Acquisitions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Summary of Purchase Price Allocation

	Yen in millions
	Acquired assets and liabilities recorded at fair value as of acquisition date (Preliminary)		Measurement period adjustments			Acquired assets and liabilities recorded at fair value as of acquisition date (Final)
Cash and cash equivalents		12,971					12,971
Notes and accounts receivable, trade and contract assets		32,287					32,287
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		10,220		(98	)		10,122
Securities investments and other		1,476					1,476
Intangibles, net		420,534					420,534
Goodwill		237,271		(1,206	)		236,065
Other		10,023					10,023
Total assets		724,782		(1,304	)		723,478
Notes and accounts payable, trade		1,731					1,731
Accounts payable, other and accrued expenses		70,675					70,675
Accrued income and other taxes		3,082		(69	)		3,013
Long-term debt		148,621					148,621
Accrued pension and severance costs		1,947					1,947
Deferred income taxes		94,849		(1,235	)		93,614
Other		5,564					5,564
Total liabilities		326,469		(1,304	)		325,165

Unaudited Supplemental Pro Forma Financial Information

The following unaudited supplemental pro forma financial information presents the combined results of operations of Sony and EMI as though the acquisition had occurred as of the beginning of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018: 

	Yen in millions, Yen per share amounts
	Fiscal year ended March 31
	2018		2019
Net sales		8,612,280		8,738,209
Operating income		854,786		801,973
Net income attributable to Sony Corporation’s stockholders		584,019		817,629
Per share data:
— Basic EPS		462.08		645.53
— Diluted EPS		451.88		631.55

Acquisition of equity interests in joint ventures in the life insurance business

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Summary of Purchase Price Allocation

The following table summarizes the fair values assigned to the assets and liabilities of the JVs that were recorded in the Financial Services segment.

	Yen in millions
Cash and cash equivalents		27,380
Marketable securities		530,851
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		21,933
Securities investments and other		15,329
Goodwill		3,609
Other		406
Total assets		599,508
Future insurance policy benefits and other		66,599
Policyholders’ account in the life insurance business		495,248
Other		4,979
Total liabilities		566,826