The 3DS's lower screen has been reported to scratch the upper screen when closed

This is something that is not really funny regarding the 3DS. If the lower screen would scratch the upper 3D screen could that possibly lead to worse 3D effects?

I'm leaning more and more towards a 3DS redesign at this point.

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Screen protector problem solved.

Its not a wide spread problem, only a few people have reported this happening to them because only a few actually had this manufacturing error. Definatley not a big enough problem for a redesign!

My laptop keyboard leaves grease marks on the screen. Could this be what's being seen?

I had it leave a faint dirt mark once but scratches sounds like rubbish to me, it's pressing against the screen very gently so unless you're smashing the top of your 3DS I don't see how it would scratch, you could leave a knife resting blade down on the surface of your skin and it wouldn't do anything unless you put pressure on it.bobbetybob

I've seen multiple youtube unboxings where they just smack it all the way down instead of gently closing it.

Just because you can does not mean you should people.

Parts of me die inside when I hear the CLACK sound :/

[QUOTE="bobbetybob"]I had it leave a faint dirt mark once but scratches sounds like rubbish to me, it's pressing against the screen very gently so unless you're smashing the top of your 3DS I don't see how it would scratch, you could leave a knife resting blade down on the surface of your skin and it wouldn't do anything unless you put pressure on it.SuperFlakeman

I've seen multiple youtube unboxings where they just smack it all the way down instead of gently closing it.

Just because you can does not mean you should people.

Parts of me die inside when I hear the CLACK sound :/

It's a Nintendo handheld.

You know, the system that has been the choise for young kids all these years. It's not a bomb.

[QUOTE="SuperFlakeman"]

[QUOTE="bobbetybob"]I had it leave a faint dirt mark once but scratches sounds like rubbish to me, it's pressing against the screen very gently so unless you're smashing the top of your 3DS I don't see how it would scratch, you could leave a knife resting blade down on the surface of your skin and it wouldn't do anything unless you put pressure on it.JLF1

I've seen multiple youtube unboxings where they just smack it all the way down instead of gently closing it.

Just because you can does not mean you should people.

Parts of me die inside when I hear the CLACK sound :/

It's a Nintendo handheld.

You know, the system that has been the choise for young kids all these years. It's not a bomb.

IGN UK Unboxing: 2:18 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNAJAOlw3wU&feature=related

CLACK.. it's like torture for me

Damn...did Nintendo rush this thing out or what? Bread_or_Decide

It's seems the typical errors with first shipments, it happens all the time, even with the Wii, i'll be fixed in no time.

[QUOTE="JLF1"]

[QUOTE="SuperFlakeman"]

I've seen multiple youtube unboxings where they just smack it all the way down instead of gently closing it.

Just because you can does not mean you should people.

Parts of me die inside when I hear the CLACK sound :/

SuperFlakeman

It's a Nintendo handheld.

You know, the system that has been the choise for young kids all these years. It's not a bomb.

IGN UK Unboxing: 2:18 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNAJAOlw3wU&feature=related

CLACK.. it's like torture for me

IGN UK Unboxing: 2:18 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNAJAOlw3wU&feature=related

CLACK.. it's like torture for me

SuperFlakeman

I'll give you the last one as that could have left a mark on the screen. The previous ones were simply closing it normally.

You also has to keep in mind that this is the first time a problem like that has happened on a DS system so it's not like they knew about it.

my 3DS is fine. or get a 3 dollar screen protector whats the big deal

Screen protector problem solved.

Animal-Mother

[QUOTE="Animal-Mother"]

Screen protector problem solved.

nintendoboy16

[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"][QUOTE="Animal-Mother"]

Screen protector problem solved.

JLF1

Kind of defeats the purpose of a clamshell if you have to buy a screen protector for it.

Hand helds...lol. I wouldn't be caught dead playing video games in public.percech

oh SW, always ready to blow problems waaay out of proportions.

Parts of me die inside when I hear the CLACK sound :/

SuperFlakeman

[QUOTE="percech"]Hand helds...lol. I wouldn't be caught dead playing video games in public.TheColbert

I don't get how that works even, but I don't own a 3DS either. If you consider the other DS systems, they have never had this issue, or any reported, so maybe perhaps this is just a few unlucky people somehow causing the error in some unnatural way? The source says "few" people, how many is "few"?

Regardless, I'm sure it's not an issue that's widespread and people who have this happening to them must have really oily fingers or something and touched some part of the system that the screen can touch, or I have no clue still. :|

Kind of defeats the purpose of a clamshell if you have to buy a screen protector for it.

topgunmv

[QUOTE="TheColbert"][QUOTE="percech"]Hand helds...lol. I wouldn't be caught dead playing video games in public.percech

[QUOTE="percech"][QUOTE="TheColbert"] Yes its so better playing games hiding in your room. bobbetybob

Playing around with an i-phone is an easy way to get laid. :P

I don't get how that works even, but I don't own a 3DS either. If you consider the other DS systems, they have never had this issue, or any reported, so maybe perhaps this is just a few unlucky people somehow causing the error in some unnatural way? The source says "few" people, how many is "few"?

