"If Sony are in the business of making money then they’re doing a pretty poor job of it, the figures just released for year ending March 31st show that Sony recorded a loss for the first time in 14 years as they reported a loss of 98.9bn Yen (£685m) compared with a profit of 369.4bn Yen the previous year, the company obviously (and with good reason) blames the global downturn and a strong Yen."