This rare prototype Nintendo PlayStation controller sells for a whopping $35,000, joining the list of most expensive accessories ever sold at auction.
There was a time when Nintendo and PlayStation They joined forces and did not go separately with PS4PS5 and Nintendo Switch by ‘almost’ having developed a Nintendo PlayStation, whose command It was recently auctioned off.
This prototype for the machine that was never marketed has been sold for a huge amount of $35,000 on the well-known Heritage Auctions website.
The hybrid machine was designed to work Nintendo SNES cartridges and games in CD formatbut it failed to pass the tests and never saw the light of day.
They were only created 200 prototypes of the Nintendo PlayStationwhich made her a collector’s item among retro gaming fans.
For this reason, it is not surprising that a prototype of the Nintendo PlayStation controller managed to sell for $35,000 at the auction we are referring to.
Bids for the “exceptionally rare“These collectibles began selling on August 2, 2024 on the Heritage Auctions website and ended on August 23.
Not much is known about the provenance of the controller, but Heritage Auctions explained on its website that “It is believed to be one of the last remaining of the original 200 units.“.
Most of which, according to the website, were “supposedly destroyed“. The bidding ended and the lucky bidder also won the first known case of an individual sale of said remote control.
A very rare Nintendo PlayStation controller is up for auction
The console itself appeared at auction four years ago and sold for $360,000, making it the “most expensive video game memorabilia ever sold publicly.
Curiously, the Nintendo’s PlayStation console was also sold through Heritage AuctionsAnd as they said at the time, the winning bidder did not want to be identified.
Heritage Auctions also did not reveal who was able to get hold of this piece of gaming history, but did say that whoever placed the bid will not be able to return it.
It sounds funny, but Heritage Auctions was unable to see if the remote worked. not having a spare Nintendo PlayStation console with which to test it.
Therefore, they sold it “as is, no returns” with that warning. After all, it’s not every day that you can bid on a very rare Nintendo PlayStation controller and win the bid for $35,000.
