3DS D-pads and buttons wearing away due to cheap materials used by Nintendo?

[QUOTE="_Matt_"]

[QUOTE="Shinobishyguy"] and ofcourse like clockwork, the OP will ignore any valid arguments and continue to post moronic threads like this

Shinobishyguy

*shrugs* well I guess it is system wars! Aside from the price I got the 3ds for, its (current) lack of many decent titles, and 2 vertical marks on my top screen from closing over the bottom screen, I have had no problems with, and am very happy with my 3DS :)

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="bbkkristian"] Yeah, I looked up the issue online and it seems that other 3DS owners have sent in their 3DS because of their issue and got it back completely resolved. :) My screen's PERMANENTLY scratched and I could send it in for "repair." Just gotta go through the LONG process of sending it in (but Nintendo's really good on sending the unit back quickly ;) )

bbkkristian

Did the search but didn't find the page I was looking for. But I did find Nintendo's troubleshooting page where it does say you can send it in for repair :)

http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/3ds/en_na/ts_system.jsp

They appear to be the same as my DSi, which is still in perfect shape after hundreds of hours...

As you'll see in the comments,
a) That 3DS is a counterfeit unit
b) It is an isolated incident
c) It doesn't affect anybody playing the 3DS. I mean, I haven't seen this appear on any other outlet, so the problem can't be widespread, can it?
d) The 3DS isn't painted, it's colored plastic, so the paint can'tcome off at all.

charizard1605

Why didn't the thread end here?

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]

As you'll see in the comments,
a) That 3DS is a counterfeit unit
b) It is an isolated incident
c) It doesn't affect anybody playing the 3DS. I mean, I haven't seen this appear on any other outlet, so the problem can't be widespread, can it?
d) The 3DS isn't painted, it's colored plastic, so the paint can'tcome off at all.

shutdown_202

Why didn't the thread end here?

[QUOTE="shutdown_202"]

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]

As you'll see in the comments,
a) That 3DS is a counterfeit unit
b) It is an isolated incident
c) It doesn't affect anybody playing the 3DS. I mean, I haven't seen this appear on any other outlet, so the problem can't be widespread, can it?
d) The 3DS isn't painted, it's colored plastic, so the paint can'tcome off at all.

lettuceman44

Why didn't the thread end here?

As you'll see in the comments,
a) That 3DS is a counterfeit unit
b) It is an isolated incident
c) It doesn't affect anybody playing the 3DS. I mean, I haven't seen this appear on any other outlet, so the problem can't be widespread, can it?
d) The 3DS isn't painted, it's colored plastic, so the paint can'tcome off at all.

charizard1605

Well thats good to know, because honestly I've been worried about that since the day i opened it.. the buttons and analog stick to me felt like they would go pretty fast...

that pic looks more like someone put some glue on the sides.

[QUOTE="Timstuff"]

If there are already functional counterfeit 3DSes out there, then Nintendo has a much bigger problem to worry about.

Cherokee_Jack

Because counterfeiting ruined so many other handhelds, eh?

[QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"]

[QUOTE="Timstuff"]

If there are already functional counterfeit 3DSes out there, then Nintendo has a much bigger problem to worry about.

Timstuff

Because counterfeiting ruined so many other handhelds, eh?

There's a reason why I stopped going to Kotaku.

This is a reminder why.

Haziqonfire

Yeah this is a great example of why not to bother with them(and I guess this kinda includes their total lack of credibility).

I'm also pretty happy that the threads are starting to turn around on the Nintendo bashing subject. I've never seen 3RR and I've owned 5 360s and that was something that was common and I thnk that was a much bigger subject on the internet than in reality.

[QUOTE="Timstuff"]

[QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"]

Because counterfeiting ruined so many other handhelds, eh?

charizard1605

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]

[QUOTE="Timstuff"]It took several years for counterfeit DS lites to hit the market. There is no evidence that only a few months out the gate, the 3DS has already been successfully duplicated.

Timstuff

All systems are toys :lol: charizard1605

OT- I thought the 3DS had colored plastic, why would the paint chip :? It's probably some counterfeit unit.

[QUOTE="Timstuff"]

[QUOTE="charizard1605"] And we know that this is a working unit, how?

charizard1605

As promised, here are the pics:

Exhibit a) The shiny D Pad. The D Pad is made of the same material that the buttons and the uncased plastic around it is made of

Exhibit b) More evidence of Exhibit a

As you can see, it's the same thing. It's colored plastic, not paint. It can't chip off.

Can we end this now?

Why is Kotaku on this 3DS vendetta?

I'll contribute by adding pictures of my 3DS as well (Aqua Blue). In terms of how long I've played, I added up everything and I've spent approximately 100 hours on software on the device.

[QUOTE="Timstuff"]

[QUOTE="charizard1605"] And we know that this is a working unit, how?

charizard1605

The 3Ds doesn't look like that anyway according tothe pics posted by people in this thread.

