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posted by takyon on Thursday July 30 2015, @10:34PM   Printer-friendly
from the ps-triple dept.

Sony's profits have more than tripled year-on-year in the April to June quarter (PDF link), thanks to strong sales of camera sensors and the PlayStation 4, which has now sold 25.3 million units globally to date. The company's overall net profit rose to ¥82.4 billion yen (£425 million, $664 million), significantly surpassing market expectations.

Sony moved three million PS4s during the quarter, while peripheral and software shipments also increased, leading to the division's 12.1 percent increase in sales to ¥288.6 billion (£1.4 billion, $2.3 billion), and an operating profit of ¥19.5 billion (£100 million, $160 million). The PS4 has taken a significant lead in the console market, massively outselling the rival Xbox One and Nintendo Wii U, the latter of which has sold just 10 million units.

Sony's devices division—which makes the camera sensors in high-end phones from Samsung and Apple—continues to grow. The unit saw a 35.1 percent increase in sales to ¥237.9 billion (£1.2 billion, $2 billion). Sales to external customers—i.e., those high-end phone makers—increased 41.2 percent year-on-year.

takyon: Ars also notes that 3 million PS4 consoles were shipped from April through June, compared to an estimated 1 million Xbox One consoles (Microsoft reports Xbox One and Xbox 360 sales together), and 470,000 Wii U consoles.


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  • (Score: 2) by khedoros on Friday July 31 2015, @04:56AM

    by khedoros (2921) on Friday July 31 2015, @04:56AM (#216168)

    If they had a cell phone that could play video and games and support wireless controllers I'd buy one. I'm do not own a cell phone, so maybe they do. Do they?

    The phone in my pocket is more powerful in every technical way than the PC that I bought 10 years ago. There are a number of game ports that have been converted to touch interfaces and/or support USB or bluetooth game controllers, and original software written to run on mobile devices that equal the graphics of PC games from just a few years ago.

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  • (Score: 2) by jasassin on Saturday August 01 2015, @12:42AM

    by jasassin (3566) <jasassin@gmail.com> on Saturday August 01 2015, @12:42AM (#216590) Homepage Journal

    Can you plug it into HDMI T.V.?

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    • (Score: 2) by khedoros on Saturday August 01 2015, @01:45AM

      by khedoros (2921) on Saturday August 01 2015, @01:45AM (#216604)
      I've got three Android devices that I can, yes. I've got a Galaxy Nexus that uses an MHL adapter, a Nexus 5 that uses a Slimport adapter, and an Asus TF300T tablet that has an HDMI-micro port. The first two are technologies that allow a microUSB connection to provide HDMI audio+video, and the converters cost about $10(USD). The tablet's connection is a full HDMI signal, but needs either an adapter or a special cable because it's smaller than a standard HDMI connection. Those are the three connection options that I know of, but they're not universally available, even on recent models of phone. HDMI-connectivity is something that you'd have to specifically look for, and it's less likely to be available on the cheaper end of the product lines.