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- xBBx, on 10/12/2007, -2/+39It's sad really. A human life isn't worth a console. Especially the life of someone who was simply doing the right thing and trying to stop the guy.
- GawtMilk, on 10/12/2007, -3/+38This is so pathetic, although you've got to think how many other murders have been commited over things that cost less. Lots of people are killed over things like high school dates, food or just even race / color of skin. Some people are just really stupid, I guess.
- SfOwnsLa, on 10/12/2007, -4/+34It was an empty box!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+31This is like people willing to kill people because they think their OS is better. Oh wait...
- cjmac87, on 10/12/2007, -3/+25If the story was called... a man killed for $500 it would be a lot less interesting, but more accurate. I seriously doubt the man wanted the ps3 to go play video games, but rather to sell it
- cam503, on 10/12/2007, -10/+32Digg me down; replied to the wrong one. George Dubya must have rearranged the interweb tubes when I wasn't looking.
- MikeCampo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+25Poor guy. Just in the wrong place at the wrong time with a jackass that puts more value into an electronic device than a life.
- xerus, on 10/12/2007, -9/+29Five hundred and ninty nine U.S. dollars.
- DesolataX, on 10/12/2007, -13/+31Some people would kill to play Ridge Racer, Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiidge Racer!
- Jholder112233, on 10/12/2007, -4/+18I see a new rock paper scissors coming on.
Gun Knife Super Powers - cwshea, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15Check the page ;-)
- mjn23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Thank you for pointing that out.
PS3 related crime? Do all you people live in gated communities or something? - Zaitsevs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9playstations don't kill people
people kill people
if playstations killed people, then pencils make people spell incorrectly.
cars make people drive drunk
and spoons make rosie o'donnel fat - strictnein, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Gun beats knife
knife beats super powers?
Or does knife always lose? - romainechester, on 10/12/2007, -7/+16@sultantravi
Well that was a stupid and inconsiderate remark. - wildsnake, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9People get killed over parking spaces
- Alias12, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Stories like these are so sad. Selfish consumers need to grip on reality.
- Scopitone, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Not cool! Ghetto ass *****.
- ahhell, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9Isn't that article a wee bit skewed? The guy wasn't killed because of the PS3. The guy was killed because he confronted the would be robber, got into an altercation with him, and got stabbed.
The PS3 could easily have been a wallet, purse, etc.
I'm a Sony hater and even to me that article just sounds like FUD. - xBBx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Your right, this is neither the time nor the place. Welcome to the block list
- zetsurin, on 10/12/2007, -8/+13I think it's downright apalling that we have someone murdered and fanboys use it to post the same ***** like this, taking an opportunity to throw in a little "nobody wants one" nonsense. Shame on your retard.
- BlueIndependent, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Fewer things are as sad as this. Fry the guy.
Killed over a video game console. That's pretty hard to swallow, but I can't imagine what the guy's loved ones are going through. - jacksons98, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I can't believe everyone digging this article and then slamming the Playstation 3. People get killed all the time for watches, shoes, jewelry, this just happened to be for a PS3. But the real question is do thieves want the items?? No, they want them to sell them so they can get their next beer or their next drug high. These people are insane. It really disgusts me how many people are on this board slamming the PS3 or slamming video games as the cause of this horrible event.
- windhawk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5There is a story in the Talmud about the same type of thing. It says that when the Tower of Babel was being built, if a workman dropped a brick they would kill the workman. The moral is that civilizations are destroyed when things are valued more than human life.
- hjduk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I doubt the theif gave a ***** about playing it, it was more likly he knew they were expensive and was going to sell it. Could have been anything.
- flyinghigh91, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Are people ***** serious? Killing another person for a PlayStation. Its bad enough the guy was trying to steal it but he also stole some body's life. See what this world has come to. i think it is just pathetic and something needs to be done about it.
- Almonde, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Topic is quite misleading. Did ppl ever kill for a ps3 seriously?
Sure, a sad thing that happened. But don't post it this way. - Tikkimann, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If you believe even half the comments here on Digg, you're talking about a lot of people...
- Tikkimann, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yeah, this could easily go under another news heading.
