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Family In Tears After Finding Porn On Nintendo 3DS This Christmas

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A family were left devastated after finding pornographic images on a secondhand Nintendo 3DS bought from GameStop for Christmas. 5-year-old Braydon Giles was shocked to see the images on the Nintendo 3DS which was brought for him by Santa. The father immediately contacted GameStop to express his disappointment that the Nintendo 3DS hadn’t been checked. You can watch the emotional video right here.

Thanks, Nightfireblaze8

214 thoughts on “Family In Tears After Finding Porn On Nintendo 3DS This Christmas”

    1. I love the idea that someone left it on there, just for LOL’s, i bet he saw this and now he’s laughing his ass off.

        1. How’s it insensitive? It’s porn. They didn’t open it up and find a death threat. In 10 years when that boy grows up, he’s gona find it fucking hilarious that there was porn on his 3DS.

        2. they deserv the mocking its porn it wasnt a video of child murder it was plain old who gives a fook PORN that child will grow up sexually weird with control freak perants like that ,jesus watched porn aged 10 on a dusty vhs tape PART OF GROWING UP wanked my self silly that week i tell ya!!!!

        3. It’s a bit of fucking porn you spastic! not the end of the world . I know it’s a bit heavy for a kid to see, but five year olds in Africa have to watch their families starve.

    2. I can’t believe these people are fucking serious! I understand if they were mad, but these people are crying like they saw a woman getting beat to death by her husband!

  1. As a parent and former video game child. I remember that my parents knew/know nothing of video games. We as gamers think how easy it is to check this. Yes GameStop should’ve done their part. But just to be 100% sure this doesn’t happen we know what to look for as gamers. These non video gaming parents put their dollars and faith in GameStop.

    1. Completely true, but at the very least, if GameStop are selling it as “refurbished” rather than just Pre-owned, surely they would format the system’s memory first.

  2. Sometimes I cry as well when I watch porn…
    But come on, seriously? What’s so horrible about a child seeing sexual images anyway. That’s basically raising them to be scared of the most natural thing in the world. I’d be more concered about my son crying after seeing those photos than anything else.

    1. I bet that kid was more scared because his family said what he had seen was bad than the simple fact that that it was pornography. It’s not something he won’t see again (at least for his sake I hope he does).

  3. If you watch the video that when the kid is going through the pictures he tells his father that there is porn on it. What five year old knows what porn is, or even that it exists??

    1. @Pam,
      I was wondering that same exact thing. How does he know what porn is? He doesn’t even look or sound 5. More like 8 or 9.

  4. So pathetic and unsurprisingly, americans…
    I would understand that the kid cries but why on earth would a parent cry?
    Attentionwhores…
    To be surprised that these sort of things happen on this stupid planet is not a shocker.
    Americans should learn how the world works instead of crying like babies for every single thing.

                1. I admit that America has had their hypocritical times,but my country isgreat compared to others(btw,I am not one of those people who are insanely infatuated in America,I am Nigerian).

      1. These people specifically need to grow up. you can’t speak to a whole nation because of this. By the way I’m not American

    1. It’s more than definetly not the parents (or kids) crying over it all – the news org needs news – and a monotone telling of a slight annoyance isnt a big deal.

      All them shots were not scripted – but they were told how to act and when and told to look like they were crying.

    2. America is a free country. Due to this fact, you will find a wide variety of lifestyle choices, with the craziest ones ending up on the news. I love it when ignorant assholes generalize a group of people like this. It just shows how blindly stupid they are.

  5. Fucking Jews (The Jews Controls The Porn Industry) the Jews are to blame for everything
    I’m sorry for the family PS: I would kill all the jews

      1. It’s not just about the porn.
        Gamestop fails for several reasons, this is one of the MINOR reasons that I agree with Apathetic Link, Fuck Gamestop.

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  7. I understand how the parent feels but aren’t they overdramatic about this? I’ve learned in Human Sexuality that we are exposed to be sexual beings since the day we are born.

    by the way, gamestop should have checked it and the parents have all the right to blame them.

    1. Not the same thing. A child will usually remember events as they grow of age at least from when they were 4-5 years old, not 1-2.

  8. You all are a bunch of idiots, of course they wanted this christmas to be special, and probably they didn’t had the money to buy a new 3ds. That things like this happens it’s unacceptable, but you all like to play like the big machos when it comes to porn.

