Sony expects gaming profits to rise 30 percent due to higher first-party game sales and the absence of an impairment loss it recorded a year earlier.

(Corrects first paragraph to show gaming sales forecast to fall to 4.42 trillion yen, not 265.7 billion yen)By Sam NusseyTOKYO, May 8 : Sony on Friday forecast annual sales at its gaming business would fall 6 per cent to 4.42 trillion yen ($28 billion) due to lower hardware sales as its PlayStation 5