Tokyo: Sony Corp said on Thursday strong sales of flat-panel televisions and the hit movie The Da Vinci Code helped it reverse a year-earlier loss in the June quarter to continue its turnaround.
The Japanese electronics giant, undergoing major restructuring, reported a net profit of $ 278.3 million for the fiscal first quarter, after a net loss of 7.26 billion yen a year earlier.
Sales at the core electronics goods unit rose 13.5 per cent while the pictures business saw a 41.8 jump in revenue.
The Da Vinci Code, the film based on Dan Brown's best-selling novel, is Sony Pictures' most successful ever overseas release.
At the same time, however, the games segment suffered a 29.1 percent sales slump as demand for the company's PlayStation 2 video games console weakened in the face of increased competition from the Microsoft's new Xbox 360.
The PlayStation 3 is one of Sony's core products and its success is considered vital to a revival after a profit slump at the group.
Sony was forced to delay the launch of the latest version of the hugely popular PlayStation series by about six months until November, giving arch-rival Microsoft a one-year head start with the Xbox 360.
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