Sony expects PC revenue to hit $450 million in the current financial year compared to $80 million two years earlier. 'Already our PC business is a significant profit contributor,' Ryan said.

Sony has also brought 'The Last Of Us' franchise, which depicts characters struggling for survival in a post-apocalyptic United States, to PC as part of a push to diversify beyond consoles. The success of the show is a notable example of efforts by Sony to drive business across different business lines after its transformation from an electronics maker to entertainment giant spanning games, music and movies. 'We could see very, very clearly that every time an episode of that show dropped that sales of the game increased very dramatically,' Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan told an investor briefing. TOKYO, May 24 (Reuters) - Sony Group Corp (6758.T) said on Wednesday that the success of hit drama 'The Last Of Us' from television network HBO is boosting sales of the game series upon which it is based, in a stand-out case of the group repurposing its popular franchises.

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