The games division reported an operating profit of $71.1 million, in contrast to a slight loss a year earlier.
The games division, struggling with the PlayStation 2 game console, lost 13.9 billion yen.
In the last quarter, Sony's games division was its hardest hit, with sales dropping 36 percent.
Sony is counting on the device to breathe new life into its once highly profitable games division.
Moore moved to the games division in 1993, where he became creative director of the AD&D core rules product group.
Income from its games division plunged and its movie studio posted a loss.
The poor performance of the games division stood in contrast to other parts of the company's sprawling lineup of products.
"Fixing its chip business goes together with improving the games division."
Measuring his success is difficult, though, because Vivendi does not break out the revenue or profit figures for its games divisions.
Titmouse opened a games division in 2009.
