SmashMyPS3, um, smashed their PS3

Those SmashMyPS3 crazies (or attention whores, your call), the same kids responsible for frightening Apple and Xbox fanboys the world over with their iPod and Xbox 360 smashing exploits, have gotten themselves a PS3 and done that smashing thing. Style points are to be awarded for the pimp getup, along with the sledgehammer badass who looked like he knew what he was doing. Plus extra double bonus points for making Mr. "eighteen *beelping* hours" cry at the end of the clip, garnering this video (which can be viewed after the break) its NSFW rating (for the bleeping, not the crying). It probably goes without saying that this video is also NSFFB and defiantly NSFPS3. Consider yourself warned. We're just glad to see some solidly pointless violence after all the kind-of-serious and life-threatening violence of last night, way to go guys!

[Keith @ Nov 17th 2006 7:39PM]

Way to go Paul. Give the whores the attention that they want. Good job, smashmyps3.com; it's not like Sony hasn't already received enough free publicity.

[JkEw @ Nov 17th 2006 7:42PM]

Why?

[akijikan @ Nov 17th 2006 7:45PM]

comedy of course.

[BlackAle @ Nov 17th 2006 8:41PM]

Why not?

[Ben @ Nov 17th 2006 7:49PM]

this is the only PS3 story i have cared about in the last month.

[Phillip Lamb @ Nov 17th 2006 7:49PM]

pwnd.

[CTG @ Nov 17th 2006 7:52PM]

The PS3 doesn't appear to be very sturdy.

[Chris @ Nov 17th 2006 7:57PM]

Actually, I was really surprised at the resiliency; with the first drop (from full extension), it looked like just a negligible piece of plastic broke off, and after all those full-body-weight sledge-hammer swings, the PS3 held it's basic shape--I expected it to break it to shatter or at least flatten...only the top was really damaged.

[brendan Sheehan jnr @ Nov 17th 2006 9:42PM]

"The PS3 doesn't appear to be very sturdy."

Are you saying it's possible to sledgehammer you console repeatedly by accident??

[Jon Graft @ Nov 18th 2006 6:51PM]

Did you see the SMASHMYXBOX360 video? The thing practically snapped in half compared to a little hole in a PS3. O_o What are you talking about looking "weak".

[Tim @ Nov 17th 2006 7:52PM]

They should have been more creative than just smashing it with a hammer.

What a waste of time and money.

[Billy @ Nov 17th 2006 7:52PM]

1 down, 399,999 to go.

[brendan Sheehan jnr @ Nov 17th 2006 9:44PM]

Grow up!

[narco @ Nov 17th 2006 7:59PM]

The sledgehammer dude looks like something out of Romper Stomper. Maybe he wouldn't have resorted to such violence had he waited for the white version of the PS3.

Fishes,
narco.

[David D @ Nov 17th 2006 8:01PM]

I thought the PS3 was actually really sturdy for taking a bunch of sledge hammer hits. Have you seen the inside of that thing? It's a giant heatsink! It may not work but it is still definitely in one piece except for cheap plastic.

Waste is subjective.

[myscrnnm @ Nov 17th 2006 8:04PM]

I hate it when people do this kind of stuff, and it's not because the PlayStation 3 is expensive. I hate it because they are just disrespecting the people who put so much time and effort into designing this high-performance device.

[funkycoldm3dina @ Nov 17th 2006 8:08PM]

hear hear!! i am in total agreement with you on the effort that people have put into designing the console. But what bothers me probably even more is that the total disrespect these guys have for money. I justs wish i could smash their skull in!

[roche @ Nov 17th 2006 8:08PM]

the guys who run those sites are a bunch of f^cking losers anyway. It wasnt even amusing for the first time they did it.

[Me @ Nov 17th 2006 8:44PM]

Actually it's not their money. People donated te money to them to buy the ps3 just to see them smash it.

[Joel @ Nov 18th 2006 5:01PM]

Actually, they make more money off the ad revenue from their site than they spend on the ps3. And the money they spend is donated by people who want to see a ps3 smashed.

[Adgeman @ Nov 17th 2006 8:09PM]

What is the point of this? Is it some anti-consumer comment or just some fools who think this type of thing is funny. Well done. I bet these guys were a hoot in college.

[Brandon @ Nov 17th 2006 8:10PM]

Ahhh Yes, But our beloved 360 Proves Very "Sturdy" indeed....


http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/17/xbox-360-survives-multi-roll-car-crash-keeps-churning/

[kaztm @ Nov 17th 2006 8:12PM]

Their way of making money from PS3 reminded me of Engadget in October.

[Juaquin @ Nov 17th 2006 8:13PM]

I find it hilarious. If you don't like it, get a sense of humor. No one's getting hurt except the starving kids in Africa. And PS3's don't really taste good anyways.

[Mjf @ Nov 17th 2006 8:15PM]

looks pretty tough considering

[RyanTV @ Nov 17th 2006 8:21PM]

at least someone found something useful to do with a PS3 since all the games for it suck.

