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Sony expects PS3 sales to rise from 10 million in FY08 to 13 million this year, it said in its full-year figures today.

PSP sales are expected to grow to 16 million from 14 million.

The only predicted downturn is PlayStation 2, which will fall from 8 million to 6 million in the current financial year, Sony said.

Total software sales for all consoles are expected to hit 240 million units.

All Sony’s fiscal ’08 news can be found here.

Overall PlayStation sales were down 18 percent for the 12 months ending March 31, Sony said today, resting at 1.284 billion yen.

Foreign exchange rates and a decrease in PlayStation 2 hardware and software sales were blamed for the drop.

Losses for the year were trimmed from 124.5 billion yen in 2007 to 58.5 billion yen in FY08 thanks to the decreased cost of PS3 hardware production, the company said.

Sony Corporation reported a loss of 98.9 billion yen for the period overall.

All Sony’s fiscal ’08 news can be found here.

PS3 hardware sales rose 10 percent in the full-year ending March 31, up to 10.06 million units from 9.12 million in fiscal 2007.

PS2 hardware, however, collapsed in the past year, with sales down 42 percent to 7.91 million consoles compared to the year previous.

PSP sales were up 2 percent to 14.11 million sold.

All Sony’s fiscal ’08 news can be found here.

PS3 software sales went through the roof in the 12 months ending March 31, up 79 percent to 103.7 million units compared to the previous year, vastly outmatching hardware sales for growth.

The story wasn’t so solid for PSP and PS2, however, down 9 percent to 50.3 million units and down 46 percent to 83.5 million units year-on-year respectively.

All Sony’s fiscal ’08 news can be found here.