DS screen manufacturer accused of price fixing

ouch, $3 million, that is going to severely hurt these "Sharp" and "Hitachi" companies, who most definitely do not have the money for these lawsuits.

It's only $3 million because the dollar is losing value versus the yen. :(

It's meant to be a slap on the wrist. It's meant for for public display.

I don't understand, do they supplied the screens at a higher price that they supposed too? (sorry I haven't heard the news)

My girlfriend works for Sharp in Osaka. Its more than a slap on the wrist. Many of these Japanese companies including Sharp are severely hurting right now due to the fact the US dollar is rapidly degenerating to monopoly money status. They already have to sell their products at much lower prices in the US than they do in Japan. Add to that the fact that the dollars convert back to much less yen and some of these companies might not be able to weather the economic storm we are seeing across the globe. Sharp in particular was just found guilty of price fixing in the US and was slapped with a 120 million dollar fine which is not exactly chump change. I will say that employees at Sharp were sent an email saying they are innocent in this instance and are planning on fighting it. I say good luck... If any of these companies start to go out of business there will be less competition and prices will be more likely to go up than down.

Sometimes when I read these posts I start to think that the words "economy" and "weak dollar" are just buzzwords to some people.

I only want to see comments by Dillpunk in this news item. He seems to have a better grasp that the other fans here.

This story isn't very surprising.

I repair DS's as some spending money while I attend college, and man those top screens were the most expensive part to replace! Except the motherboard of course.

"IT PRICE-FIXES MONEY!"

This doesnt seem awesome

Slightly related: how about Nintendo lower the price of 1st party software? Stores are selling new copies of Mario Party DS for £38. That's the same price as 360 games, and they're overpriced as it is.

Of new games

DS store: £25-35
360 store: £40-55 (or much more for collectors editions)

DS online: £15-25
360 online: £30-40 (again, more for collectors editions)

However you look at it, apart from your made up Mario Party numbers, DS games are hella cheaper than 360. No spin for you.
You can check these prices at Game and Gamestations websites against Play.com, Amazon and friends