Update: After seeing the story on Kotaku, EA has contacted the Carolinas Medical Center and will be replacing the consoles and supplying them with new games. From an EA spokesperson:
"This story really struck us at EA. We can't believe someone would do this right before Christmas and victimize kids recovering from cancer no less. We've made contact with the hospital and EA's going to step up to replace the Carolinas Medical Center's consoles before Christmas and hook them up with new games as well. Hopefully this will brighten up the kids' holidays. Thanks for bringing this story to the attention of the industry."
I've always been good at Where's Waldo, and I don't have a whole lot going on this weekend....
Bigjohn: I doubt he was thinking he was "sticking it to the man"... probably more like a guy looking to make a deal or give his kids some cool Xbox for Christmas that he can't afford knowing the facility could get possibly replace them. Whoever he is, he's been there before as an employee or a patient relative/friend. Maybe a delivery guy. You don't just wander into a place like this without knowing what they have.
"This story really struck us at EA. We can't believe someone would do this right before Christmas and victimize kids recovering from cancer no less. We've made contact with the hospital and EA's going to step up to replace the Carolinas Medical Center's consoles before Christmas and hook them up with new games as well. Hopefully this will brighten up the kids' holidays. Thanks for bringing this story to the attention of the industry."
Update: After seeing the story on Kotaku, EA has contacted the Carolinas Medical Center and will be replacing the consoles and supplying them with new games. From an EA spokesperson:
"This story really struck us at EA. We can't believe someone would do this right before Christmas and victimize kids recovering from cancer no less. We've made contact with the hospital and EA's going to step up to replace the Carolinas Medical Center's consoles before Christmas and hook them up with new games as well. Hopefully this will brighten up the kids' holidays. Thanks for bringing this story to the attention of the industry."
It's not quite as bad as baby eating, or puppy raping, but it's in the same ballpark. Who does this? That's like shoving some kid dying of progeria into a mud puddle and making fun of his/her wrinkles. Who walks into a children's cancer ward, and steals their toys?
I'm not advocating the beat-down for this guy. But when they catch him, someone needs to sit him down and carefully explain why what he did was such a monumental dick move.
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Update: After seeing the story on Kotaku, EA has contacted the Carolinas Medical Center and will be replacing the consoles and supplying them with new games. From an EA spokesperson:
"This story really struck us at EA. We can't believe someone would do this right before Christmas and victimize kids recovering from cancer no less. We've made contact with the hospital and EA's going to step up to replace the Carolinas Medical Center's consoles before Christmas and hook them up with new games as well. Hopefully this will brighten up the kids' holidays. Thanks for bringing this story to the attention of the industry."
Bigjohn: I doubt he was thinking he was "sticking it to the man"... probably more like a guy looking to make a deal or give his kids some cool Xbox for Christmas that he can't afford knowing the facility could get possibly replace them. Whoever he is, he's been there before as an employee or a patient relative/friend. Maybe a delivery guy. You don't just wander into a place like this without knowing what they have.
marketing opportunity from the gods..
HA!
I'm not advocating the beat-down for this guy. But when they catch him, someone needs to sit him down and carefully explain why what he did was such a monumental dick move.