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In a research note following the release of Sony financials yesterday, Lazard Capital’s Colin Sebastian said he believed the results showed there was now less need for the firm drop drop PS3′s price as the business was starting to accelerate.

“Console market share appears to be less of a priority; price cut less likely,” he said.

“On its earnings call, Sony management indicated the company is now more focused on achieving profitability in the PlayStation segment and rolling out online services (e.g., PlayStation Home) rather than chasing unit market share vs. Microsoft and Nintendo. Importantly, management comments also suggest that a price cut is less likely on the PS3 this year, at least in the near term.”

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In Sony financials released this morning, the firm said it expects to sell 10 million PS3 in the next financial year, up from the 9.24 million for the 12 months ending March 31.

PSP hardware sales, the company said, will rise to 15 million from 13.89 in fiscal 07, with PS2 dropping off quickly, down to an expected 9 million units from 13.73 million in the now-ended financial year.

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According to just-released full-year Sony figures, PS3 has now sold 12.81 million units globally, will software sales now at 71.3 million.

PlayStation 2 sales are now at a staggering 131.62 million, with PSP at 39.28 million.

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Sales of PlayStation 3 software in the 12 months ending March 31 rose dramatically, according to just-released full-year Sony financials, rising to 57.9 million units compared to 13.4 million in the previous year.

PSP software sales remained virtually static, however, despite a heavy increase in hardware sales across the period, rising fractionally from 54.9 million in FY 06 to 55.5 in FY 07.

PS2 software sales, rather obviously, turned down sharply in the period from 193.6 million units in fiscal 2006 to 154 million in fiscal 07.

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Just-released full-year Sony financials have shown a heave acceleration of PSP hardware sales, up to 13.89 million compared to 9.77 million in the previous year.

As far as we can see, no specific region breakdown was given for the sales in the report, but Japanese PSP sales have stayed high for many months now, and the territory is likely to have contributed significantly the the handheld’s success overall.

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According to just-released full-year financials, Sony’s confirmed that 9.24 million PS3s were sold in the year ending March 31, compared to 3.57 in the previous period.

The upswing of PS3 sales was met by the gradual decline of the firm’s PS2 business, with 13.73 last gen machines being sold in the past 12 months as opposed to 14.91 consoles the year earlier.

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Sony Corp just released full-year figures, showing that operating revenue for its games division rose 26.3 percent in the year ending March 31 to $12.84 billion. The PlayStation section of the company still made a loss, however, decreased from $1.97 billion to $1.24 billion year on year.

The company as a whole showed a revenue rose of 6.9 percent to $88.71 billion and an income rise of 421.9 percent to $3.74 billion.

You can find the full thing here. There’s a PDF with all the information and presentation slides to make life easier for you.

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