Man forced by kidnappers to purchase a PlayStation 3
by Ben Gilbert 
{ Nov 14th 2009 at 11:30AM } 
Naples News reports that the suspected assailants entered the Pebblebrooke Lakes gated community in a white truck, with Yarkosky following behind on foot, said to be headed to "meet a friend." Instead, the truck allegedly stopped, with Daniels and "an Asian-looking man" exiting and ordering Yarkosky into their vehicle. The two suspects are said to have forced Yarkosky to steal his stepfather's credit card and drive to a local Walmart, where Daniels intended on having a gun purchased. When the gun counter was closed, he then requested Yarkosky purchase a PlayStation 3. According to reports, Daniels then told Yarkosky he was "free to go," thus ending the ordeal.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Shadowfax (PSN: u2fan4894) @ Nov 14th 2009 11:34AM
Well that's one way to get a PS3...
Peter Moore @ Nov 14th 2009 11:51AM
New PS3 slogan: It'll make you do anything.
Awetoebawt @ Nov 14th 2009 11:54AM
It wouldn't surprise me if the man worked for Microsoft.
Silicon Siren @ Nov 14th 2009 1:22PM
I guess Sony will do anything to push more units.
>>impllying Sony doesn't sell any consoles or make enough to be profitable
Jake B @ Nov 14th 2009 2:28PM
I think it was an asian gang or something.
I saw someone, he looked asian.
He was speaking another language, I'm pretty sure it was... asian. *sobs*
Matt @ Nov 14th 2009 3:33PM
Peter Moore is fucking sweet.
BigD145 @ Nov 14th 2009 5:12PM
A PS3 story and nobody died?! What happened... oh. The gun counter was closed.
mahouneko @ Nov 14th 2009 5:13PM
I might as well take a shot at being funny.
"The PS3: It only does everything (including coercion)."
Silicon Siren @ Nov 14th 2009 5:20PM
Apparently the >>implying joke went clear over everyone's heads lol.
KillaChaos @ Nov 14th 2009 7:40PM
@Silicon Siren
>implying shitty 4chan memes are funny outside of 4chan, or even funny at all.
daytripper @ Nov 15th 2009 4:23AM
Is the guy sure it wasn't some Puerto Rican guy.
-Vexx- @ Nov 14th 2009 11:35AM
Flamebait.
Enosoma @ Nov 14th 2009 11:42AM
PS3 IS THAT MUCH BETTER BECUASE PEOPLE WOULD B UY GUNS AND STEAL CREDITS CARD WITH THEIR ASIAN FREINDS JUST TO GET 1
Sircolby45 @ Nov 14th 2009 1:49PM
Nah this is Sony's new move to try to move more consoles.
robert @ Nov 14th 2009 2:23PM
@colby
THEY WOULD MOVE MORE CONSOLES IF PS3'S HAD FEET. THEN, IT WOULD DO EVERYTHING, EXCLUDING OBTAINING SENTIENCY.
Avatar @ Nov 15th 2009 2:29PM
@robert
First, it's sentience, no 'y'. Second, having feet doesn't make you sentient, as you just proved
cylet @ Nov 14th 2009 11:35AM
stealing stepfather's credit card? buying a gun? how old are these guys anyway....
Enosoma @ Nov 14th 2009 11:43AM
16, apparently. I think I saw 16 somewhere when I clicked the link.
Enosoma @ Nov 14th 2009 11:44AM
18, my bad. No word on Coolio's asian friend.
AerialAngel87 [PSN ID - AerialAngel] @ Nov 14th 2009 11:37AM
I never expected to go on joystiq.com and see an article with this title. I heard of people stealing a ps3 right from there hands but never forcing them to actually buy one.
Levi @ Nov 14th 2009 11:37AM
wait, they stole their own stepfather's credit card? Couldn't they have done that themselves? You know, without kidnapping someone at gunpoint?
Aerothorn @ Nov 14th 2009 11:38AM
No, they stole the kidnapees' stepfather's credit card.
Mayne @ Nov 14th 2009 11:41AM
Well, we're obviously not dealing with Danny Ocean here... Maybe they just watched Edward Scissorhands...
