A prototype of a never-produced video game machine colloquially known as the “Nintendo Play Station” has sold at auction for $US360,000 ($545,881), setting a new record for the most expensive item of video game memorabilia ever publicly sold.
Its owner says he’s turned down million-dollar offers for it in the past, but now, the original prototype of the PlayStation—a Super Nintendo with a CD-ROM drive attached, created via a partnership between Sony and Nintendo—will be auctioned in February via Heritage Auctions, the company has said.