Sony swings to $1.95 bn net profit as PlayStation sales soar

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TOKYO: Sony on Friday posted a nine-month net profit of almost $2.0 billion, thanks to brisk sales of its PlayStation video games console and image sensors used in smartphones, as the company moves past years of losses.

The electronics giant said net profit came in at 236.1 billion yen ($1.95 billion), reversing a 19.2 billion yen loss a year earlier.