Nintendo PlayStation Prototype – Auctioned for $360K

Nintendo PlayStation Prototype – Auctioned for $360K

The very rare prototype of the Nintendo PlayStation went up for auction – with bids climbing to hundreds of thousands in no time.

Bids have finally closed and now know its value at the auction house!

Everything has a price

The final bid on Heritage Auctions comes in at a peachy $360,000, including the buyer’s premium. For now, the winning bidder’s identity has not been confirmed publicly – although speculation is that it could be Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey, based on some of his previous tweets about bidding on the item.

Past bids where higher

This isn’t actually the highest amount that the prototype could have fetched for its original owner Terry Diebold. Previously, an individual from Norway had offered a whopping $1.2 million for the collector’s item – long before it went up for auction online.

It’s unlcear as to why this mystery person did not make their bid when the auction opened. Regardless, it looks like the console has found itself a new home.

Museum piece

Personally we think it should be preserved in a museum just because of how rare it is though rather than having it somewhere on a shelf. (PS this is not meant as knocking on collectors in any way … just this is a proverbial unicorn)