DS Lite cracking at the hinge?

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1. me too!sniff!

2. I just got mine a week ago and I haven't had any problems yet. What seems to be the cause of this? Does it affect how the system works or is it cosmetic?

3. How can this happen? Nintendo is known for good quality. have they gived up durability for good looks? for whatever reason YOU FAIL NINTENDO!

4. My hinge has cracked as well, though it doesn't look as clean as the picture above (more jagged). It almost looks like dry-rot. The matte material they used for the hinges just hasn't worked out so well, whether it be absorbing the color of everything it touches or now with the cracking..

5. good thing I dont have a DS lite yet. Im waiting for some cool Special edition DS lites.

6. It was a matter of time people started complaining, this is a portable video game system, that gets rock around pretty hard. out of 5 million sold 100 defective units is not bad, considering they weren't able to meet demand their quality control should have been lowered to keep stores happy. Too bad for those guys. I hope they get their DSL replaced even if it was their fault.

7. I just checked and my hinge isn't cracked (thank God), but as Paul said, it's soaked up the red from my case, so the rubber bottom things and L and R buttons have a slight red/pink tint to them. It's annoying, yes, but it's covered under EB's warranty, so I think I might just smash it and get a new one. Haha.

8. my regular DS "Hevy" cracked (and snapped) in the exact same way. Still works though. I wonder if anyone's done the toilet test yet?

9. Mine is cracked too 🙁

10. This obsession with looks and beauty will be the downfall of civilization.H/helds and controllers are meant to be pressed, fondled, caressed, mashed and occasionally, thrown against a wall.They're meant to be durable and robust NOT look like a woman's make-up box (lite) or a woman's handbag (PSP).I blame those bastards at Sony Computer Entertainment for the demise of happy gaming and the increase in OCD, unhealthy obsessions and other neuroses.

11. This seems more like a widespead problem, worse than the dreading dead pixel tragedy.Fuck this, Im writing a letter to Nintendo.

12. I got my DS lite a week ago and I treat it like a baby (it does not leave my room) and I havent had any problems with my DS lite or my old DS for that matter, but good thing I got the extra 2 year warrenty from best buy like I allways do with anything I get there.

13. …I just checked mine when I read this.. and the crack it there. T____T! It's not completely cracked through, but it's like.. 4/5ths through. Noooo! T_T So Nintendo won't fix this problem? And I didn't have the money for GameStop's warranty?! Meeeeehhh!!!! Why me? T_T

14. What the heck are you people doing to your Lites to crack them? I've had my lite since launch and have thrown this thing around everywhere and it has yet to show any signs of scratching or denting.

15. you're all probably being retarded rough with the system, flinging it open and throwing it in the bottom a your bags.And incidentally, have you all not yet learned that first production runs ALWAYS have problems? I laugh at all you people preordering Wiis and PS3s, and actually NOT planning to gouge them on ebay…

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