    1. I’m glad that at least you were brave enough to actually say just how horrible it must be to find porn on your videogame.

      Don’t you go and change the subject saying that “If it happened with me, I would have kept as a secret, HERPIDY DERP!” Fuck you, we’re talking about 5 year old kids here, who doesn’t even know what does masturbation mean. When you’re told that Santa brought you a Nintendo 3DS, I THINK you would be a little bit traumatized if your new portable contained porn pictures of an unknown person. You’re probably not complaining enough because it’s a girl’s picture, but just imagine you, on your innocent 5 years, getting your super awesome Nintendo 3DS, and when you check up the camera functionalities you find pictures of a big headed PENIS!?

      To that boy, December 25th sure lost a bit of the Christmas magic. Am I and this anonymous really the only people who actually felt pity on that poor boy?

      1. 100% agreed. Parents choose Nintendo for their kids because it is family friendly. I can’t imagine what that would have done to my Christmas if that happened to me when I was younger.

        It’s ridiculous that this is what the world has come to. That we have to check every used digital device we have for porn before giving it to kids. The idiot should have deleted his crap before he sold it. Gamestop should have wiped the memory. The parents probably should have checked it. I think it is ridiculous that they would have to though.

        I feel bad for that little guy.

    1. I kind of have to agree with you. Its not like they were violated. >.>
      Right now, there are people starving, lucky to get anything to eat. I could understand if they were complaining, but crying? Way too over dramatic…

  9. To be fair, I bet they’re not buying their childrens COD or things that are not supposed to be for them, like many retarded parents do. They are doing something right and now they’re being criticize by it here. If they’re affected is because they cared

    1. They did not care enought to have the thing check first i find it suspicius that the 3ds was not even check on store.

  10. Well besides that GameStop dropped the ball on this because yes this did happen about 2 years ago with a DSi i remember it being on the news if GameStop didnt wipe it clean then that means that its possible that some personal information will still be on the System too. just need a password to use a credit card and also some free games could be on there too!

  11. Though I already replied to Pam earlier about this exact same thing, I’m gonna say it again.
    How does a 5-year old know what porn is? And why does he look AND sound more like 8 or 9? If anyone watched the video, they’ll know what I mean.

  12. I am working to rectify this horrific event and will be transferring the files to my personal 3DS for examination at a later date

  13. This was almost as hilarious as the time I went to play a film on my brother’s laptop and it turns out it was gay porn. 2 weeks later, he came out of the closet.

  14. Holy moly… I don’t know if that’s just me being European and German, but I really don’t get why people react like this. Especially the father should act very, very different. Yeah, it’s porn. That’s not nice. But he should laugh if off and say to his son that it’s not that bad and actually pretty natural, but he’s behaving like the world will end. The son wouldn’t react this bad when his parents would reassure him. Of course it’s a shock for a 5-year-old, but that’s why his parents should make clear that it’s no disaster *sigh* It will not be the last time in his life he’ll see something like this~ My father would laugh his ass of and explain that it’s no big deal. And maybe he’ll inform the people selling this thing. He’d probably be angry, but you can’t let your son feel like he saw the worst thing in the history of ever…

    1. In America, nudity is made to be taboo and make people ashamed of it, but over the top violence is acceptable. One of my cop buddies got his son an airsoft rifle that’s semi-automatic and has an attachment that lets you fire off 1,000 rounds of ammo. I find that to be more disturbing than porn on a 3ds -_-

      1. That’s the way of America. Violence is perfectly fine. Guns are arrested like best friends who protect you. But sex and porn? You can teach them to be rascist assholes or that god is always right and hays, lesbians and other races are evil devil worshippers. How dare you talk about then in front of kids

  15. To be honist, it’s GameStop fault. They should’ve check more throughly.

    As for the family, that’s one less thing to worry about, how could the father cry about something complrtly natural.

    Now you know why it’s not a good idea to get used things from Gamestop.

    But hey, what do I know?

  16. HAHAHAHAHAHA NINTENDRONES !!!!!!!
    Even the news say tue 3DS is a toy.
    Now be happy with your low quality plastic and its stoneage graphics.
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    1. ITS NOT JUST PORN! ITS PORN WITH 3D WITHOUT GLASSES THAT ITS BEEN SAW BE A LITTLE KID.NOW NINTENDO MUST CLOSE FOR THAT!

