A DS Lite screen cartel?

Japan's Fair Trade Commission has conducted an investigation of Sharp and Hitachi Displays Ltd. in response to accusations that the two companies have unfairly fixed prices of LCD displays for DS Lites (in what AFX News Kaori Kaneko referred to as a "cartel"). The organization searched both companies' offices, presumably for physical evidence in the form of documentation or company communications about some kind of price fixing scheme. Nintendo spokesperson said that the company is "not aware of the reported allegations," and it is as of yet unknown who made the accusation.

We kind of wonder who else it would be, if not someone at Nintendo. This is an antitrust issue in which prices are unfairly set for exactly one entity -- Nintendo. It had to be the one thing Nintendo decided to use two of.

[Via NeoGAF]