As he wrote on Twitter: "Who are the other nutters who keep bidding against me?" Should Luckey's boasts have proven true, that would have left him as the "high" bidder ahead of Heritage Auctions' live auction event at $280,000. Shortly after the auction went live in February, Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey put his hat into the ring by declaring his intent to be the listing's highest bidder. The winning bidder technically paid roughly $380,000 for the winning bid, owing to an additional "buyer's premium" fee attached to the auction. According to a Heritage Auctions spokesperson ( via Kotaku), the winning bidder doesn't wish to be identified at this time.Update, March 6: After a remarkable bidding war over a span of three weeks, the Heritage Auctions listing for the only known Nintendo PlayStation concluded on Friday, March 6, at the unbelievable price of $300,000. The bidding process came to an end earlier today, with the final bid reaching $300,000 USD (around £229,885), although a "buyer's premium" will bump that up to $360,000 USD - around £275,862.Īs for the new owner of one of video gaming's most fabled items, their identity will remain a mystery for now. This particular unit was discovered by father and son Terry and Dan Diebold in a box of items that once belonged to now-bankrupt company Advanta - which just so happened to have had former Sony Computer Entertainment America president Olaf Olafsson in its employ.įollowing its rediscovery in 2015, the functioning Nintendo PlayStation toured the world, but was eventually put up for auction last month through Heritage Auctions. It was intended to add CD-ROM capabilities to the 16-bit SNES, and was Sony's first foray into the world of gaming hardware.įamously, the project was terminated after a falling out between both parties when Nintendo suddenly announced a partnership with Sony rival Philips, but Sony's efforts would eventually form the basis for its own console, 1994's PlayStation - and the rest, as they say, is history.Īround 200 prototypes for the Nintendo PlayStation are believed to have been made, but most were eventually scrapped and only one is publicly known to still exist. The prototype (officially known as the 'Nintendo Play Station') was initially created as part of a doomed collaboration between Sony and Nintendo. The ultra-rare Nintendo PlayStation prototype, which was rediscovered in an attic in 2015, has been sold at auction for $300,000 USD (around £230,000).
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