  17. Why would he buy a used 3DS in the first place? Besides, you can find porn form the net browser, so maybe a 3DS isn’t the ”toy” he should be buying for a 5 year old.

    1. Maybe he couldn’t afford a new 3ds but still wanted to get his son a nice gift. And honestly what 5 year old is gonna be looking up porn.

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  19. The comments above are disturbing. You would think nintendo fans would be more mature than Sony and microsoft’s. Porn is bad for anyone, if you were not raised by two parents or maybe your single mom didn’t have enough sense to play the role of a father as well I forgive you. If you were raised correctly and think this is okay you have issues and need prayers them therapy. If you are a women supporting porn and in the future your man cheats on you, remember it’s your fault for advocating for nonsense. What’s wrong with the new generation? News flash, EUROPE shall trail east Asia in commerce and industry not because of their innovations; but because they have stronger moral and family ties at the basic level. Some of you sheep don’t even get the education I just shared SMH.

      1. That’s fucking idiotic and I don’t know why I’m wasting my time trying to convince you.

        Nudity and sex are completely natural, and are only taboo in a few places in the world. I think you’re the one who needs to grow the fuck up. It didn’t harm him, and pornography doesn’t have these negative side effects. Seriously? You think it makes men cheat on their wives? Wow.

    1. Sadly, I agree with you 100%; proper education and the teaching of “advanced ethics” should suffice in solving these problems.

    2. I do agree with you that porn has negative effects on our society — on both men and women — BUT I think the fact that our society prefers excessive violence over sex is disgusting and even MORE harmful to children. If they are exposed to it frequently, they will undoubtedly become more aggressive and violent. A CHILD playing Call of Duty is a bigger issue than a child stumbling across porn on his 3DS.
      Also, before anyone tries jumping me — I don’t believe that porn should be banned. I mean, not only is that unrealistic and impossible, we will always crave it because we’re sexual creatures. But it’s silly to deny that porn does have negative effects on men and women.

  20. GROW UP KID! THIS IS MR DICK SAYING HI TO MS VAGINA! PUT YOURSELF TOGETHER AND “FAP FAP” LIKE THERE’S NO TOMORROW! NINTENDO POWER! NOW YOU AR PLAYING WITH POWER (PORN)!!!!!!!!

  21. Wow, this is sad news. No, I mean it. Have a heart, guys, the kid is 5, and there are lots of levels when it comes to this sort of thing. The pics could have been very extreme.

    I’ve only parted with a few systems but I always format the HD. Gamestop SHOULD do the same. If nothing else it helps protect the privacy of the previous owner, especially if it contains credit card info for eShop purchases. This is pretty much all Gamestop’s fault, as there’s no harm in putting whatever the heck you want on your system.

    Man. Poor kid.

  22. This is indeed bad, but I think the worst thing is the fact that the parents reacted the way they overreacted about it. That will for sure give the kid bad memories…

    However, shame at the GameStop store for not doing a proper system cleaning >:(

  23. Is it wrong that I laughed at the whole article and video? The news broadcast seemed overly dramatised. But seriously, it’s an unfortunate circumstance and it was wrong for the 5-year old to see whatever images were on there, but that’s what you get for purchasing a pre-owned console. Or better yet, the previous owner should have deleted the pictures before giving it to GameStop. But in my honest opinion, a 5-year old shouldn’t even be given a games console in the first place.

  24. Working for GameStop myself as a manager this makes me shake my head and laugh. Christmas gets everyone busy but it’s no excuse not to format systems…..like their supposed to be before being sold. I believe I read a story like this once a year.

  25. I don’t think there’s a reason to cry over this, but it doesn’t take away the blame from GameStop. They should’ve checked the console when they received it, and before handing it to the consumer.

  26. Grown men should not be cyring for the whole world to see over things like this, that will damage the kid more than the pron. while it is horrible and disgusting, the blame has to fall on the gamestop manager of that store. each system I’ve traded in I watch them immediately delete my info, had I not already done it myself. That was the miss. I’m assuming the previous owner did it on purpose, cuz who would use that god awful web browser to access porn?

  27. Well the 3DSXL was 159.99 last weak at best buy with MK7. Should have bought that one cheap ass. These kids are thuglettes looking like Kenyan Martin And Carmelo Anthony’s kids but cryin like little pussies. ….

