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Bought a 3DS XL last year (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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I bought a 3DS XL sometimes last year. It was under $200.

After seeing the surge in demand, I feel lucky that I bought it when I did. I also decided to take it out and play some animal crossing new leaf for the first time and I’m really enjoying it.

I sometimes wonder if I should have bought the “new” variant back then, but they were much more expensive and I’m still not sure if the performance improvements would have been worth it.

I’m basically just using not for ds and 3ds games, so, I’m guessing the power difference would not really matter.

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[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I didn't say anything about toilets. In fact, I have never seen anyone drop handheld consoles into toilets. Is that something you do?

Please stop posting while drunk. Makes you look really dumb.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bruh, my point is, it was freaking obvious that some toddler dropped the thing in the toilet, and the parents waited like 6 months while the thing rusted from the inside out before bringing it to a shop to attempt to fix it.

It was already practically hopeless, but I was tasked with trying to fix it, by my boss at work. Hell, the kid's parents even bought the new screen.

Whether I'm drunk or not, point is I'm smart enough to not give toddlers electronics.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What do I care if you dropped a DS in a toilet?

Stop posting while drunk. You are obviously not smart enough to make sense while drunk.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago

Did you even read my comment?

Let's start from the beginning...

    1. Customer brings in a months long water damaged 2DS
    1. Front desk checks it in for diagnostics and repair, $60 up front
    1. Nasty rotten device comes to my repair bench to diagnose
    1. Open it up, slap full of months of corrosion and literal rust
    1. Inform front desk, they inform customer, grim odds
    1. Customer insists, try to clean it up and fix it
    1. Customer pays to order a new screen
    1. Alright fuckit, they're determined, so I clean the corrosion
    1. Hurry up and wait while the screen is on order
    1. Screen comes in, clean the board again for good measure
    1. Install the screen, even test with a spare battery
    1. No dice, it never had a chance in the first place

And I literally told the front desk and even the company boss that it had no chance to begin with. Was no sweat off my back, hell I probably made $80 wasting my time on the piece of literal shit anyways.

Now, where in the hell did you get the idea that I was the one that dropped it in the toilet?

Point is, stop giving toddlers electronics!