It's getting closer- DS funeral...

That's unfortunate.

My DS is still in one piece and STILL in great shape. The only bad things are that I haven't played it as much as I did years ago and there are a bit of smudges of dirt around the edges of the screens.

i know how you feel mine died a slow horrible death cracked hinge slot 1 didnt hold games power swich was broken l and r buttons started to malfunction and to kill it all ribbon cable was severed


R.I.P DSL 2006-2011

DS Lites just seam to be very poorly designed. My DS Lite also died of a broken hinge and a malfunctioning R button. Oh well, the DSi seams much better. I haven't had a single problem with my DSi. I would suggest you get a DSi Or a 3DS...

Really? Mt Lite is the first generation one (glossy all around), and is still working perfect.
2006/7–2011/12

My hinge broke, my touchscreen was unrespnsive on one side, my L button doesn't work,
The springs in the cartridge slot is fucked and i think its missing a pin.

My DSLite is still in decent shape, just a few scratches on the touchscreen and a bit of an unresponsive L and R buttons, but cleaning it out fixes it for a couple weeks.
2006 - Today.

my DSL is fine except the Top screen occasionally is a messed up pixelly mess, but moving it fixes that

I think it depends on the DS batch, color, or revision, I'm not sure. Or I'm just unlucky.

Between me and my siblings, we have 4 DS Lites:

1) My first one was just a Piano Black one. Its touch screen spontaneously broke, and the feel when the stylus was pressed on it was not solid, so it was a tad unresponsive. After playing a lot of LEGO Rock Band the L+R just broke and all the face buttons concerning the controls (Left, Up, X, A) just stopped working at all. (2009-2010)

2) My brother's is the Crimson Red Dragon one, its touch screen was more responsive, and the buttons didn't wear out that much, considering he's really a rough user of electronics. Power switch's on the fritz though, and the slot-1 isn't reading so good now. (2009-2011 or present)

3) My 6 y/o sister's is a Metallic Silver, used and abused by her and my 5 y/o sister; the L and R still work great, the touch screen's really responsive and solid to the touch, face buttons haven't even lost their function. (2010-present)

4) Mine is a Crystal (or Polar, for the west, I think) White; I'm really careful of this one now, the touch screen's more solid to the touch than my first Piano Black, but my R is starting to become "soft" and isn't responding very well to light clicks. It's a bit young, bought only around the start of the year.

I got a black DSL in the first week they came out (late June 2006) and the hinge is slightly broken but still works perfectly, I guess some people are lucky and it lands correctly when you drop it etc, also I am notoriously careful with electronics

My nds phat is still going strong, and it was from the first batch.

I got my Phat about a month after it came out and the Touch screen broke just before the DSL came out, so I got a smooth transition

I feel for you. I got my DS Lite in January 08 and it is still in flawless shape, but Im anal with my electronics.