TOKYO – Sony Corp.’s its fiscal third quarter profit jumped 62%, positioning the Japanese entertainment and electronics giant for a record annual profit as its bottom line got a healthy boost from its mega-hit animation film “Demon Slayer.” Tokyo-based Sony reported Wednesday a 371.9 billion yen ($3.5 billion) profit for the October-December period, up from 229.5 billion yen a year earlier.
Sony’s video-games sector thrived as people stuck at home for the coronavirus pandemic turned to such entertainment content.
Sony’s quarterly sales edged up 9% to 2.7 trillion yen ($25.7 billion). Sony also got a lift from the popularity of its PlayStation 5 console, which went on sale late last year, and did well in software and online-service sales,