[msapoz1 @ Nov 17th 2006 8:21PM]

More stupidity from the average, or perhaps below average American citizen.

[Huey2k2 @ Nov 17th 2006 9:45PM]

msapoz1 @ Nov 17th 2006 8:17PM

More stupidity from the average, or perhaps below average American citizen.

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You need to learn to research before you bash, these guys are actually Canadian.

[Paul Cornn @ Nov 17th 2006 8:23PM]

Fricking Awesome! The fanboy reaction was priceless. BTW..I'm not hating on the PS3 I just love to see the reaction of the campers. For those of you that don't find it funny...well sorry. I (and many others) enjoy a different sense of humor based largely on Shadefreude. See the wiki for more details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude

[Castle @ Nov 17th 2006 8:31PM]

They smashed the 20GB version, at least they were economical.

[Wonderer @ Nov 17th 2006 8:32PM]

Awesome stuff. People who wait in lines for videogame systems are morons. Especially for overpriced garbage.

[alex @ Nov 17th 2006 9:11PM]

because they could have done something useful with it, like donating it to Child's Play?

[solomon @ Nov 17th 2006 8:48PM]

this is just an attention grab to get advertising dollars. yay ! we all fell for it.

[Joe @ Nov 17th 2006 8:50PM]

I'm pretty sure they smashed a 60 GB, $600 PS3. They claimed to have spent $674 dollars in donations (it's higher for tax). Nevertheless, I think it's kinda stupid, kinda funny, though mean spirited and rude. On the other hand, it doesn't really make a difference in the long run if they had smashed it or taken it home and played it. The thing that I think is funny though is this:

"We decided to...destroy things right when they come out, in front of 100's of fanboys...[but]I got nothing against Sony making money."

That's a quote from their website, and I find it funny because by buying a PS3, they're actually taking money away from Sony. As Engadget wrote in an earlier article, Sony loses a lot of money on each PS3 sold with their current production costs.

[demon @ Nov 17th 2006 9:00PM]

completely stupid and pointless.

However i'd pay for someone to stick that guy's head under the sledge hammer and see what happens. One less idiot is always a good thing.

[AP @ Nov 19th 2006 8:25AM]

Entertainment is always better than being obliged to care for kids.

[Ben @ Nov 17th 2006 9:19PM]

I might care if it was SmashMyWii. That would hurt(my heart, for all of the sick minded).

[Jay @ Nov 17th 2006 9:27PM]

These guys are brilliant.

Whethere or not it was meant to be an anti-consumer comment, what amuses me the most if the reaction from groups of nerds who value your silly GAME devices. We have all grown with these systems etc. However you all need to grow up.

It's not about wasting money, it's simply to coerce some for of emotion from foolish little boys who will spend more time with a console than a woman, a book or good conversation.

Life is about balance. I love madden as much as the next guy. But these guys open our eyes to the fact that it's plastic and PCB boards.

Put that in your perspective pipe and smoke it.

KIDS.

[matt @ Nov 17th 2006 9:28PM]

i think this is awsome. shows all the people who got violent over getting a ps3 how *bleeping stupid they were. it's just a game system.

[Ryan @ Nov 17th 2006 9:36PM]

I wonder if this can be considered to be some sort of hate crime. =\

[Seth @ Nov 17th 2006 9:42PM]

Now thats the ONE situation where you want to get the Best Buy replacement warranty, then just turn around and walk back in with it.

[Alex @ Nov 17th 2006 9:54PM]

Compared to the smashing job http://www.smashmyxbox.com/ did on the 360 the PS3 seemed to hold up relatively well to the sledge hammer.

[Jess LaFleur @ Nov 17th 2006 10:02PM]

as much as I am not a fan of the ps3, why didn't they just give it to charity :(

[k0llateral @ Nov 17th 2006 10:04PM]

This sucks, especially for the guy thats like 16th in line, and they only had 15 units. I'd want to friggin kill those guys...

[Porsche 911 @ Nov 19th 2006 3:53AM]

I agree, where is a sniper when you need one. Those fuckin assholes.

[Josh @ Nov 17th 2006 10:20PM]

How dare they use Franz Ferdinand like that! Blasphemous people.

[Rick Person @ Nov 17th 2006 10:22PM]

Next time they need to do it in the store. Maybe they could also do smash my rear projector HDTV. They could buy a set, walk over to the display unit, and throw that little guy into it. Also I'm a little disappointed there is no VGA cable for PS3. I wouldn't consider buying one until there is.

[Robert Macabre @ Nov 18th 2006 1:37AM]

they started to smash an ipod in the apple store and got security called or something. i don't remember exactly. that's probably why they don't do it in stores anymore and probably why they were (kind of) in the street.

anyway, to all these people whining about how dumb they are, that's the reaction they were going for. i think it's funny, personally, just to see those people in line freak out about something like this.

[Jeffrey @ Nov 17th 2006 10:40PM]

check it out guys, im selling my soul for the ps3.
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/for/236475621.html

[Joe @ Nov 17th 2006 10:45PM]

Why would anybody do this?

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