Levi @ Nov 14th 2009 12:42PM
Yeah, guess I misread the article. Would have been hilarious tho
That Burning Sensation @ Nov 14th 2009 11:40AM
haha, I would have told them to go ahead and shoot me in the middle of Walmart. It was obviously a bluff.
Licker @ Nov 14th 2009 11:45AM
If you did that you'd really have a burning sensation. . .right in the middle of your chest where all that red stuff is coming from
freaparn @ Nov 14th 2009 12:17PM
Right, because no one's ever been shot in a public place over a couple hundred dollars before. Good plan, my man. Lemme know how that plays out for you.
That Burning Sensation @ Nov 14th 2009 12:18PM
please, they were bluffing. besides its only burns when I pee :D
Dragod @ Nov 14th 2009 3:27PM
Funny thing is, people were shot while waiting in line to purchase PS3s on launch night.
Yopark @ Nov 14th 2009 6:48PM
Yeah i probably wouldnt do that.......Unless i was sure that i could dodge bullets
stephaninator @ Nov 14th 2009 11:30PM
A man almost died over a matter of eighty dollars.
I think his name was Emmet Brown
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 14th 2009 11:44AM
If the PS3 only does everything, maybe the morons can say it made them commit the crime...
Bobby Kotick - Co-Founder of the ATDF @ Nov 14th 2009 12:10PM
The PS3 has been a source of crime, shootings and all, although the first time it happened, the PS3 couldn't do everything and still had the Spiderman text on the side.
AvA (ice~) @ Nov 14th 2009 1:10PM
Bobby, call Fox news, I think you're on to something.
Electro Poof - ATDF Secret Agent. @ Nov 14th 2009 4:05PM
@Bobby Kotick
What you talking about the PS3 couldn't do everything the first time it happened? It could do everything and more. It even had the audacity to show the Spider-Man font on the side.
Filthy Assistant @ Nov 14th 2009 5:08PM
Well, even though it had the Spider-Man font, it couldn't do it all on its own, no, it's no Superman.
That Burning Sensation @ Nov 14th 2009 11:45AM
The funny thing is, this happened in a gated community. Eventually they have to leave those gates and mingle with us middle class peasents.
deaftly (PSN,LIVE,STEAM) @ Nov 14th 2009 11:51AM
You WILL work 2 jobs and kidnap someone to enjoy a PS3!
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 14th 2009 11:53AM
What you did there, see I do.
Smoke_me_a_Kipper @ Nov 14th 2009 11:54AM
LOL, 16 uses old man's card to buy PS3 then guiltily makes up dumbass story to cover his stupidity. He'll be called PS3-boy.
useedems @ Nov 14th 2009 5:43PM
That's exactly what I read. Worst "oh noes kidnapping" story ever.
ibetnoonehasthisname @ Nov 14th 2009 11:56AM
I don't know whether to laugh, or feel sorry.
WREturns [Planeteer I Power of The Final Countdown] Personal Shopper of the ATDF @ Nov 14th 2009 12:07PM
Why choose?
ducttapeBigSexy (PSN&XBL: ducttape12) @ Nov 14th 2009 11:57AM
If I was being held at gun point and forced into a Wal Mart, I think I would enter the store and loudly shout "THIS MAN HAS A GUN POINTED AT MY BACK!" and take off running.
This sounds pretty fishy to me...
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 14th 2009 12:05PM
Yeah, something is off about the whole story.
Hyams @ Nov 14th 2009 12:12PM
Personally, if a man had a gun pointed into my back, I would go out of my way not to piss him off.
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 14th 2009 12:14PM
Well, when I saw the morons getting out of the car with guns, I believe I would have either punched it and sent them flying or threw my truck into reverse and got out of there.
freaparn @ Nov 14th 2009 12:19PM
Investing in those bulletproof windows for your honda civic finally pays off, eh Bradwart?
Darth Bradwart, The Dark Lord of the Sith-ATDF Co-Founder @ Nov 14th 2009 12:22PM
Actually...it's a custom Ford truck. And not bulletproof windows, but the tires are.
freaparn @ Nov 14th 2009 12:27PM
Well as long as you keep the tires in front of the windows, you're set!
(alternative reply)
I'm not sure if those patriotically camouflaged TruckNutz™ technically justify the term "custom".