Sony last year and current year sector performance comparison:
Operating income = core profitability
The MP&C segment includes the Mobile Communications and Personal and Mobile Products categories. Mobile Communications
includes mobile phones; Personal and Mobile Products includes personal computers.
The IP&S segment includes the Digital Imaging Products and Professional Solutions categories. Digital Imaging Products includes
compact digital cameras, video cameras and interchangeable single-lens cameras; Professional Solutions includes broadcast- and
professional-use products.
The HE&S segment includes the Televisions and Audio and Video categories. Televisions includes LCD televisions; Audio and Video
includes home audio, Blu-ray DiscTM players and recorders and memory-based portable audio devices.
The Devices segment includes the Semiconductors and Components categories. Semiconductors includes image sensors; Components
includes batteries, recording media and data recording systems
Starting from the second quarter ended September 30, 2013, the disclosure for sales to external customers for the Pictures segment has been
expanded into the following three categories: Motion Pictures, Television Productions, and Media Networks. Motion Pictures includes the
production, acquisition and distribution of motion pictures; Television Productions includes the production, acquisition and distribution of
television programming; Media Networks includes the operation of television and digital networks.
Starting from the second quarter ended September 30, 2013, the disclosure for sales to external customers for the Music segment has been
expanded into the following three categories: Recorded Music, Music Publishing and Visual Media and Platform. Recorded Music
includes the distribution of physical and digital recorded music and revenue derived from artists live performances; Music Publishing
includes the management and licensing of the words and music of songs; Visual Media and Platform includes various service offerings for
music and visual products and the production and distribution of animation titles.
The Financial Services segment results include Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (SFH) and SFHs consolidated subsidiaries such as Sony
Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (Sony Life), Sony Assurance Inc. and Sony Bank Inc. (Sony Bank). The results of Sony Life discussed in the
Financial Services segment differ from the results that SFH and Sony Life disclose separately on a Japanese statutory basis.