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[waterydave]

people use their keys on demo Nintendo DS units. I wouldnt worry just people being people and destroying [property that isnt theirs.

 

[Dezzy]

This looks pretty good for a public demo. I've seen some with no stick left at all.

 

[btkadams]

yeah i don't see this happening with regular use. look at the ds kiosks in walmarts lol.

 

[LiK]

Unless this happens during normal use in your home, I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[nib95]

Some guy/girl with long nails got angry with their controller.

 

[Insane Metal]

Looks like someone forced the rubber with their nail or something.

 

[GalacticaN7]

I see a top-down view of a skull

It's facing the XBone kiosk giving it the death stare. Sony wins next gen confirmed.

 

[chur]

As others have said, it's a public booth, plus it's a new controller so people will mess around with it more to try and get a feel for it.

 

[Sorcerer Supreme]

This is clickbait garbage.

 

[GribbleGrunger]

That's from idiots who have the habit of digging into the top with their nails. I had a friend who did that and it drove me nuts.

 

[phosphor112]

So.. rubber is fragile? Looks like someone is trying to shove their nail into it.

 

[Pop]

Ohhhh shit, this is worse than any problem so far. Cancelling.

Yup, this is the scratch that broke the camel's back.

 

[Storm360]

Every public controller i've seen has been trashed, I've seen DS3's get destroyed in a year (literally the thumb stick bit/snapped off) , yet my launch Six Axis is fine

 

[Radec]

Did someone purposely dug it with his fingernails ?

 

[Alucrid]

I thought the stick was going to be snapped in half not this

 

[The_Darkest_Red]

Seen playing directly before photo was taken:

 

[GeoramA]

All controllers in a public setting get abused

Nah, it's definitely the poor quality of the sticks...

Gotta love sensationalist headlines.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Dig in?

 

[LevityNYC]

preorder canceled.

 

[Backfoggen]

I keep waiting for motion to happen in this gif also can't read that GAF screencap

 

[KORNdoggy]

man, this is stupid

when the DS came out there was a demo station in toys R us here in the UK...it had the stylus litterally stabbed into the screen...when i saw it i didn't think to myself "man, this DS is fragile as fuck", no, i thought "what sort of disrespectful arsehole has been playing this thing", but then i consider myself to be quite a logically minded fellow. so, who knows?

 

[Frumix]

Dig in?

Someone was really digging that dualshock

 

[Hanmik]

I see a top-down view of a skull

hmmm..

 

[Commanche Raisin Toast]

I've seen far too many people IRL that leave their nails super long and it grosses me out.

I can just imagine one digging into that stick nub now... *yak*

 

[jaypah]

This.

Shoukd we post Xbone controllers covered in Doritos?

If you're into tit-for-tat fanboyism, sure. Knock yourself out

Also, 24 hours? Yeah that was done on purpose.

 

[BeEatNU]

All controllers in a public setting get abused

this.

Looks like people was using their teeth with it.

 

[orioto]

It's pretty clear at that point that french kids are savages! They'll ruin everything on their path till they found a COD game.

Anyway i was there yesterday night, played Resogun with the pad and it felt great!

 

[cjtiger300]

Notice the touch part still looks great after all that abuse.

 

[kittens]

My R1 button crapped out after playing The Last of Us for 16 hours. It still worked, but didn't spring back consistently when pressed. Sounds like it was a dud, though, cause I haven't seen anyone else report the same problem. I took the controller back and got it replaced, so I'm happy.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

We have no idea what's been happening to these controllers.

 

[Copenap]

How is that even possible? Was someone playing with his nails? I'm not concerned.

 

[xxracerxx]

Looks like the new sticks are not that good afterall ?

This is the only answer.

 

[Prince Vultan]

Teeth marks?

It's the controller's fault for just looking so delicious.

 

[bLaiSe]

When I lended my 360 controller to a friend I got it back after a week with a hole in the middle of the left stick's rubber. He held the controller weird and used his nail to move the stick. I've used that pad for 1,5 years without any damage done to it. Never lended my controller again...

 

[Xater]

This is clickbait garbage.

Of course it is.

Saw these things survive Gamescom without problems. You would have to produce some really shoddy shit for a controller to look like that with normal use over a few days.

 

[Man-is-Obsolete]

Be thankful when you get around to a public demo station the controllers for any system fully function at all. I have seen many time where kids don't even hang the controllers back up, instead just let them fall.

 

[sixteen-bit]

We have no idea what's been happening to these controllers.

Pretty much. What is somebody intentionally gouged out the padding?

 

[Moosehole]

This is going to be a long final 2 weeks. In all seriousness, though, controllers at demo kiosks get maimed.

 

[Violater]

Must have seen that BF4 footage.

 

[Xater]

This is going to be a long final 2 weeks. In all seriousness, though, controllers at demo kiosks get maimed.

Not just controllers. Have you looked at DS/3DS screens at demo stations? I think I also saw sticks getting ripped out of the Vita not too long ago.

 

[GANGSTERKILLER]

Seen playing directly before photo was taken:

Edward Scissorhands. Such a fascinating movie.

One of my favorites of all time.

 

[Can Crusher]

One of the reasons why I don't try gamepads this way. The amount of nasty sweat and grease that gets passed around is just off the charts disgusting. I don't expect rubber to last long in those conditions.

 

[AndyD]

Seen playing directly before photo was taken:

LOL

 

[Teletraan1]

Nice FUD thread. Normal use wont do that to those sticks. PERIOD. We must be getting closer to launch.

 

[Cragvis]

Did you SEE the way that analog stick was dressed? That stick was asking for it.

 

[Duxxy3]

My controller has well over 24 hours on it, and it looks nothing like that.

Somebody was digging into that controller with something.

 

[Hanmik]

someone quick make a thread about the new problems with the Xbox One..

it was overheating so they had to ventilate it..

 

[ethomaz]

You are a monster with this fingers

 

[Off-Kilter]

Every controller I've ever come across in a public kiosk had something wrong with them. Dirty, damaged, broken, wet, you name it. Seriously OP don't look too much into this

 

[shandy706]

Wouldn't nail damage be on the other side?


Looks like someone taste tested it.