FY2025 Q1 Earnings Announcement
IR Library: Earnings Releases
SIE Business Data & Sales
1.FY2025 Q1
2. LTD (June 25)
Hardware PS5 80.2 M (PS4 82.3 M, June 2018)
MAU 123 M
Operating Income
PS5 ¥1.7T
PS4 ¥980B
PS1 ¥378B
PS2 ¥264B
PS3 -¥447B
Adjusted for inflation (2024)
PS5 ¥1.7T
PS4 ¥1.07T
PS1 ¥419B
PS2 ¥299B
PS3 -¥508B
Inflation Calculator – Japanese Yen
PS4 PS5
PS1 PS2 PS3
Shinichi Uchida, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan
"Japan's deflation started in the late 1990s and continued for 15 years. The average inflation rate was just minus 0.3%. It was a mild but persistent deflation"
3. Sony: Most profitable generation to date
4. Operating Income (Millions of yen)
FY24
PlayStation ¥414,819
Nintendo ¥282,553
FY25 (FCT)
PlayStation ¥500,000
Nintendo ¥320,000
5. Operating Cash Flow (Millions of yen)
FY24
PlayStation ¥865,900
Nintendo ¥12,069
6. Sony's Free Cash Flow
PS (G&NS) ¥714.2B, accounted for 67% of Sony's total Free Cash Flow in FY24
7. Sony's Net Cash (Cash – Debt)
¥482.9B (mar 18)
– ¥589.7B (mar 24)
¥129.2B (mar 25)
8. FY24 Invested Capital (YoY)
Music +34.1%
I&SS +13.7%
Pictures +2.8%
ET&S -2.5%
G&NS -8.2%
9. FY24 Buybacks ¥277.89B
May 24 ¥8.52B
Jun 24 ¥35.21B
Jul 24 ¥53.59B
Aug 24 ¥60.27B
Sep 24 ¥36.90B
Oct 24 ¥42.56B
Nov 24 ¥12.92B
Feb 25 ¥6.60B
March 25 ¥21.32B
10. Sony's entertainment businesses
Return on Invested Capital
G&NS 18.5%
Music 10.5%
Pictures 5.7%
Music (44%) and Pictures (27%) account for 71% of Sony's invested capital
G&NS accounts for 58% of Sony's sales, 47% of Sony's operating income and 95% of Sony's free cash Flow
11. R&D Spend as a Percentage of Sales
I&SS 12.7%
G&NS 6.0%
ET&S 5.8%
IR Library: Earnings Releases
SIE Business Data & Sales
1.FY2025 Q1



2. LTD (June 25)
Hardware PS5 80.2 M (PS4 82.3 M, June 2018)
MAU 123 M
Operating Income
PS5 ¥1.7T
PS4 ¥980B
PS1 ¥378B
PS2 ¥264B
PS3 -¥447B
Adjusted for inflation (2024)
PS5 ¥1.7T
PS4 ¥1.07T
PS1 ¥419B
PS2 ¥299B
PS3 -¥508B
Inflation Calculator – Japanese Yen
PS4 PS5
PS1 PS2 PS3
Shinichi Uchida, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Japan
"Japan's deflation started in the late 1990s and continued for 15 years. The average inflation rate was just minus 0.3%. It was a mild but persistent deflation"
3. Sony: Most profitable generation to date

4. Operating Income (Millions of yen)
FY24
PlayStation ¥414,819
Nintendo ¥282,553
FY25 (FCT)
PlayStation ¥500,000
Nintendo ¥320,000
5. Operating Cash Flow (Millions of yen)
FY24
PlayStation ¥865,900
Nintendo ¥12,069
6. Sony's Free Cash Flow
PS (G&NS) ¥714.2B, accounted for 67% of Sony's total Free Cash Flow in FY24

7. Sony's Net Cash (Cash – Debt)
¥482.9B (mar 18)
– ¥589.7B (mar 24)
¥129.2B (mar 25)
8. FY24 Invested Capital (YoY)
Music +34.1%
I&SS +13.7%
Pictures +2.8%
ET&S -2.5%
G&NS -8.2%
9. FY24 Buybacks ¥277.89B
May 24 ¥8.52B
Jun 24 ¥35.21B
Jul 24 ¥53.59B
Aug 24 ¥60.27B
Sep 24 ¥36.90B
Oct 24 ¥42.56B
Nov 24 ¥12.92B
Feb 25 ¥6.60B
March 25 ¥21.32B
10. Sony's entertainment businesses
Return on Invested Capital
G&NS 18.5%
Music 10.5%
Pictures 5.7%
Music (44%) and Pictures (27%) account for 71% of Sony's invested capital
G&NS accounts for 58% of Sony's sales, 47% of Sony's operating income and 95% of Sony's free cash Flow
11. R&D Spend as a Percentage of Sales
I&SS 12.7%
G&NS 6.0%
ET&S 5.8%