Regardless, I'm sure it's not an issue that's widespread and people who have this happening to them must have really oily fingers or something and touched some part of the system that the screen can touch, or I have no clue still. :|

yoshi_64

It probably has something to do with the upper screen being much wider than the lower one.

If you have DS (Not 3DS) laying around you can see that the upper and lower screen are inside a plastic crated rather than being inside the system like the PSP. This creates a plastic edge around the screens. When you close a DSPhat, Lite or DSi these plastic edges are matched and never touches the screens. On the 3DS though you have the upper screen being wider and thus comes into contact with the plastic edges of the lower screen.

Playing around with an i-phone is an easy way to get laid. :P

Lionheart08

[QUOTE="Lionheart08"]

Playing around with an i-phone is an easy way to get laid. :P

DJ_Lae

but i dont date nerdy girls who play angry birds. I want my woman to be atletic

[QUOTE="TheColbert"][QUOTE="percech"]Hand helds...lol. I wouldn't be caught dead playing video games in public.percech

let me guess, youre in high school :P

I'd chalk that up to one of those launch flaws on just a small amount of units, but that's the price you pay for buying launch hardware. I'm not waiting for a new design, but I will wait a few months for better software and allow for better units that weren't rushed for launch day.

I'd chalk that up to one of those launch flaws on just a small amount of units, but that's the price you pay for buying launch hardware. I'm not waiting for a new design, but I will wait a few months for better software and allow for better units that weren't rushed for launch day.

Bigboi500

[QUOTE="yoshi_64"]

I don't get how that works even, but I don't own a 3DS either. If you consider the other DS systems, they have never had this issue, or any reported, so maybe perhaps this is just a few unlucky people somehow causing the error in some unnatural way? The source says "few" people, how many is "few"?

Regardless, I'm sure it's not an issue that's widespread and people who have this happening to them must have really oily fingers or something and touched some part of the system that the screen can touch, or I have no clue still. :|

JLF1

It probably has something to do with the upper screen being much wider than the lower one.

If you have DS (Not 3DS) laying around you can see that the upper and lower screen are inside a plastic crated rather than being inside the system like the PSP. This creates a plastic edge around the screens. When you close a DSPhat, Lite or DSi these plastic edges are matched and never touches the screens. On the 3DS though you have the upper screen being wider and thus comes into contact with the plastic edges of the lower screen.

Meh, I've used my ds rigorously for years and the touchscreen doesn't have any scratches on it.

As long as you don't have dirt or something on your hands you shouldn't really need one.

This is why I like to avoid the first itteration of a handheld.

[QUOTE="DJ_Lae"][QUOTE="Lionheart08"]

Playing around with an i-phone is an easy way to get laid. :P

Half-Way

but i dont date nerdy girls who play angry birds. I want my woman to be atletic

I keep a lens cloth in my system whenever i shut it :)

Meh, I've used my ds rigorously for years and the touchscreen doesn't have any scratches on it.

As long as you don't have dirt or something on your hands you shouldn't really need one.

topgunmv

I've completed all EBA stages on 4th difficulty, after wiping it clean it was like new. Just a sidenote, I HATE the way you have to do those spins, why would they include that, even being Nintendo published? :/

People use their hands on DS's touch screen? :O

[QUOTE="DJ_Lae"][QUOTE="Lionheart08"]

Playing around with an i-phone is an easy way to get laid. :P

Half-Way

but i dont date nerdy girls who play angry birds. I want my woman to be atletic

[QUOTE="Half-Way"]

[QUOTE="DJ_Lae"] There is an element of truth to this. No woman is going to wander up to a guy with a gaming handheld and ask him what's up. But she sees an iPhone, she'll wander over and ask if he's playing Angry Birds.MFDOOM1983

but i dont date nerdy girls who play angry birds. I want my woman to be atletic

i was obviously joking,

i dont care if a girl is nerdy or athletic, as long she looks good

[QUOTE="JLF1"]

[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"] This. I have one on my standard DS Lite for my touch screen.topgunmv

Kind of defeats the purpose of a clamshell if you have to buy a screen protector for it.

[QUOTE="TheColbert"][QUOTE="percech"]Hand helds...lol. I wouldn't be caught dead playing video games in public.percech

lol posts like this always make me laugh.

You're on a gaming forum dedicated to arguing about computer games.

I know what this is talking about.

My 3DS I believe has them but it's not hindering the 3D Effect (so far).

I need to get some Screen Protectors before it gets worse.

This type of thing always happens with the launch models of handhelds.

The DS lite had that cracked hinge problem and the psp had those dead pixels and defective square buttons.

It's why it's generally better to wait.

Hand helds...lol. I wouldn't be caught dead playing video games in public.percech

My friend has this problem, although it seems to be more of a mark that a scratch but i guess it could develop over time?

This type of thing always happens with the launch models of handhelds.

The DS lite had that cracked hinge problem

Shinobishyguy

I didn't know that was widespread, that happened to mine. I fixed it with super glue though.

3DS the most failing handheld confirmed? It has many other problems too, like crashing often as much as the RROD.