Have you ever heard of Broken Review? It appears to be a new website designed to take popular consumer electronics and then submit them to a range of increasingly painful durability tests, presumably to better inform the astute consumer. For now, however, it seems to be aiming for a space previously dominated by the infamous “Will It Blend?” — that of the gadget snuff film.
It’s painful, but we just can’t look away:
Their conclusion?
Overall 87/100
A very respectable score for a product which was not in any way designed to be thrown down stairs, out of windows or at high speeds. I would highly recommend the Nintendo DS Lite, and not only for its durability. The nintendo ds lite took a LOT of punishment before breaking and wont scratch easily. We’ll be doing a PSP over the coming months to see how it stacks up to the DS Lite.
More methodical (and less aggravating) testing videos and pictures available at Broken Review, and thanks to DS Fanboy for the link.
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