Some theorize Valve’s $680 device has overly tight screws, leading to small stress cracks in the plastic
      • MehStrongBadMeh@programming.devEnglish
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        6 months ago

        My suspicion is that it is potentially a result of thinner shells. You look at something like Game Boy Color or Nintendo 64, and those things have quite thick shells with plenty of empty space inside, mitigating any potential structural loss due to transparency additives (ABS is not naturally transparent). Newer devices have thinner shells to reduce weight and maximize space for components, potentially leading to problems like this when using translucent plastic.

    • Stampela@startrek.websiteEnglish
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      6 months ago

      AND they like to yellow at the speed of light. My brother got a nice, transparent cover for his phone “it’s going to look awful in a few months” and sure enough a few months later he had a different one precisely because of that.

      • voxel@sopuli.xyz
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        6 months ago

        doesn’t that only affect the silicone ones?
        mine literally crumbled into pieces under uv

    • Alice@beehaw.org
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      6 months ago

      This is actually a huge meme in the Bionicle fandom. Shame too as the parts aren’t being manufactured anymore, so eventually we’ll run out of transparent green shoulder joints.

  • darkphotonstudio@beehaw.org
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    6 months ago

    This is kinda critical for them and how they deal with hardware issues. They have a great reputation, at the moment. It seems minor but Valve should just offer a replacement shell, before this turns into a PR disaster.

    • Wahots@pawb.social
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      6 months ago

      First gen product problems. I’m on my third deck and second pair of index controllers despite light usage. Stuff will get better over time.

  • Alice@beehaw.org
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    6 months ago

    Ugh, this is a shame. I loved the translucent consoles and controllers Nintendo did back in the day. This makes me want to learn 3D printing so I can make an atomic purple casing and not make the screws too tight.

  • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz
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    6 months ago

    Unsurprisingly, some of the posts about this have been removed by the subreddit moderators. That post also originally had a message from the automod that it was removed because it was in violation of rule 7 for posting “intentional misinformation” due to the “developing a very common issue” in the title, but they have since decided to remove that comment as well - didn’t restore the post though.

    • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzOPMEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I don’t check the Deck subreddit very often since I left over the API charges, but the last time I did the subreddit was up in arms over moderation issues. Main complaint at the time looked to be that the mods weren’t removing posts that were unrelated to the deck, so it’s weird to now hear that they’re removing stuff that is deck related.

  • narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    This affects just the US exclusive limited edition, right? So not the most expensive regular model with an opaque case.