I know this sounds weird or stupid but his sister thats hugging him sure is pretty. :D
Whoever steals from someone weaker then you should be damned. Karma is a blessing and a curse if you play the game right.
On a serious note I would donate if I wasn't in the red with my credit card, happy to see he's getting his property back. :D

CrashOverride777

Good job!

Zwei Voltage

For our next trick, we will raise money for a hitman to find and deal with the thieves.

imaria

Great job guys, I feel glad that I donated, better than me wasting the money on something useless I don't need at least it went to something worthwhile.

galith

Awesome. I'm broke, but I would have thrown in the few dollars I have in my account if I had known.

vid3oman64

Very kind really.. you guys rock

Bomberkael

This is the best game related news I've heard in a while.

kryzhal

All smiles for the moment.

PsycheE

Those guys need a big hug from me.

scotty

Wow I'm deeply moved. Seriously.

ridepod

I wish I had known about this. :(

Entegy

@Kankel
Of course not, just a worse one than those who did.

Ekental

Gamers. We be good peoples.

joyrock101

I didn't contribute at all am I a bad person?

Kankel

*sniff*

suya123

That was very kind.

Gingerbread0Man

Good job. We need more stories of happy stuff.

ggodo

Good work.

Dezorian

Hmm, didn't hear anything about this but that was really nice. I'm sure more money could've been raised if the topic had it's own post.

everybest

Very very nice. Good karma right here.

and to them thieves. hope they have kids whom look like danny devito. Hell even if they do have kids. sadly.

BigSt3ph3n

nice work folks

NLMantia

Very nice of you all.

DukeOfPwn

Now all that is needed is some bricks to fall from the sky onto the thieves.

RaptureScientist

kudos to you all

icko

Great!
Would be even nicer if PS3 had a killswitch... to kill the thieves...

Anyways the kinda news that will never show up on Fox News or any news nowadays for that matter.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

great work by the unsung heroes. at least order is restored for that young man.

zanzibarlegend

no need to find the thieves let me tell you, cause karmas a biatch. and ive seen it happen

JackDaniels19

Great going to everyone who donated

Hotaru99

It's good to see people helping another man in need.
Good Job! (b^_^)b

deft0k

@Kankel: Of course you are!!!...n't.

sandal-hat17

Hi-5, you noble gentlemen (and possibly ladies.)

BaseVilliN

great job everyone, glad to see there's still some good people out there!!!

Aparanoidandroi

@Bokusatsu_Tenshi: If the robbers were black or Muslim, Fox News would be all over that.

CrashOverride777

wow, that's awesome news. How come I never heard about this donation gathering?
Pretty cool stuff right there, guys... pretty cool.

Alex_Mexico

So elsewhere guys can legitimately buy used playstations and get tracked down by the police for theft just by using it online, as I swear I've seen on Kotaku posts before, and here's some guy who had his stolen in a high profile fashion and that's it, its gone, end of story?

Cultivar

The thieves are bastards. I hope they DIAF. The ones one kicked in for the money are awesome.

Gouki4u

Very awesome gesture. Fantastic guys.

ShizzleBeef

Wow, to the ones responsible. Congrats, u just bought a first-class ticket to hell. This is the first time hearing about it, but I glad people donated. I would have donated too if I knew soon later. Great job, guys =)

Just helps me show that kindness in humanity isn't dead after-all

Blue_Bomber88

Aw. That is really good to hear.

sir_carrot

that's awesome, you guys. Great work. You all have big hearts.

toolverine

Kotaku needs and edit option!

Alex_Mexico

@Alex_Mexico: errr, I meant to say that if you believe in God you would be blessed in heaven, lol. After I re read it it kinda sounded like you would only recieve good things if yoou were catholic or somethin' XD
Sorry for the misunderstanding, if any.

Alex_Mexico

@topaz420: Thank you, Topaz. Honor to he whom deserve it and I checked the original story's comments and you were oone of the main contributors to this effort and didnt gave up even when the news was already bumped to the 3rd page.
Awesome job. If you believe in God expect good things sooner or later. I couldn't be more honest about this.

Alex_Mexico

Holy crap really? That's awesome.

Pablos102030

I think we owe a big thanks to the people that work day and night to run this site -- their continuous strive to keep the commenting section a respectful, productive place, made it possible to foster team efforts such as this one.

Something which would be nearly impossible to accomplish with the cacophony of disrespect that is the typical internet website community.

Thanks, Kotaku!

topaz420

Very cool.

Jander

dont matter what console you have or what type of games we play, we are still gamers!

GOOD JOB!

id like to beat those thiefs down in a altair cosplay!
wait....errrr.....you didnt read that.

lonesn1per

Good job guys, Proving that the human race is more than a lot of untrustworthy people should not be a surprising story to read, it should be the norm.

Hand_O_Death

Thats mighty nice to all of you who donated. I didn't know about this until now. Sigh... Still I'm glad he got his games and console back. Hats off to those who were thoughtful!

Shijirou

good job guys.

McFazo

Every once in a while you get a reminder of why this world hasn't go to the trash can altogether, great work guys.

Fenian

See, I love feel good stories, way better than hearing about a murder or some random jerk-off talking about how "GTA made me do it!".

