Broken Review Breaks DS

Mar. 19 5:06 AM by Lynxara

Broken Review is a new site that's all about putting products through fairly standard durability and stress tests... and then seeing just how much punishment they can absorb before finally breaking. They ambitiously decided to start by demolishing a Nintendo DS, resulting in some truly spectacular pics of the poor machine after it was finally torn to pieces. So what did it take to finally shatter the Lite?
Dropped at 50mph, thown from a story high onto tile, destroyed on a second story drop, split in half when thrown against a wall then ripped to pieces on camera. The DS Lite is sadly no longer with us. The extreme testing got the better of it just before we threw it into a sink of water.

All of the tests were filmed, and you can check out a video of the DS Lite's slow, torturous demise during extreme testing right here. It's a shame these guys are primarily about testing new hardware, I'd like to see them destroy an old-school Game Boy....

Comments

It's a shame they do the tests progressively like this. Shouldn't physical force tests be considered somewhat of a different sphere than submerging in water?

 

Yeah, more perfect methodology would subject a different DS to each test. I doubt the guys behind this site can afford that many DSes, though.

 

If these guys just make their website a little more worthwile, with in-depth discussions and tables of their testing and results, instead of just links to their videos, they might have a pretty good site. I mean, it's good information to know how important that extra case or protective cover actually is before you buy it, and how long you can expect your device to last (especially, especially, the rechargeable battery, though I don't see this even mentioned) under normal or heavy use, but I don't want to have to watch a shoddy video to get only a conversational discussion of these data points.

Honestly, though, it looks like all they care about is breaking stuff on camera. Until I see something a little more professional than "Two guys with a handycam wreck a popular gadget," I'm calling this nothing more than another couple of members of the YouTube generation grasping for their 15 minutes.

Not that I'm saying the idea doesn't have merit--look at the popularity of "Will it Blend?" But if you want to do it right, you get some people with a little class, a little professionalism, a somewhat scientific mindset (if you still want to pass it off as "stress testing"), and hopefully, a little experience in electronics and engineering, who aren't afraid of actually appearing on screen. Then you get them some proper equipment (if you're going to do slow-mo at all, a high-speed camera is a must) and more than one device to break. Most importantly, you get them a real DP so the crashing gadget is front and center instead of unidentifiably off in some corner, and we can see what the hell is happening on that screen instead of the reflection of your ugly mug peering into the camera. Do that, and you've got something that could play on Discovery. Well, Revision 3, at least.

 

LOL maybe Nintendo needs to add a wrist strap to the system

 

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