Sony CEO completes quest to make the company successful again
If the news that Sony CEO Kaz Hirai will be stepping down in a few months came as a bit of a surprise this morning, then the latest peek at the company's books is a return to something more predictable. In the third quarter of Sony's fiscal year -- covering October through December 2017 -- its Playstation division continued to pull in the most money. Sales of home entertainment and audio gear, as well as camera components, were particularly strong over those three months; and unlike last quarter , smartphone income was in the positive, too. All in all, Sony recorded $23.65 billion in revenue over the quarter, which translates into $2.62 billion in profit. The firm's gaming arm was the primary money-spinner, as usual, generating $777 million in income. To put that into perspective, that's almost as much as Sony made from Playstation and complementary services through the entire 2015 fiscal year, and by far the best quarter it's had for some time -- and that'...