Comment on Owners Report Valve’s Priciest Steam Deck Model Has A Cracking Problem
Splatterphace@lemm.ee 5 months agoIs that why the trend died?
Comment on Owners Report Valve’s Priciest Steam Deck Model Has A Cracking Problem
Splatterphace@lemm.ee 5 months agoIs that why the trend died?
MehStrongBadMeh@programming.dev 5 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.