I'll contribute by adding pictures of my 3DS as well (Aqua Blue). In terms of how long I've played, I added up everything and I've spent approximately 100 hours on software on the device.

Haziqonfire

Now that I look closely at that Pic...Something just doesn't look right about it.

Guys i have a real 3DS. It's the Malaysian/Singaporean version distributed by Active Boeki which is shown on the back. I bought it at Datablitz, the Gamestop version of the Philippines. I have noticed that on the lower right part of the volume logo it seems my 3ds had a scratch probably due to accidental hits or scratch from hard surfaces. It looks to me like it's painted because the paint can come off. the color inside looks white with a little hint of the aqua blue color just like the picture shown on the main post. The difference though is that the aqua blue paint still sticks very firmly unlike the picture shown in the main post where it no longer sticks anymore. sadly i can't post a good quality picture of it since i don't have a camera and i'm lazy to bother.lordlors

It sounds like this will not be an issue for most 3DS users since most 3DSes appear to be colored plastic and not painted, but I think that it's rather annoying how angry people got at me for posting this and how they tried to dismiss it as some kind of hoax. Not all products of the same model come from the same factory, and sometimes one of the factories makes a mistake. Hopefully this issue has been corrected and won't cause problems in the future, but I think people need to be less close-minded and hostile when there is a news story they don't want to hear. As I recall, me and millions of other people thought that there was only a small, isolated problem when PSN was having hiccups a few months ago, and it turns out that it was a much bigger problem than anyone could have anticipated. I'm not saying every little rumor out there has a bit of truth in it, but you shouldn't shoot the messanger every time they bring news you don't want to hear.

[QUOTE="lordlors"]Guys i have a real 3DS. It's the Malaysian/Singaporean version distributed by Active Boeki which is shown on the back. I bought it at Datablitz, the Gamestop version of the Philippines. I have noticed that on the lower right part of the volume logo it seems my 3ds had a scratch probably due to accidental hits or scratch from hard surfaces. It looks to me like it's painted because the paint can come off. the color inside looks white with a little hint of the aqua blue color just like the picture shown on the main post. The difference though is that the aqua blue paint still sticks very firmly unlike the picture shown in the main post where it no longer sticks anymore. sadly i can't post a good quality picture of it since i don't have a camera and i'm lazy to bother.Timstuff

It sounds like this will not be an issue for most 3DS users since most 3DSes appear to be colored plastic and not painted, but I think that it's rather annoying how angry people got at me for posting this and how they tried to dismiss it as some kind of hoax. Not all products of the same model come from the same factory, and sometimes one of the factories makes a mistake. Hopefully this issue has been corrected and won't cause problems in the future, but I think people need to be less close-minded and hostile when there is a news story they don't want to hear. As I recall, me and millions of other people thought that there was only a small, isolated problem when PSN was having hiccups a few months ago, and it turns out that it was a much bigger problem than anyone could have anticipated. I'm not saying every little rumor out there has a bit of truth in it, but you shouldn't shoot the messanger every time they bring news you don't want to hear.

The funny this is though that you seem to be the only one that cares. How about we pretend it's a big deal until this is proven legit or until it actually happens to multiple people so it will actually become a big deal. You've been trying to hate on Nintendo every chance you get.

Nintendo may have started the D-pad craze, but ever since Sony came into the industry they perfected the D-pad in ways that Nintendo never came close to. Oh and Nintendo is HORRIBLE when it comes to analog sticks. They can never seem to get it right. Which is probably one of the reasons the Wii U controller has one of those stupid nub disc things instead of a real analog stick... Nintendo is giving up on analog sticks 'cause they suck at making them. Just look at the N64, Gamecube, Wii... 'nuff said. I remember playing FPS games on the Gamecube was such a pain in the ass since there was only one(crappy) analog stick and that useless little yellow stubby thing. Also, why does Nintendo feel the need to make a hexagonal cut out with their analog sticks? It always made it difficult to be able to aim in a whole circle smoothly. Maybe Nintendo should just give up completely on sticks/buttons that usually control your character's up/down/left/right/etc movement?Messiahbolical-

Sega Genesis/Sega Saturn D-Pad > Wii D-Pad > Sony's D-Pad > Microsoft's D-Pad.

And I don't see anything wrong with the Wii and Gamecube control sticks, I agree with the N64 control stick not being that good though. And no, the reason why the 3DS has a slider pad is so the system can actually close...

