Impairment of non-financial assets |
12 Months Ended | ||
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Mar. 31, 2026 | |||
| Disclosure of impairment loss and reversal of impairment loss [abstract] | |||
| Impairment of non-financial assets |
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, considering the business environment, as a result of reviewing the future projections for the business operated by Bungie, Inc. (“Bungie”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony within the G&NS segment, Sony determined that sufficient future cash flows were not expected to be generated to recover the carrying amount of the assets. As a result, Sony recognized impairment losses for the entire carrying amount of Bungie’s non-financial assets, excluding goodwill, resulting in impairment losses of 65,312 million yen in other operating (income) expenses, net, related to property, plant and equipment of 11,309 million yen, ROU assets of 14,266 million yen and other intangible assets of 39,737 million yen, and 54,750also recorded impairment losses of million yen in cost of sales related to content assets. The recoverable amount of the assets was measured using value in use with a pre-tax discount rate of 13.0%. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, considering the business environment, Sony decided to wind down the businesses operated by Pixo Holdings, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony within the Pictures segment, and its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, “Pixomondo”), while completing any outstanding contractual obligations. As a result, Sony determined that th e re was recoverable amount f or Pixomondo’s non-financial assets , including property, plantand equipment of 5,171 million yen, ROU assets of 640 million yen, goodwill of 14,355 million yen and other intangible assets of 1,944 million yen 22,110, and accordingly recognized impairment losses of million yen in other operating (income) expenses, net. There were no material impairment losses for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024 and 2025. |