The first PS4 of the anniversary series went under the hammer for 130 thousand US dollars

The news that Sony is starting to sell a limited edition PlayStation 4 of gray, dedicated to the twentieth anniversary of the series, has caused a serious stir among some gamers, reports engadget . Many of them sought to get their hands on one of 12,300 copies of the limited edition of the new PS4, personifying nostalgia for the times of the PlayStation 1.


This weekend the last most desirable lot for collectors was put up for sale - the first released PlayStation 4 model of this limited series. It was on her and was placed a plate with an engraving 00001/12300, indicating the first instance.
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Trades were held only in Japan, i.e. in order to take part in them you had to either be in the country, or have a representative in Japan with a real address. The auction ended on January 25, 2015, the winning bid was 15,135,000 Japanese yen, or nearly 130,000 US dollars. The organizer of the auction, Sony, assured that the money raised for the first copy of the anniversary series will go to charity, and the Save the Children of Japan organization will be listed.

By the way, Sony was not limited to electronic trading. In London, the company opened a special retro shop in honor of the twenty-year anniversary of a series of consoles. In it, residents and guests of the British capital could purchase 94 copies of the limited edition PS4 for just 19.94 pounds, i.e. for the same amount as the PlayStation 1 release year. Those who were not lucky enough to be among the first 94 buyers also had the opportunity to get the PS4 collection model, but at the standard price of 399 pounds.


The queue at the store «PlayStation '94 Store»

A team of Sony marketers and PR people have done a great job. Entering the doors of the PlayStation '94 Store, shoppers found themselves in a video game store in the 1990s. People were met by old posters hung on the walls, figures of game characters in full growth and demonstration machines in the aisles.



And some of the buyers could not only purchase a copy of their favorite game, but also rejoiced in it as children.