Son, 9, saves dad in runaway truck, Sony GIVES him a PS3

You may remember Gaming Target's 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 controller 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.

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 the author wasn't even sure he'd write about.

However, the author 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.

[conjurdevil]

nice!he deserves it man!

[radzy]

as for sony's policy " if you cant sell them, just give them away"
sony will do anything to try to become market leader.
is that now on vg charts and npd charts for units sold?

edit :my ass is hairy 0 agree | 9999 dissagree
little kids

[spiderfish]

@radzy

are you aiming for a record?

[ShiftyLookingCow]

interesting while he deserves it, looks like Dad is going to benefit too, but then he may not be a gamer.

[the worst]

ps3 rules

[BIadestarX]

I remember reading about this story like 4 months ago. Is this the same kid.. or fathers are starting to let their kids save them from runaway truck in order to get a free PS3 from Sony?

[SmokeyMcBear]

wow.. that was a pretty stupid comment from ya.. i guess you were trying to be funny.. but yeah.. stupid

[Mr PS3]

You can remember that far back really Bladestar you for sure smoke the big un anyway good deeds like that should be rewarded with good things like this kid got a PS3 now thats common sense just imagine if they had given him an xbox he'd had plugged it in played on it for 2 hours(if he was lucky)and then the heap of junk would have blown up and burnt there house down some reward that would have been

[Daxx]

No really, this story was already posted before. I'll find the link.

Edit: Ah, forget it. I'm too tired to search for it.

[BIadestarX]

Actually I was not trying to be funny.. or I am trying to undermind kids heroism... but simply that this news was already posted like 4 months ago.. or this is another case. that's all. Only point I was trying to make.

[shysun]

It was posted before but the kid said he wanted a PS3, for the act.Now Sony stepped up and gave him one.

[Ps3Fanboy777]

:)

[Sashy]

That kid really deserve it :) GO KID!

[ItsDubC]

"Finally, an industry news story about video games saving a life rather than being blamed for taking one violently."

I wouldn't go as far as to say that videogames helped save the life of the father, but rewarding the kid w/ the PS3 he wanted is a nice sentiment indeed.

[SwiderMan]

Maybe he played 18-Wheel Trucker by Sega ;)

[Robotz Rule]

Well earned:)

@Idiot below

Get a life you brainless Xbot.

[SuperSaiyan4]

Trade it in for a 360 once HALO 3 comes out...

[XxZxX]

yeah and get Red Ring of Death instead of HALO 3.

[HeavyweightInTheGame]

But a PS3 makes a very good gift.

[XxZxX]

good job Sony and the kid got taste, but i still think he is better off with Wii.. ohh well I guess, Piyotama, LBP, puzzle fighter, stardust, blast factor, calling all cars will keep him busy for now.

[DeZimatoR]

Man its discusting to look at some comments on this news...so what if he wanted a PS3 instead of a Wii or 360?

Seriously, just look at comments 1.1 and 9. What was the point of saying something like that?

Stupid fanboys...I'm getting really tired of this kind of BS...

[IamTheStorm81]

That's really cool. I'm glad he got one, and it's nice to see a large company take notice of a story like this and reward someone. Good job kid, and good job Sony.

[PimpHandHappy]

and this kid loves Sony

AWWWWWWWW

[IRONMAN_X57]

and we know his dad wasnt feening over HALO, so good for him
SONY is so nice, they are going to pwn the console wars soon so why not

[Shaka2K6]

Sony FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bow down to the king.

[iceice123]

That is the nerdiest thing I've ever read on the internet. Sh!t go outside.

[XxZxX]

lol, talking about hypocrite

[Charlie2688]

That is pretty sweet :D

[-CaT-]

...And Daddy saved 600$! =)

Seriously though.. Good for him, and thumbs up to Sony for the acknowledgement.

[progx]

Why are all you fanboys congratulating sony?

EDIT:@19.1= Exactly

[Gamingisfornerds]

Seriously though, Sony didn't give him a PS3 because they are noble angels or something, but because it's the PERFECT MARKETING STUNT.

Not that I don't think any other company wouldn't (or shouldn't) do the same. It's great for publicity and you're actually doing someone out there a favour at the same time.

Either way, the thought behind it might not be very noble but it's a pretty cool anecdote nevertheless. :)

[ThaGeNeCySt]

congrats to the hero

[shysun]

Any thing other than Good Job Sony,is just Fanboyism @ it's best!:(

[Figboy]

was *MATTY the one that were telling all of us to "lick his balls" in a Warhawk game last week?

i mean, the kid *DID sound like he was 9 or 10.

*edit - on topic - to think, i had to work my @ss off for a month straight in order to scrounge up the extra dough to *BUY my PS3, and this kid gets one for *FREE! just for doing something as little as saving his dads life! i call shenanigans!

by the way, that last paragraph was a joke.

[Gamespot-equals-EGM]

Would kind of suck if they played it on a sh!tty tv. Hopefully they already have an hdtv.

Sony should have just threw in an hdtv also.

[jcgamer]

that kid deserves it...good going Sony...

[Komrad]

Work Kid! It was only a matter of time before sony hooked him up. But i do think that any other company would have done the same. Regardless it's good to see he got what he wanted, for being a real hero.

[sumfood4u]

U deserve it an more!

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Dude...that's awesome!

Sony and Insomniac gave a disabled kid a PS3 and RFOM before it was even available. It was on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Freakin' awesome!

[Figboy]

they gave the kid Resistance: Fall of Man? an "M" Rated game? lmao.

i thought they just made a character of him in Ratchet and Clank Future (he flys around in a hover chair), but i didn't know they gave him Resistance too. wasn't he *ALSO 10 or 12? lol.

[Dogswithguns]

Hear that kids. if you saved your parents life. you will rewards a new PS3 from Sony - or whomever willing to.

[Crazyglues]

wow that's really cool that Sony gave him a PS3.