A few weeks ago, gamers across the country were shocked at the devotion of a Connecticut man who was shot and hospitalized during his wait for the PS3. Such a man must be extremely devoted to video games to risk his life for the latest next-gen system, right?

Wrong. A follow-up article by the Worcester Telegram & Gazette reveals that 21-year-old Michael Penkala was waiting " not because he' s a fan of the popular game system but because he saw a business opportunity." The unemployed Penkala, whose " only means of income at the moment is selling T-shirts, Beanie Babies and New England Patriots plush toys on his front lawn," was carrying $2,600 in cash to purchase four PS3s to resell on eBay (with the help of three friends waiting in line).

What' s more, after being shot by the fleeing would-be robbers, Penkala' s first instinct was to make sure his friends got the money to purchase the systems. " For some reason I wasn' t thinking about my wound, I was all about those PlayStations," Penkala is quoted as saying.

The eBay proceeds from the four PS3s Penkala eventually picked up likely won' t cover the hundreds of thousands of dollars in health care costs for the uninsured Penkala. Despite this, Penkala rejected the idea of pimping out his auctions as " the system he got shot for."