Topic: Factory damage on new nintendo 3ds???

Hello,
I just received my new 3ds animal crossing bundle and as I was moving the joystick around I couldn't help but notice a small ding on the edge of the plastic under the circle pad I haven't been using it for very long and I don't know how it could have gotten there... I am wondering if some debris got under there somehow and while I was moving it around I chipped it. The circle pad did feel a bit chalky moving around at first but after a while of breaking it in it smoothed out. Is that normal? If anyone else has anything similar please let me know (especially if you have OCD because I have it BAD).

I know I sound insane,
best regards,

George

Can we see some pictures of said joystick?

Here is a picture.
http://imgur.com/6c26H7Q

Okay, I think you may be overreacting slightly here. As for the chalky feeling that's just what the circle pad feels like out of the box.

Because everyone knows I don't like the circle pad, it's coarse and rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere. Not like the D-Pad. The D-Pad is soft... and smooth.

I see what you did there. Well done, my very young padawan.

I have the exact same model as you, and I just checked and found a similar chip, although it is closer to the 1:00 mark. I'm not sure if I did that, or if it came like that. Either way, it doesn't seem to be affecting performance.

You are still under warranty though, so if you're going to do something about it, might as well do it now. I'm not going to do anything about mine, for what it's worth.

Isn't it just a thin layer of plastic that is inside all the circle pads?

I appreciate all of the replies.
Has anyone else out there been noticing these nicks underneath their circlepad?

I've noticed it on my console too. I also have a new 3ds from Japan and that one looks worse. The new 3ds XL doesn't seem to have this issue though.

I think I'm going to keep it.
Thank you all for your time and responses.

Ah, the old OCD. I used to have it bad. So bad I used to have screen protectors on the screens and freaked out at a smudge. Thankfully I've been OCD free for 5 years now. Don't listen to your OCD it creates a crater from a tiny hole.