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Sony

Sony Group Corp. engages in the development, design, manufacture, and sale of electronic equipment, instruments, devices, game consoles, and software for consumers, professionals and industrial markets. It operates through the following segments: Game and Network Services, Music, Pictures, Home Entertainment and Sound, Imaging Products and Solutions, Mobile Communications, Semiconductors, Financial Services, and Others. The Game and Network Services segment deals with gaming machines, software and network services. The Music segment produces and publishes music and provides image media platforms. The Pictures segment handles film production, television program creation, and media networks. The Home Entertainment and Sound segment offers LCD televisions, home audio, Blu-ray Disc players and recorders, and memory-based portable audio devices. The Imaging Products and Solutions segment provides digital imaging products, professional solutions, and medical goods. The Mobile Communications segment deals with mobile phones and Internet services business. The Semiconductors segment provides image sensors and camera modules. The Financial Services segment manages the life insurance and non-life insurance operations and banking business. The Others segment includes personal computer (PC) business, overseas Blu-ray Disc, DVD and CD manufacturing, and battery business. The company was founded by Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka on May 7, 1946 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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Microsoft

Microsoft's acquisition of Activision for $68.7 billion marks a transformative shift in its gaming strategy. Microsoft aims to create a gaming equivalent of Netflix through bold acquisitions and its Xbox Gamepass offering. Sony's strategy focuses on high-quality exclusives and maintaining market dominance, but faces challenges from Microsoft's aggressive pricing and acquisitions.

Microsoft Vs. Sony: Who Will Build The Netflix Of Gaming?

LOS ANGELES , Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Clubhouse Media Group, Inc. (OTCMKTS: CMGR) ("CMGR"), a social media firm and digital agency, announced that they have finalized a brand promotional deal with Sony.  This comes on the heels of CMGR's recent deal with Direct TV.

Clubhouse Media Group, Inc. Closes Brand Promotional Deal With Sony, Iconic Electronics Corp

Sony faced significant challenges in the 2000s, leading to a decline in stock and market-leading position across multiple business segments. A strategic turnaround in 2012 under new leadership has led to sustained profitability and a focus on shareholder-centric strategies. Sony's strength lies in its Game & Network Service segment, particularly with the sales of PlayStation, and the company has set an ambitious shipment target for the PS5.

Sony's Triumph: The PlayStation Power Play Driving Business

SONY's second-quarter fiscal 2023 revenue performance benefits from solid momentum in G&NS, and Music sales.

SONY's Q2 Earnings Decline Y/Y, Revenue Guidance Raised

The outlook for the PlayStation 5 business looks strong as Sony has gotten over any production problems related to the pandemic.

Sony profits slip due to strikes, but PS5 outlook brightens

Japanese electronics titan Sony lifted its full-year net profit and sales forecasts on Thursday, citing strength in the company's gaming, music and image-sensor sectors.

Sony raises annual forecast despite Hollywood strikes, PS5 woes

Sony Pictures Entertainment saw a 1% gain in profits for the quarter ended September 30 versus the similar period last year. Coming in at $204 million, operating income was 77% above the first quarter of 2023.

Sony Pictures Entertainment Sees Profits Increase To $204M In Second Quarter

Sony reported a 29% drop in operating profit for its second quarter as the company suffered from weakness in its imaging sensor business.

Sony reports 29% drop in operating profit as weakness in chip business hits home

The next-generation Alpha 9 III captures all decisive moments with up to 120 frames per second high-speed shooting, distortion-free and blackout-free images, and flash sync at all shooting speeds  SAN DIEGO , Nov. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Electronics today introduced the Alpha 9 III camera equipped with the world's firsti full-frame global shutter image sensor.   The newly developed global shutter image sensor exposes and reads all pixels simultaneously, unlike a rolling shutter sensor that records images sequentially from the top row of pixels to the bottom.