    1. We get to be on TV act like sad little bitches I guess he forgot to tell them to take off the dew rags and put on some nice clothes…

  28. If any of you insensitive people would watch the video, you would know that the father cried NOT because his son saw pornographic images, but because he felt he failed as a father. And he failed to give his children to best Christmas he possibly could…

    1. And instead of him protecting him and expaining to his son what happenend and why it was wrong he took the router every american do and blame everyone else,he is has guilty has gamestop.

  29. heheje… hahahahahahaha aaahahahahaa AAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!! x’DDDDDD Epic xmas present!!! that shows that a refurbished item is simply a used one for sale again.. they don’t even touch it apparently.

    1. Hahahah frakkin hilarious lol. Crying lol. Over porn wow. Must be die hard Christian folk afraid of sexuality and nudity lol. Only in the good USA is a kid raised to fear nudity. It’s hilarious. Just erase the shit and game one suckers!

  30. Don’t know what to think about a dad crying about porn on a “Toy”. (A 3DS ISN’T a toy, it’s an electronic device. Not only kids have it so duh check it before you give it to your kid.)

    If there’s anything the dad should be worried about it’s that the 3D function was fully on while it’s harmful for such young kids to have the 3D on. >_>.. good parenting right there. Porn is life threatening, 3D that might f*ck with the eyes and brains of the kid aren’t.

    1. while i agree with what you’re saying that part about 3D being harmful to a kids eyes is as of now just bullshit
      there has been no confirmation that 3D is harmful to a childrens eyes and there is no physiological reason to assume that would be so

      regardless it is recommended to keep 3D away from *very* young children
      this kid obviously isn’t part of that category anymore

  31. Oh come on, its not worth crying over. Seriously, who cares, you have the right to be angry but its not something to cry about. Its just the human body without clothes on lol. Its not like someone was sawing a horses head off. That would be worth crying over, but not porn.

  32. I’m sure the father was crying because he’s disappointed, i would if despite my efforts to make my kids happy, their xmass was tainted by such a thing.
    it’s not his fault for buying a used product, it’s the retailer’s for not keeping quality standards.

    1. And well, when my nephew (6y/o) and niece(8y/o) found porn in my brother’s computer they were laughing at how gross they thought it was, they knew it was wrong but still found it funny.

  33. By now you would think parents would be smart enough to check 2nd hand electronics before gifting it.

    I mean come on, its used and it has a camera. Some parents.

    Also shame on you gamestop.

  34. While that does suck…by the time he turns 7 he would have been exposed to porn anyway. Kids these days are swearing and talking about stuff like this when they are in like grade 3. Used to be Juniour high when you were about 13-14. But in all seriousness unless the family is hardcore Christian or something porn isn’t a big deal. Naked humans omfg run for the hills.

  35. If it were my kid:
    1.) I would try hard not to laugh
    2.) I would ask to see his 3DS
    3.) I would calmly explain what porn is on a very high level, as odds are, he hasn’t had “the talk,” yet.
    4.) I would quickly reformat the drive and hand it back.
    5.) If they still believed in santa, I would tell him to write a letter, telling Santa to be more careful next time, because a naughty elf got hold of his 3DS :D

    1. Exactly, thats a MATURE thing to do, not just panic and cry over something weird but natural, because after all you’re dealing with kids and sometimes you can slip from a problem with just being calm and explain that kid that some “magical” thing happened or that it was just a mistake from an elf, ms claus, santa, reindeer or whoever you want.

  36. Wouldn’t it be strange if the kid had actually looked up those photos himself but then his parents caught him so he said they were already on their when he opened it.

  37. It’s Danny Glover! I love that guy!
    Also, he wasn’t crying, he got choked up.
    Also, gamestop DID NOT try to make things alright. They failled to accept responsibility.
    Also, This guy is obviously too old to know what to look for, or even to know what the 3DS is capable of, so give him at least a little slack.
    Last, there goes the media, blowing things out of proportion again.

    1. “Also, This guy is obviously too old to know what to look for, or even to know what the 3DS is capable of, so give him at least a little slack.”

      that may be true but it doesn’t change the fact that it’s part of his responsibility to check the device
      as usual with these things: ignorance is no excuse

  38. geez way to overreact
    they’re acting like someone raped their boy

    sure it’s unpleasant.. but just have the guy who is responsible fired for it, give the parents some gift or compensation and carry on
    besides it’s the parents responsibility aswell to check a used device for content before handing it to their kid

    only in the US something like this would cause a scandal x_X

  39. Did the parent not bother looking on the device before “Santa” gave it to him. Also, I’m sure the kid didn’t ask for a used 3DS form Gamestop… nice job Santa.

