A couple of months back, it was revealed that the owner of the only privately-held Nintendo PlayStation prototype, Terry Diebold, was looking to sell it off. In a new report from Kotaku, it turns out he'll be bringing the extremely rare machine to auction in February 2020.
It seems this is somewhat out of necessity, as Diebold and his son aren't making any money taking the console to trade shows and conventions. "I’ve put a lot of work into this by travelling with it and we have made nothing on it," he told Kotaku. "Every trip that we... have taken with it has cost us money out of pocket."
On 27th February, Heritage Auctions will be selling the SNES PlayStation hybrid to the highest bidder. However, that's not stopped collectors from getting in touch with Diebold ahead of time. He's already turned down an eye-watering offer of $1.2 million. It's expected that the rare item will make some serious cash, then, but the auction house hasn't put an estimate on the listing. Speaking to Kotaku about the prototype's potential value, Heritage's Valarie McLeckie said, "In the case of this particular item, since it’s never been sold at public auction before, there’s really no way to tell."
If Diebold is waving away over a million dollars, we're very curious to see what the final bid for the Nintendo PlayStation will be. If you've got lots of zeros burning a hole in your pocket, you can view the auction listing through here.
[source comics.ha.com, via kotaku.com.au, nintendolife.com]
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That's more than enough for buying playstation 5
@BarefootBowser Absolutely, lack of B/C and not so simple PC emulation needs to be greatly improved. Especially now we're only going to be getting more online games.
This is probably will be one of the biggest electronic collectors items ever.
Not just for its rarity but that it's also the epicenter for a future that might have been.
What would gaming have been like had Nintendo not publicly turned on Sony. The chances are the console would have flopped (we weren't quite ready for CD consoles at that point) Nintendo move on to the N64 and Sony having scratched that itch and seeing no money in the industry pull out.
But because of Ken Kutaragi determination Sony wanted to beat Nintendo at it's own game. And aside from the Wii every PlayStation home console has outdone whatever Nintendo brought to the table.
Put simply, Nintendo turning it's back on PlayStation did Sony the biggest favour.
Just thinking if this collabration worked out what we'd have today.
I'd only have to buy one console a generation for a start.
I am glad that I was able to see it in person a few years ago. Such an awesome feeling it was to see a piece of gaming history in person.
Back in Nintendo's pre-mushroom era, when they used to make normal consoles with controllers designed for human hands!
@BarefootBowser Wait, there were 200 at one point? I had heard there were only a tiny handful of prototypes! What on Earth happened to the others?!
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