Sony Corp. expects a sharp increase in the number of games released for the PlayStation 3 this business year, in a move that should help the game console"s slumping sales, the Nikkei business daily quoted the head of Sony"s game division as saying in an interview.

Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) President Kazuo Hirai was quoted by the Nikkei newspaper as saying that 200 software titles and 180 download-only titles would be released for the PS3 in the current business year to next March.