ian
        • w0P
        • 10 May 2013

        I Support Sony and Nokia, they are good in giving a user a great design, great feature..I dont want them to disappear in the field

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          • Anonymous
          • t7X
          • 10 May 2013

          GoToSchool, 09 May 2013Sony is a great company but they releases too many types of... moreTrue im agreeing with you but i think it is also possible due to instaled outdated chipset that this cause the delay. Like example, during the lflirts quarter of the year 2012, the installed chipset in xperia s, acro s, and ion was qualcomm scorpion line up only. The product entry of Qualcomm was s4 pro, ptime and it's entry level. And just look at xperia t and v. They are faster in updating these product and they are using qualcomm desperation s series here. Maybe there is a issue scorpion series of Qualcomm in transition updater ics and jbs.

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            • AnonD-137673
            • KhE
            • 10 May 2013

            The reason Sony was able to post a profit is because they sold two pieces of real estate. One is their building in Manhattan at 550 Madison Avenue, the other is a "Sony City Osaki" in Tokyo.

            The bulk of this profit came from those two sales.

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              • AnonD-129806
              • nEq
              • 10 May 2013

              Anonymous, 09 May 2013not truse gpu of ps4 have 0.60gbs more performance and p... morebandwidth is measured in Hz not bits/s..?

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                • Ubuntu Takeover
                • RbX
                • 10 May 2013

                AnonD-36414, 09 May 2013leave aside features,xbox 720 has better edge to edge spex ... moreMaybe so but no 1st party.

                But the main thing is that more Playstations actually work than xbox's.

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                  • Hi
                  • 3Jf
                  • 09 May 2013

                  You guys do know that gaming isn't very profitable

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                    • Nze 1
                    • 3sE
                    • 09 May 2013

                    Too early to compare 720 and ps4 but am still with sony anyhow it is. Can't stand another time bomb console from Mr Gate. LONG LIVE PLAY, LONG LIVE SONY.

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                      • AnonD-95940
                      • Lm}
                      • 09 May 2013

                      You know who has the DNA in electronics. Four letters and Japan in the soul. Here we are Sony.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • xZs
                        • 09 May 2013

                        AnonD-36414, 09 May 2013leave aside features,xbox 720 has better edge to edge spex ... morenot truse gpu of ps4 have 0.60gbs more performance

                        and ps3 have 174gbs bandwrith

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                          • AnonD-85136
                          • 6Q3
                          • 09 May 2013

                          i love it ..i love it ..i love it ..i love it ..i love it ..

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                            • AnonD-36414
                            • uv9
                            • 09 May 2013

                            Ubuntu Takeover, 09 May 2013Great news for Sony. Now if only their playstation could b... moreleave aside features,xbox 720 has better edge to edge spex than ps4,as in leaks.

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                              • jxx
                              • 09 May 2013

                              Great news for Sony. Now if only their playstation could begin to show profit...

                              Microsoft sure won't beat them there though.

                                Sony is a great company but they releases too many types of devices especially in the xperia line up. I believe that contributes greatly to users getting updates late. They should follow patterns that make other companies successful BUT still remain different. Sony has the best electronics design for years and they can do better in specs too. LONG LIVE PLAY

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                                  • AnonD-30650
                                  • 3@k
                                  • 09 May 2013

                                  Sony was , is and will be the best

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                                    • AnonD-57609
                                    • rq9
                                    • 09 May 2013

                                    The giant is giant no matter what

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                                      • Kazz
                                      • y$e
                                      • 09 May 2013

                                      Thousands only?? Yikess

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                                        • rj23
                                        • t7R
                                        • 09 May 2013

                                        Sony will make a big comeback and will blow any other tech giants out of the water. I know they will do good this year with their mobile phones and I can't wait to get a Sony Xperia Honami before the holiday season starts! Good job Sony! Best of luck and God bless! :)