Sony Electronics Releases the Alpha 9 III; the World's First Full-Frame Camera with a Global Shutter System(i)

SONY's second-quarter fiscal 2023 revenues are likely to have benefited from continued strength in the G&NS, and Music segments amid weak macroeconomic conditions.

Here's What to Expect Ahead of SONY's Q2 Earnings Release

Nintendo

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Sony Group Corp (NYSE:SONY) is expected to post a year-over-year drop in profits for the third quarter as the Hollywood strikes dragged on the financial performance of its Pictures unit. When handing down its fiscal first quarter results in August, the Tokyo, Japan-based company – whose consumer elctronics products include music systems, mobile phones, gaming consoles, and cameras - warned that the then dual writers and actors strike would drag down its 2Q revenue.

Sony's 2Q earnings to be negatively impacted by Hollywood strikes

Sony's PlayStation 5 is at full capacity around the world, according to Eric Lempel, the company's head of business operations.

PS5 is fully stocked for first time and on track for record sales this year, top Sony exec says

Honda

Sony and Honda's automotive joint venture could procure batteries for its new Afeela electric vehicle from the United States where Honda is building a factory, the president of Sony Honda Mobility told Reuters on Wednesday.

Sony Honda Mobility could procure EV batteries from US, president says

LOS ANGELES , Oct. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Clubhouse Media Group, Inc. (OTCMKTS: CMGR) ("CMGR"), a social media firm and digital agency, announced that they have finalized a brand promotional deal with Sony.  This comes on the heels of CMGR's recent deal with Direct TV.

Clubhouse Media Group, Inc. Closes Brand Promotional Deal With Sony

Sony Group announced today that it has established Sony Innovation Fund: Africa as an initiative to support African entertainment startups.

Sony unveils $10M Sony Innovation Fund for Africa

SONY adds that the new PS5 model will be available from November 2023 in the United States. It will be rolled out globally in the subsequent months.

SONY Introduces Slimmer PlayStation 5: Major Highlights

Sony Group announced today that it has established Sony Innovation Fund: Africa (SIF: AF), a program that will support the growth of entertainment businesses in Africa. The Tokyo multinational conglomerate has earmarked $10 million for early-stage gaming, music, film and content distribution companies.

Sony Ventures earmarks $10M to invest in African entertainment startups

Sony Group Corp (NYSE:SONY) has announced a new, thinner PlayStation 5 model that comes equipped with a detachable disk drive and 1 terabyte of internal storage.  The PS5 “Slim” will retail for $499.99 starting in November, replacing the current PS5 and PS5 Digital Edition, the latter of which had retailed for $449.99.

Sony unveils thinner PlayStation 5 'Slim' model

SONY's performance benefits from continued strength in the G&NS and Music business segments.

SONY Rises 30.1% in the Past Year: Will the Uptrend Continue?

MUMBAI, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #Indiandiaspora--Sony LIV is proud to announce its strategic expansion into select countries in Africa and the Caribbean region.

Sony LIV expands global presence; announces foray in Africa and the Caribbean region

Sony's sum of the parts analysis suggests the stock could be worth 59% more than it is worth today. The spread with peer companies has widened from the 49% potential upside I mentioned in June last year. One risk is that the businesses I compare to Sony are not identical to the Japanese giant's business units.

Checking In On Sony's Sum Of The Parts Analysis (Reiterating Buy Rating)

Japan's Sony Group Corp said on Friday a merger of its Indian unit with Zee Entertainment Enterprises , which had an initial deadline of September, would take a few more months to complete.

Japan's Sony says Zee merger to be delayed by a few months

Sony Group is increasing its focus on the virtual production business where it is seeing market-beating growth, a company executive said, riding on the strength of the Japanese entertainment conglomerate's technology.

Sony doubles down on virtual production business using its hardware muscle

Sony said Thursday that the chief executive of its PlayStation unit Jim Ryan will retire next March after almost 30 years at the Japanese firm.

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