TOKYO — Sony’s revenue edged up 3% in the last quarter, weathering production problems from COVID-19 lockdowns in Shanghai and a pattern away from video videogaming as pandemic limitations reduced somewhereelse.
Tokyo-based Sony Corp.’s April-June earnings amountedto 218 billion yen ($1.6 billion), up from 212 billion yen a year earlier, the Japanese electronicdevices and homeentertainment business stated Friday.
Quarterly sales increased 2% to 2.31 trillion yen ($17.4 billion), on the back of strong need in Sony’s music operations, consistingof for Harry Styles’ “Harry’s House” and Doja Cat’s “Planet Her.”
Among the muchbetter entertainers in motionpictures was “Morbius,” a movie based on the Marvel Comics hero. But Sony is hoping “Bullet Train,” starring Brad Pitt and set for release in August, w