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title: "Winning bidder of Nintendo PlayStation revealed, plans opening gaming museum"
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description: "The rare Nintendo PlayStation prototype was successfully auctioned for around $360,000 online. At the time, we didn’t know who snagged the console"
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2020-03-12 12:15:03"
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Winning bidder of Nintendo PlayStation revealed, plans opening gaming museum | General News | NintendoReporters

 [![Winning bidder of Nintendo PlayStation revealed, plans opening gaming museum](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/winning-bidder-of-nintendo-playstation-revealed-plans-opening-gaming-museum.jpg "Winning bidder of Nintendo PlayStation revealed, plans opening gaming museum")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/winning-bidder-of-nintendo-playstation-revealed-plans-opening-gaming-museum.jpg)The rare Nintendo PlayStation prototype was successfully auctioned for around $360,000 online. At the time, we didn’t know who snagged the console but now their identity is revealed.

## [](#pets-like-gaming)Pets like gaming

The new owner of the Nintendo PlayStation is none other than Greg McLemore – the founder of Pets.com, a website from the late 90s.

McLemore isn’t a stranger when it comes to the world of gaming, as he has also collected around 800 coin-operated arcade machines and other antiques (e.g. consoles, magazines).

The best part is that McLemore doesn’t intend to keep his newest addition away from public eyes either.

In an interview with **Forbes**, McLemore stated that he wished to take his entire collection plus the Nintendo PlayStation to establish a permanent gaming museum:

### [](#planning-gaming-museum)Planning gaming museum

> I’m looking to not have this machine just buried in a closet somewhere.
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> I’m interested in sharing my passion for gaming…One of my areas of focus is the evolution of gaming, including how earlier arcade games inspired video games and how early video games influenced later innovation. I believe the Nintendo PlayStation fits in well with this focus.”

For now, I am very happy to see his response so it’s probably safe to say that this Nintendo PlayStation prototype is in some capable hands.

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