Sony has recently published its financial results for Q2 2016, which ended on September 30, revealing that there has been a 10.8% decline in both sales and operating income overall.
The year-on-year decrease is $16,722 million US dollars, and claimed to be the result of foreign exchange rates. When not taking exchange rates into account, though, sales were basically flat year-on-year.
The drop in operating income, however, was attributed to lower operating results from components and semiconductors, as well as the charges for the earthquakes that hit the Kumamoto region.
The Game and Network Services branch, including things like consoles and PSN, saw its own 11.3% drop in sales and operating revenue too. Operating income dropped 20.6%, or $188 million. This was, according to Sony, a result of low sales for the PS3 and price drops for the PS4.
During the entire quarter, 3.9 million PS4 consoles were shipped, a drop of 100,000 units year-on-year. The total of units shipped so far now increases to 47.4 million, with Sony maintaining their forecast of 20 million sold by the end of the fiscal year.
What do you think of these figures? Should Sony be worried, or are they safe with the PS4 Pro just round the corner?