Remember that kid who wanted a PS3 for saving his dad's life?... Sony gives him one!

[Zoibie]

You may remember our story about 9-year-old Matty Lovo saving his father, Matt Lovo, who passed out behind the wheel of his tractor-trailer. Carrying more than 100,000 pounds of weight behind him, young Matty took control of the big rig and called for help via C.B. radio despite never having been behind the wheel of a car.


Now, he can take control of a SIXAXIS and save the day virtually this time on his brand new PS3. Sony rewarded Matty with a system and some games for his quick effort, which saved him, his father and others who could’ve been seriously injured. Sony presented Matty with the gift at KGW, the local news channel of Oregon and Southwest Washington.

"We've seen this topic talked about as far away as the UK and all over the U.S. People like the story a lot," Lovo Sr. said in the KGW article.

The reach of this topic was spurred by Gaming Target, which brought the original story to light on August 10, 2007, the day after a CNN interview with Matty revealed that if he could have anything as a reward (besides his dad, of course), he'd like a PlayStation 3. This easy-to-miss mention was a news afterthought that I wasn’t even sure I’d write about.

However, I pulled up the CNN transcript to get the exact wording, decided to publish the story, saw it spread around the world via the Internet and now Matty Lovo has a PS3. Finally, an industry news story about video games saving a life rather than being blamed for taking one violently.

http://www.gamingtarget.com/article.php?artid=7496

Obviously just for publicity's sake but it is still a good thing to do.

[ex nihilo7]

Haha you beat me to it. I was just about to post this. Thats an amazing story for the son to take the wheel like that and save his dad and himself.

[seebs]

Boy, now they're gonna see a wave of kids trying to save their parents!

[The True Gamer]

Wow, thats pretty cool. Reminds me of when MS gave returned US soldiers free 360's.

Has Ninty ever done anything like this?

[Blu-Ray]

*goes too save random persons life*
Can I have one now?
This is great..

[StrifeTribal]

I THINK I HEAR MY DAD RUNNING THE TAP UPSTAIRS! Better go save him, he might leave a wet spot, slip and fall! BRB!

[Zoibie]

Wow, thats pretty cool. Reminds me of when MS gave returned US soldiers free 360's.

Has Ninty ever done anything like this?

They really don't need to, they already have their consoles selling like hot cakes.

[Estacado]

That's a cool story.

Nice job kid.

[AznMTboy]

I guess PS3 made people becoming a hero in real life

[NotoriousASD]

wonder if it was a 20GB 60GB or 80GB that they gave him

[Grinchy]

That's cool of them to send him one. Really, this news was easy to forget, and the fact that Sony did give him a free system sounds like 30% PR, and 70% compassion.

Good for them.

[shortyman920]

Wow, thats pretty cool. Reminds me of when MS gave returned US soldiers free 360's.

Has Ninty ever done anything like this?

I believe Nintendo's donated wii's to orphanages and hospitals before.

[daLa]

Oh!! I never thought he would actually get the PS3, good for him.

[Andyourpoint]

Good for the little redneck !! He wants a ps3 for "saving" his fathers life while driving. He hit him over the head with a frying pan for god sakes...

[dfontes1188]

Good for the little redneck !! He wants a ps3 for "saving" his fathers life while driving. He hit him over the head with a frying pan for god sakes...

looks like somone is jelous...

[Lionel Hutz]

I THINK I HEAR MY DAD RUNNING THE TAP UPSTAIRS! Better go save him, he might leave a wet spot, slip and fall! BRB!

Not only that, there could have been some impurities in that tap water! Just getting him a bottle of spring Aquafi...oh wait...Poland Spring alone saved his life.

[wonders1982]

Thats cool - now where's my second ps3 for the bedroom? lol

[PS3World]

Great story, obviously it was publicity stunt, but great for the kid. He has now joined the bright side.

[Ethos]

Wow, thats pretty cool. Reminds me of when MS gave returned US soldiers free 360's.

Has Ninty ever done anything like this?

They gave this kid a Wii before it even launched who was blind but could make out where to go and things by sound (similar to how dolphins get around). He would rock fighting games without being able to see and **** people up. It was on Ellen 'show. It's some rare **** that humans can't really do but this kid was able to. ^.~

Here's a link of the kid and his abilities. Pretty amazing ****. Ironically on this vid tho that I found he was mostly playing PS3 lol..

Story/Vid on CBS about the kid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpBm4KoWsrY

And this is an article on it but the vids are down when Ellen gave free Wii before it launched in US: http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/200...ng-daytime-tv/




All in all though, nice of Sony to do this for the kid.

[Strudel]

+ reputation to that kid!

[Rynoboy]

you are effing kidding me I
that kid is too selfish

[coolguy]

thats great that sony gave him A PS3.
this is good media for them
and i said back then i hope sony gets him one.
most of the time the comapays will get it to the people
wlecome to the next gen mat.....

[Enacku]

Great kid and a great company.

[LaOMaN]

good job sony
my hats to them
this is what sony needs
good publicity
will help out

[Panda Bear Shenyu]

Wow, thats pretty cool. Reminds me of when MS gave returned US soldiers free 360's.

Has Ninty ever done anything like this?

They randomly sent this orphange like 50 million DS lites a couple of months ago. lol