    1. Wow, really?
      If I ever get any game devices in the future with a camera, I’m gonna take a few pictures of my dick, maybe record myself wiggling it around, and call gamestop about it.
      Seriously, there’s no way a plot like this wouldn’t work.

  40. Even though this should of never had happened, and it is most likely distressing for the child, the family and the media here is blowing this way out of proportion. This should not be on national news, and I think this is just media propaganda against video games by the media.

  41. Lol this is funny as hell, If I saw porn on my 3DS I would call GameStop and thank them lol, I was seeing porn since I was 5 this isn’t much of a big deal and in in 12 years there gonna be laughing about this

  42. i bet the social services are rubbing there hads together NICE NEW WORLD ORDER BRAIN WASHED FAMILY AND KIDS TO TOW THE GOVERMENT SLAVE LINE AND REPORT ALL CRIMES TO THE AUTHORITYS NICE BRAINWASHED DUMB FUK FAMILY?

  43. Link The True Hero of the Future

    Hi Friends!! Well to be honest with you guys, I understand that pornography is a natural thing and may seem as unharmful, but when you think about it, parents who really take good care of their children want them to grow up healthy with a child’s happy mind… not all shocked for life and see things in a different way at an early age. Its just not right, its unhuman! The Parent for some reason cries, because it shows how much he loves his kids, because maybe he thought it was his fault. If any of you guys are or were parents, how would you feel if you saw that your beloved child is being exposed to sexual content. Please guys, Have some respect, some love and compassion for our brothers and sisters. Thanks for your time reading this! I hope this makes everyone think about what I said.

  44. It's not that big of a deal O_O

    What the hell?? Why are they crying as if they were raped or their house burnt down? More importantly, why does the kid sound like he’s holding in tears when he talks? Yes it is bad to see porn on a game system that children are on, but is that worth crying over? I understand being angry but why cry!?? Call me what you want guys, but it’s kinda strange

  45. I would not buy anything short of a new 3DS for my kid.. not a second hand one.

    Porn is also hardly worth crying over… at least they weren’t robbed or anything of that nature.

  46. I agree with people saying they take it way too far like if someone was murdered. In science, I think seeing random porn on the 3ds this way isn’t a big deal as much as seeing someone getting slightly punch in the face if the child was freaked out.

    It’s just like that sometimes because of the bigotry believe about sexuality lot’s of people seem to have in the US in my view I think.

    I don’t think I will see that video since i kind of know what it might be like. :P

  47. I admit I laughed when I saw the title, but I understand why they would be upset. Christmas morning is supposed to be special for children and this kid’s Christmas morning was ruined. Gamestop should’ve checked the device before re-selling it.

  48. That’s why y’all should buy a NEW 3DS. A NEW 3DS! Price got dropped, yet you idiots still go around buying the used ones. Seriously…

  49. Why pornographic sites should be illegal. It’s disgusting, and I don’t think people should be filmed “mating”.

  50. uh… why give a 5- year old a 3ds in the first place? an internet browser in the device means he’ll see it anyway. no, he wont look up porn, but even an innocent search, (mlp, spongebob, etc.) will give you a porn result. (rule 34) plus, the 3d has already given people seizures, and migranes. plus, try to be calm, parents. cry later. if you really care about your kids, you wouldn’t scar them more! derp! the kid will either look back on this and laugh, or forget. also, a 5- year old cant read, so only mario, until they get stuck on level 1-4 and rage quit. this is all assuming this was real. probably just faked by the douche who hates video games… also, check the specs before you buy, and, i have seen kids in kindergarten molesting eachother at private schools, so… he would see it later, anyway. (again, assuming this is real)

  51. I agree that this was wrong. But I also agree that by crying over it, his parents made it much, much worse. True, Gamestop should have deleted the pictures, and they are slightly at fault, but even if they did re-format the system memory, that wouldn’t delete anything on the SD card, therefore in the end it is the parents fault for not doing a thorough check of the system, if not for obsene images, then to ensure every thing worked correctly.

  52. Nothing emotional about this video, Gamestop might not have checked the 3DS but nor did the Dad! Shouldn’t have made a scene about it, just deleted them and moved on with their lives!

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