Just prior to the 3D console era getting its proper start with Nintendo 64 and Sony PlayStation, Sony and Nintendo were in a partnership that produced a scarce few "Nintendo PlayStations" — and an August 23 Heritage Auctions auction for one of those limited-run controllers saw an artifact of this partnership sold for a whopping $35,0000. Most of the original 200 Nintendo PlayStations are thought to have been destroyed, so this find and sale may end up being one if, not the only sale of its kind.
Back in February, we covered the full Nintendo PlayStation console being listed for auction at $350K, and its final sale in March cost the final owner $360,000. These are some pretty dramatic price points to meet for such old console hardware, particularly console hardware that doesn't even have exclusive games. A rare video of the console in action can be seen from Engadget below, and functionally, it does kinda make the Nintendo PlayStation seem like an elaborate SNES in all but name. Considering PlayStation was intended to be something of a "SNES CD", though, that makes sense.
