I hate any console that exists so i wouldn't mind to see one being breaked into little pieces. As for the rest of the people that buy and break stuff belonging in the "So new, so popular, so expensive" category, it's their money, they can do whatever they want with it.
He didnt take the money out of his pocket, he took donations. I doubt he's rich. And he's not stupid because he got a lot of publicity and money off this.
A Dodge Viper destroyed... Now that would bring in a lot of publicity and if you think about it, the guy's pretty smart for thinking of this. EDIT: Grammar
lol seen the samsh my xbox 360 thing before now thats jus plain stupid they did that with a psp and nintendo ds before the plan to do it to all next gen systems when they release