The Nintendo PlayStation Is Now Up For Auction

There's a bit of yellowing on the console and the box is missing, I'll wait for the next one

Wow...! 😳
That's a HUGE number.
But...
I'm happy with my both White PS2 Slim Japan and "White" Fat PS2 USA to play both PS2 and PS1 games i have. 😏

Don't think he will get as much as he thinks he will. I'm sure he has a set amount as the limit he will let it go though so we will see if anyone reaches it.

Kinda wonder what the winner will DO with it.
Other then say: "Yup, I own the NINTENDO Playstation."

Can’t believe how cool this is. Who ever gets this will probably use it once and then display it forever.

@Sean161 I believe it’s the only prototype found at this moment. And the owner got it fixed, so, you can actually play both Super Nintendo and CD-Rom games. The last one, of course, is if you make your own CD-Rom game. I think there’s already one as well

I would love this to go to an exhibition, would love to actually see it

I’ll wait until the last 10 seconds of the auction and put my bid in then

yes it is gaming history, but the buyer is basically buying a $31k paperweight. there is not even a prototype CDrom to play on this. But hey to each their own

@Bearzilla823 there’s a fan made game that works with this thing. And you’d own a really cool piece of gaming history. So it’s a really appealing product for game collectors

The seller was offered $1.2 million a while back but refused bet he regrets that cos I can’t see it reaching that much now

This one of a kind prototype helps to tell the story of one of the most important turning points in video game history, when Sony could have decided to work with Nintendo or release their own game console. It belongs in a museum. It is worth 1 million dollars easy.

Living Proof that Nintendo gave birth to Sony!

All any auction needs is 2 customers that have inexhaustible funds and an inability to give up.

I personally don't see it as an investment like a first print Action Comics no. 1, or Jimi Hendrix's Strat as it isn't as aesthetically pleasing, but I'm guessing a few well off computer executives in places like Seattle would like to have it in a glass case somewhere.

Give it to a museum!

I thought it was going to sell for 1 million, didn't somebody offer him that before the auction?.

its still at $31,000! I am intrigued to see what it ends up at

@SnesSwitch Living proof that Nintendo survived Sony. Nintendo had to back out cause if they had sign the deal Sony tried to sneak on them, Sony would own all Nintendo IPs. Sony was so big and rich, they thought they could use lawyers to trick Nintendo.

@Averagewriter They were tricking. And Nintendo didn't sign anything, that's how they easily walked out of the deal. Greedy super rich Sony was trying to take over and rob the little company Nintendo. Sony is evil.

A company would be stupid to give Sony that much power. All Nintendo wanted was a disc player, but Sony wanted to own everything that used the disc. It was straight up Sony greed.

If he did sign anything, it wasn't enough to hold up in court. Cause a company as rich as Sony would have sued the cap out of a little company like Nintendo.

Playstation was super greedy, that's why Sega wouldn't even go near such a evil bussiness.

@Averagewriter I see what you say is correct, I had forgot the details it's been so long. But even under that deal Nintendo and Sega would have been stupid to sign such a deal.

That deal is straight greed. Nintendo fear was correct that Sony would have wiped them out. It's why they backed out. Sony was one of the biggest bussiness in the world, Nintendo was just a small toy company. Nintendo backing out of that deal is why Nintendo is the best today and still alive.

There isn't really any point in owning this besides the novelty of it and historical importance. It should be in some kind of video gaming museum.

@Averagewriter Square never developed Final Fatasy VII for Snes, they didn't start development until N64 devkit came out. But they stopped because Sony funded their game. The Sony Playstation deal was never final, no company would develop for a protype, that would be foolish.

That would be like saying Square was developing for the Nintendo Phillips CDrom, that would have been crazy stupid.

@Averagewriter Guess we can thank Nintendo for Chrono Trigger than. But I actually blame Sony for being so greedy in the deal. See, if Square did develop for the cdrom, guess who would have owned the rights and would have quickly put Nintendo out of bussiness.

@Averagewriter Sony would have licensing rights though. Sony would have made the money from the game. This would have been a major blow to Nintendo and would help Sony get into gaming for themselves. It would be backstabbing Nintendo. That's what big companies do.

Why would Nintendo want to give licensing rights to some big greedy corporation. It would have been the end of them.

Are there even any games to play on it?

I already own one...bought it for 10 bucks on a garage sale two years ago. I prefer the ps4, but it works ok.

Other than a museum piece, it's a waste of money.

@Pete_Stooge
Yeah me too. Already got one.

@Sean161 the auction page says 200

@iakona23 Sony already decided to work with Nintendo, however Yamuchi signed a deal with Philips announcing at a convention, pretty much humiliating and sacking Sony on stage.

Of course their Philips deal went sour and the rest is history.

Yamuchi's stubborness and to the end of his career lack of vision saw Nintendo struggle.

@AlphaElite i literally yelled that to my phone before i clicked on the story

Now its at $310,000. Wonder what it will sell for in the end!

@johnvboy They did, He was originally offered 1.2 million about a month ago and declined it in favor of the auction this month

@WarioWoodsfan,

Let's hope he did not make a mistake.

@johnvboy At the moment it seems like he did since it's currently sitting at 350k, We will just have to wait and see

@WarioWoodsfan,

People get greedy with things like this, I would have took the 1.2 million and ran a mile.

@johnvboy Same, I just checked it last night out of curiosity, It seems that the bid went down from 350k to 300k

@WarioWoodsfan,

Like I said, should have took the million.

@johnvboy So I just checked remembering about this recently, It sold for 360k so yep he should have definitely took the million

@WarioWoodsfan,

If he did indeed get offered 1 million in the first place, it could have been a bit of hype for the upcoming auction, if he did he will be as sick as a parrot.