We need more random acts of kindness in the world and this story is exactly what I'm talking about.

So thanks, Luke, for posting the story and thanks to whoever helped this kid out. Really gives me hope in humanity.

MrMister

A most noble, selfless act! It's great to hear people helping their fellow man!

-Bass4TheFace-

wow. amazing work. well done

NeoXY

How about we get a fund going for a Six-Axis Glock for the young-man?

IceCold

Great job to everyone that contributed. Its good to know there are still decent people on this planet.

amorphis

didn't hear a thing about this at all.

ManjiKengo

How is it any more bastardly than any other console theft, the thieves didn't know he was disabled or that the PS3 was a gift from a charity. Would any regular member of the public receive a free replacement unit from sony in the event of theft? Could I get money raised if I said some of my games were stolen?

No? Didn't think so, what makes this kid special, other than when it's spelt with a capitol 'R'?

StuiWooi

Someone has to ask, so... who's the chick?

DanoruX

Good stuff, glad to hear things are looking up for Zak.

Hats off to the folks who made it happen!

Witzbold

Now let's get together and remove the balls of the thieves with a bunch of pliers. Oh shit, Manhunt II is taking over my mind. Or is it 'The Project.'

Nice act. Kudos to the internet.

This act is more bastardly because of the situation. Maybe the thieves did not know about that. But they should not have stolen it in the first place. Everything is about context.

Jet Set

Bravo, Internet...bravo.

It's nice to see things like this.

SpadeAce

Congrats to the people involved. Next time, don't forget to invite me to the party!

L_K_M

This is very good to hear. Stories like this go a long way towards warming my cold, blackened gamer heart.

Altersparck

Kudos to those involved, thats a really generous thing to do. Well played good sirs/madams.

OkayOctane

Wow, 400 whole dollars? Now his entire family can move on up to that deeeluxe apartment in the sky. Seriously though, I spend that amount of money in a weekend on crack and booze alone. If you'd have just asked, Kotaku, I would have Paypaled you $400 lickety-split. I love helping out rosy-cheeked disabled Australian teenagers whenever I can.

@StuiWooi: You're right StuiWooi, Zak should get a fucking job and buy his own shit. What's really bastardly is what he and people like him are doing to us hard-working tax payers. Lounging by the pool while we support them?!
It's just not right!

Mr.Bates

Would have been nice to mention this earlier. The fundraiser was covered in the comments of the original article, but most people probably didn't think to check back once the story dropped off the front page. I believe a couple of people posted saying they had sent Kotaku info about the fundraiser but it just never got posted I guess.

rainking187

Awesome news, and I'm glad the world showed its nicest hand to to the kid.

I'm just glad I got to see a pic of his sister again. High fives all round.

Moggo

Great to hear! Thanks to all those who gave. And thanks to the big K for letting everyone know about this horrible situation so that the kind hearted could help.

CasualGeek

@StuiWooi: It's worse because it affects him more. If my console gets stolen, well that's shitty, but there's still a billion other things I can do to entertain myself while it's tracked down, or while I claim the insurance, or while I save up for a new one. A 14 year old disabled kid? What the hell can he do about it, he's got an advanced, horrible disease that's confined him to a wheelchair before most of us even get laid. The PS3 was pretty much all he HAD to keep himself amused. That's why it's more bastardly. He needed it more, it hurt him more, and the poor guy's already got enough shit on his plate.

Mister Adequate

Ah man wish I had known would've definitely donated. Good job Kotakuites!

kseezy

big ups kotaku... big ups

JYJ705

This is one of the reasons I love Kotaku. I wish I was in the financial position to have helped out. (I wouldn't mind jumping on a plane and finding those asses that stole his machine and putting the fear of my fist in their faces).

bigdonthedj

Brilliant guys
You all done good...which is more than can be said for Sony...I contacted Sony AU and notified them of the story @ the time and the suit b*stards did not even acknowledge a reply

Profondo

Oops...just read the last line about Sony AU replacing Zak's PS3....my bad...way to go Sony too

Profondo

That's incredibly. Wish this would have been posted though.

ttocs

That will probably get him 4 games (I believe a PS3 game costs around $100) nice work guys! It's nice to know that there are still good people out there

Supa_S

Excellant job guys. Those who donated have performed an awesome act of goodwill

*Thumbs Up*

TeldurUK

@RaptureScientist: I'll get on that.

Also, further proof that Kotaku kicks ass.

balls187 upside yo head

Good work

yashichi8bit

Amazing. It's awesome that even with so many negative stories in the news these days, that events like this aren't headlined. It's great to hear about inspiring things like this.

chesterhybridz

Aww sweet! =]

Kimiko

I would have donated to give him a security system. Anyway, nice work to the people that donated.

JAGJEET

Wow, that really is terrible. but great how people got together and helped out. Is there a way we can get his info, or someone we can send our used games to? I can help, just need the info in doing so. please let me know!

Pocket_lint

seriously. it is messed up that someone would steal from someone crippled. BUT, i think they probably didn't case the place accordingly and had no idea who they were stealing from. so let's not be overzealous with the punishment of these delinquents.

mryank