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\nSony Pictures Entertainment posted a sales decline for the June quarter, offset by growth at Crunchyroll, while Sony\u2019s music segment saw revenue increase 21%. The PlayStation games unit had flat sales for the period and a 37% increase in operating income drive by U.S. tariff refunds.<\/p>\n

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\n\tRevenue for Sony Pictures for the quarter ended June 30 was $1.978 billion, down 13% year over, while operating income rose 20% to $156 million. The company said the sales decline was due to a decrease in series deliveries in television productions \u2014 down 32%, to $571 million \u2014 as well as lower revenues from theatrical releases ($30 million in the most recent quarter vs. $132 million in the year-earlier period). Higher revenue from anime streaming service Crunchyroll was mainly due to paid subscriber growth; as of the end of March, the service had more than 21 million paid subscribers, and Sony said it continued to add subs in the June quarter.<\/p>\n

\n\tOverall for the quarter, Sony\u2019s Q1 of fiscal 2026, the company posted revenue of 2.837 trillion yen ($17.8 billion), up 8%, and net income of 342.2 billion yen ($2.15 billion), up 32%. <\/p>\n

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\n\tFor the quarter, streaming revenue growth rates on a U.S. dollar basis were up 10% year-on-year for recorded music and up 8% for music publishing.<\/p>\n

\n\tRegarding the recent Kumamoto earthquake, Sony said it has several semiconductor facilities located in Kumamoto prefecture and neighboring prefectures. \u201cWhile all these facilities were affected by the earthquake, there were no major casualties,\u201d the company said. Sony\u2019s production sites in Nagasaki, Oita and Kagoshima had no significant damage to buildings or equipment and production has resumed. The company said, \u201cAs it is currently difficult to reasonably estimate the financial impact of this earthquake, the impact has not been incorporated into the full-year results forecast we will show today.\u201d<\/p>\n

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