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Sony Group Corp (SONY)
20-F · FY2025 · Filed Jun 20, 2025
Accession: 0001193125-25-143137
Sony Group Corp (SONY)'s FY2025 20-F was filed with the SEC on (accession 0001193125-25-143137). Per Item 1 of the filing, its products include PlayStation 5, PlayStation Plus, Crunchyroll, Sony Alpha cameras and CMOS Image Sensors (with TRISTA two-layer transistor pixel); it names Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Broadcast television networks, Cable networks and DBS providers among its competitors; customer segments: Gamers / PlayStation users, Music streaming consumers and digital service platforms, Movie theater audiences and TV viewers, Smartphone OEMs (image sensor customers) and Camera and imaging professionals/creators.
Item 1 — Business overview
Products
- PlayStation 5 (PS5)
- PlayStation Plus (PS Plus)
- PlayStation Network (PSN)
- PlayStation Portal Remote Player
- PlayStation Store
- Bravia televisions
- Alpha interchangeable lens cameras
- CMOS image sensors
- Crunchyroll anime streaming service
- SonyLIV streaming service
- Game Show Network
- Sony Pictures motion pictures (Spider-Man, Jumanji)
Product categories
- Digital Software and Add-on Content
- Network Services
- Hardware & Others (game consoles)
- Recorded Music - Streaming
- Recorded Music - Others
- Music Publishing
- Visual Media & Platform
- Motion Pictures
- Television Productions
- Media Networks (DTC streaming)
- Televisions
- Audio & Video
Customer segments
- Gamers / PlayStation users
- Music streaming consumers and digital service platforms
- Movie theater audiences and TV viewers
- Smartphone OEMs (image sensor customers)
- Camera and imaging professionals/creators
- Anime fans (Crunchyroll subscribers)
- Japanese individual life and non-life insurance policyholders
- Japanese retail banking customers
- Industrial / automotive / social infrastructure OEMs
- Broadcast and professional video customers
- Wholesalers, retailers, third-party distributors
- Cable, satellite, digital streaming distributors
Go to market
- Direct digital distribution via PlayStation Store
- Third-party retailers, wholesalers and distributors for hardware/physical software
- Direct-to-consumer (DTC) websites (Sony Interactive Entertainment, Crunchyroll, SonyLIV)
- Sony Marketing Inc. (Japan) for consumer electronics
- Regional sales subsidiaries (Sony Electronics Inc. US, Sony Europe B.V., Sony China)
- Theatrical distribution via Sony Pictures Releasing and Sony Pictures Classics
- Licensing to digital platforms, cable networks, DBS providers, broadcast networks
- Lifeplanner sales specialists and independent agents (Sony Life)
- Direct marketing via internet and telephone (Sony Assurance)
- Internet-based bank with MONEYKit website (Sony Bank)
- Direct sales to smartphone OEMs and industrial customers (image sensors)
Named competitors
- Netflix
- Amazon Prime Video
- Broadcast television networks
- Cable networks
- DBS providers
- Other motion picture studios and production companies
- Online insurance companies (Sony Life)
- Foreign-owned life insurance companies
- Japanese cooperative associations (insurance)
- Traditional banking institutions
- Regional banks
- Trust banks
Raw Item 1 preview
Table of Contents false FY 0000313838 --03-31 NONE M0 NY JP Foreign exchange loss, net includes gains or losses from foreign exchange contracts. The storage media business of Sony Storage Media Solutions Corporation was transferred to Sony Storage Media Manufacturing Corporation by way of an absorption-type split as of April 1, 2025, and Sony Storage Media Manufacturing Corporation changed its company name to Sony Storage Media Corporation. Contract liabilities are included in the consolidated statements of financial position as “Other current liabilities” and “Other non-current liabilities.” Receivables from contracts with customers are included in the consolidated statements of financial position as “Trade and other receivables, and contract assets” and “Other financial assets,” non-current. Contract assets are included in the consolidated statements of financial position as “Trade and other receivables, and contract assets” and “Other non-current assets.” The amount included in the Music segment primarily consists of minimum royalty guarantees or fixed fees in contracts related to license revenue for ongoing access to an evolving library of content. For Motion Pictures and Television Productions in the Pictures segment, Sony has included all contracts regardless of duration. Refer to Notes 9 and 11. Other investments primarily include investment funds. Foreign corporate bonds primarily include repackaged bonds. Amounts offset in the consolidated statements of financial position are related to repurchase agreements of products. Certain subsidiaries have entered into ma…
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