Japanese electronics giant Sony bounced back into profit in the September quarter powered by a tax gain, restructuring efforts and foreign demand for PlayStation consoles.
But the company cut its full-year sales forecast due to uncertain global demand for electronics in the second half.
In the three months to September, Sony posted a group net profit of 44.1 billion yen ($361m), reversing a 13.2 billion yen loss a year earlier.
The firm's pre-tax profit surged to 48.8 billion yen from 600 million yen earlier but sales inched up just 0.5%.
'In the electronics business, strong sales of consumer audio visual products, a recovery in our semiconductor and components business and the positive impact of restructuring activities that we accelerated since last year caused a steady improvement in profitability,' Sony chairman and chief executive Nobuyuki Idei said in a statement.
Operating profits from Sony's games arm rose more than 500% in the second quarter as strong demand in the US and Europe offset a slump in Japan. Sales increased 3.1%.
Sony said earlier it would launch its hugely popular PlayStation console in China by the end of next year.
Sluggish economic activity worldwide forced the firm to cut its sales forecast by 100 billion yen and to pledge to continue streamlining efforts.
