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Nintendo PlayStation Prototype Controller Up for Auction

In the 1990s, a historic collaboration between Nintendo and Sony resulted in the creation of the prototype controller for what was to be called the Nintendo PlayStation. However, Nintendo ultimately decided against pursuing this venture further, allowing Sony to forge ahead on their own path, becoming a major player in gaming history.

The prototype controller is now up for auction at Heritage Auctions, scheduled for August 22-24, 2024. This rare piece of gaming history has previously fetched high prices and is expected to attract serious collectors once again.

What do you think of the prices for these rare items? And how do you think the gaming world would be different if we’d have got the Nintendo PlayStation?

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TimeNaan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Heritage Auctions is a scam. They worked with Yata on artificially inflating retro game prices during the pandemic.

I have no idea why the NPS owners chose them.

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- mozz@mbin.grits.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  *Wata
  
  And even a dirty auction house can still run an actual auction in the case where what they’re selling is more than just a shrink wrapped package of lies
  
  You’re not wrong though
  
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the_crotch@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I get that it’s historically significant, but this looks exactly like a standard SNES controller with different badging. I can’t imagine why someone would pay “big bucks” for it. It’s kind of boring as a collectable.

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- ramble81@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Then you definitely aren’t the target of this. There is tons more to it besides “does it look interesting “, most prototypes and mules don’t. But what if symbolized is massive. If this had gone forward it could have completely changed the landscape of gaming as we know it, and I’m not using hyperbole there.
  
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  - the_crotch@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    The system would have changed the landscape, sure. There’s nothing unique about the controller. It’s a standard SNES controller with a Sony logo on it
    
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- MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  You understand it’s historically significant, but don’t know why anyone would pay for it?
  
  Not an inkling?
  
  If your empathy isn’t broken, this is a good troll.
  
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  - the_crotch@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    You understand it’s historically significant
    
    Being attached to something historically significant (in certain parts of the internet, we’re not talking about the magna carta here) by itself doesn’t make a collectable interesting
    
    If your empathy isn’t broken
    
    lmao
    
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xyzzy@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
If you read the disclosures, you’ll see that there’s zero proof this is authentic.

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Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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