Okay i actually posted a pic in my facebook from my DSi camera. How can i post it here in GS? BTW, the scratch is so small that it's not that big of a deal.lordlors

Can't you just copy and paste the picture onto here? If not then upload it to TinyPic and then post the link here.

it's bad quality but if you look hard you can see it. It's on the edge on lower right of the - sign.

it's bad quality but if you look hard you can see it. It's on the edge on lower right of the - sign.

lordlors

You said you uploaded that from your Facebook? Dude, Right Click the Facebook Pic, click open in New Tab, now the Picture is viewable to where you can right click and view Image, I know for a fact that DSis take Decent Size Pictures.

sorry i didn't know that. i just right click and view image without right clicking to open a new tab. i can now preview a larger image but it seems i get an error

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[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="Timstuff"]You seem to have a foregone conclusion that this is not a real 3DS, even though there is not sufficient evidence that the 3DS has been counterfitted to make that argument. The responsibility should be on you to find evidence of fake 3DS units if that is the argument you want to try to make, because that would be a much bigger story and yet no-one has reported anything like that.

Timstuff

a) Mine IS a 3DS from the first batch, since it's a launch 3DS. Also, because Nintendo has only yet shipped the first shipment to retailers (since the first shipment never sold out)
b) A pal of mine got a 3DS in June, blue colored. It's the same as mine. Colored plastic.

I'm not saying that the unit in the OP does not have paint coming off- clearly it does. I'm saying that the unit in the OP might not be legitimate, it might be counterfeit, and THAT'S why the paint is coming off.

[QUOTE="Timstuff"][QUOTE="charizard1605"] I have evidence. The 3DS is NOT painted. The 3DS is colored plastic. I own a 3DS, I know this. That's my evidence. If you want, I'll post pics.charizard1605

a) Mine IS a 3DS from the first batch, since it's a launch 3DS. Also, because Nintendo has only yet shipped the first shipment to retailers (since the first shipment never sold out)
b) A pal of mine got a 3DS in June, blue colored. It's the same as mine. Colored plastic.

I'm not saying that the unit in the OP does not have paint coming off- clearly it does. I'm saying that the unit in the OP might not be legitimate, it might be counterfeit, and THAT'S why the paint is coming off.

You are using your own pre-concieved conclusion to invalidate the evidence, and that just doens't hold up. You asume that because most 3DS units work fine, there can't possibly be any that are different. Not all 3DS units came from the same factory though, so why should we assume that any variation is because it's a counterfeit? Your only "evidence" that this is a counterfeit is because you do not believe that a legitimate 3DS would be painted. I suggest you read Lordlors' posts, because his 3DS is clearly painted and I find it highly unlikely that he has a counterfeit unit. Find me reports of 3DS counterfeit units, and I will be more inclined to accept your argument as plausible.

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]

[QUOTE="Timstuff"]Do you know for a fact that all 3DS units are not painted though, even the very earliest of those in production? I am not saying this is a widespread problem, but you seem a bit overly dismissive of even the possibility that there are any defective units out there, which could have come from a different factory earlier in the production process.Timstuff

a) Mine IS a 3DS from the first batch, since it's a launch 3DS. Also, because Nintendo has only yet shipped the first shipment to retailers (since the first shipment never sold out)
b) A pal of mine got a 3DS in June, blue colored. It's the same as mine. Colored plastic.

I'm not saying that the unit in the OP does not have paint coming off- clearly it does. I'm saying that the unit in the OP might not be legitimate, it might be counterfeit, and THAT'S why the paint is coming off.

You are using your own pre-concieved conclusion to invalidate the evidence, and that just doens't hold up. You asume that because most 3DS units work fine, there can't possibly be any that are different. Not all 3DS units came from the same factory though, so why should we assume that any variation is because it's a counterfeit? Your only "evidence" that this is a counterfeit is because you do not believe that a legitimate 3DS would be painted. I suggest you read Lordlors' posts, because his 3DS is clearly painted and I find it highly unlikely that he has a counterfeit unit. Find me reports of 3DS counterfeit units, and I will be more inclined to accept your argument as plausible.

I was wrong, and it is entirely possible that there are some 3DS units suffering from this issue. However, it seems to be localized to Asian and Japanese units, it seems to be limited to blue 3DS units, and it seems to be very isolated so far,

I'm not having any problems like that, but I can definitely tell there is some sort of finish on the buttons (clearly not the same as the finish used in those photos though) due to a few stray dust particulates visible under glare. Not too many particles, but noticeable to me at least (I'm used to seeing a lot more though because my furniture and cabinet making class in high school didn't have a proper finishing room :P).

Edit:

Yeah, there is apparently an anti-finger print finish on the system.I'm guessing that is when those fine dust particles got trapped.

Edit again: Hmm, seems like the anti-finger print coating is only for the top outer portion. Must be another type of finish for the buttons.

I have a Nintendo 3DS that I purchased in late May, and after playing Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Shadow Wars, which is a game thats only movement input method is the D-pad, for nearly thirty hours and after playing multiple hours between Donkey Kong, Super Mario Land, Kirby's Dreamland, and Excitebike 3D with the D-pad, it still looks brand new and functions flawlessly.

I should say that all people that posted something along the lines of "yeah that's Nintendo quality for you...haha" are haters that just got self owned for not checking out the facts before posting :lol: