Sony Under DOJ Probe, But Not for Games
Sony, already battered by a battery recall and Playstation 3 supply issues, is now being probed by the the U.S. Department of Justice as part of an investigation into sales of memory chips.
The company said today that they received a subpoena from the Justice Department's antitrust division looking for details about Sony's static random access memory (SRAM) business.
"Sony intends to cooperate fully with the DOJ in what appears to be an industrywide inquiry," the company said in a short statement.
Last year Sony sold $27.7 million worth of SRAM, but they declined to say who makes the chips for them who who they sell them to.
And Sony isn't the only SRAM operation under investigation, earlier this month Cypress Semiconductor announced that the DOJ was looking into their operation as well.
While this isn't specifically gaming news, it will be if Sony ends up bleeding to death before the PS3 can start to turn a profit for them. Things are looking bad for Sony.
U.S. Justice Department Probing Sony Unit [AP]
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