If these PS3 incidents keep happening, it'll make me wonder why the 3DO launch was so quiet... - ieatkoalas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If i was Sony, i would take this opportunity to market the PS3. "the PS3, its to die for"
- joey368, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1& they are all fanboys too. there's a Youtube user named "WHENMUDSTANDZONEDGE", a 13 year old crappy rapper who even says Sony is his life & boycotts Nintendo from day to day. He's gonna be in one of these stories someday.
- dadioflex, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The guy wasn't killed over a console, he was killed trying to help a couple of women in distress. I doubt he gave a flying crap about the console wars.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1One thing...why sell anything out in the open that people have died over and it`s not like you couldn`t find a new or used one in the store. They are frakin everywhere. Not to excuse the actions of the attacker but so many reasons why this shouldn`t have had the chance to occur.
- digg0t, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Pathetic low life scum, we need to get rid of these people out of the human gene pool. Why does he think he can take the life of another human being?
- iamjames, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1original story's a little light on details. How'd they meet the men? Were they just standing on a street corner shouting "ps3 for sale!"? Seems unlikely he'd be killed if he was in front of a gas station in a decent part of town.
According to the original article:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/02/BABADIGEST4.DTL
"The women chased after the man, and one of them got it back. Attia confronted the man who took the device. In a scuffle, Attia was stabbed. His friends took him to Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, where he died."
so the women got it back, then he confronted the man and got in a fight with him?? His friends took him to the hospital, where were these friends when he confronted the man? standing there watching? Otherwise he'd have to call his friends, and if that's the case wouldn't it be much faster to call an ambulence? Very light on details.
sad he was only 31, had a wife and just moved from michigan. Gotta wonder if he had life insurance, i'm sure he didnt think he was going to die that night. - Archangelix, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3It's like when people look at the console and say that it means everything, and when they see other people's lives, they mean... nothing. So sad :(
- MrColdheart, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I digg this at 665...
666!!!
yes PS3 is the devil - jacksons98, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1In the real world this guy probably got killed because some bum needed his next drug hit or his next bottle of booz. It could of just as easily been that ladies purse, jewelry, pair of shoes or whatever this guy could've used to get cash. Taking an unfortunate event such as this and using it to bash Playstation or Videogames as many are doing is just ridiculous.
- tektalk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If Jack Thompson makes one more retarded reply from his fountain of *****, he's officially the biggest douche in all the multi-verses that simultaneously exist.
- smek2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That's what you get, when you spend so many years and dollars in marketing to build a desire for a brand.
Humans are stupid. Attacking each other for a non-vital piece of electronics. - Absolutely0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0...I see how this works, I try to spread news that might help save lives and so you bury me 8ft deep?!
It amazes me how this world works. I guess it makes sense though, as time increases since the "Big Bang" so must the overall entropy within our universe...or something like that;)
Why create order when we are perfectly happy with disorder, right?
...OK, I'm not even going to try to pretend that I know what I'm talking about...
...but I do know (as a fact) that saving lives isn't a bad thing - and dats da troof! - GruntGrunt, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Yeah, I think a few peoples lives in this world are worth MUCH less than a console. Osama Bin Laden? Hitler?
(Even if the console is complete crap) - BoomWav, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I have to agree with you on something. I don't think it's a reason to bash on video-games. However, I must say some people need help quick.. if they kill someone for a PS3. I mean.. video-game never killed anyone. We couldn't say that for a baseball bat. I never heard anyone saying baseball promoted violence.
- Ang3ldfz, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3It clearly wasn't a violent computer game that drove that man to kill.
- ieatkoalas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0did i really just say something that corny?
- DivianaHJ, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I thought it was funny.
Maybe a little tasteless, but I've got horrible humor.
I think killing kids in games is fun(ny). (along with bunnies and other helpless animals) - sirpsychosexy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1now lowering the ps3's price is not just an economic issue - it's a moral issue
- MWeather, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3"It's sad really. A human life isn't worth a console."
Somehow I doubt you would say that if it was the thief who was killed. - xspinkickx, on 10/12/2007, -10/+9I do not understand why there is, over here there are ps3s on shelves collecting dust.....so sad that a piece of electronics cost a human life.
- Shogun226, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Seriously is it that big of a deal that you must kill to play a giant PSP
I mean that is what it is -
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