The maker of PlayStation game consoles, Bravia televisions and Cyber-shot cameras added that it did not expect the transaction to impact its February forecast of a 70 billion yen loss for the year. The electronics giant has been forced to undergo major restructuring -- slashing jobs, selling facilities and turning to suppliers for parts -- after seeing losses pile up due to evaporating demand amid the financial crisis. Sony said the Kyocera deal would not affect its planned acquisition of "certain business assets" of Seiko Epson's LCD operations at its Tottori plant, also in Western Japan, due to be completed on April 1. The deal, announced last year, would see Sony acquire technology to make cheaper and lower quality "amorphous silicon" LCD screens compared to those produced at the plant which is to be sold to Kyocera.