Sony Raises Forecast After Profit Beats on Spider-Man Boost

Bloomberg2022-02-02

(Bloomberg) -- Sony Group Corp. reported strong third-quarter earnings and raised its fiscal-year forecast on Wednesday, propelled by a hit Spider-Man movie and sales of image sensors used in Apple ...

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Sfun
2022-02-02
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koolgal
2022-02-02
koolgal
Nice work Sony with the massive profit from the Spiderman movie! However its PlayStation sales have dropped due to chip shortages. Hopefully the chip shortage situation will be better in 2022. 🤔
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2022-02-02
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