In mid-February, we talked about an extremely rare prototype of a joint console. Sony and Nintendo called SNES-CD, which was put up for auction. It is believed that this is the only surviving instance of 200 assembled prototypes. All the rest were destroyed.
Bidding ended this week. The device went under the hammer for 300 thousand dollars. However, a buyer who wishes not to reveal his identity will also have to pay an additional fee of 20% of the price. Thus, the total cost was 360 thousand dollars.
As notes Forbes, now the only surviving SNES-CD prototype has become the most expensive video game-related collectibles. Previously, the record belonged to a rare copy. Super Mario Bros. for NES, which was sold at auction for 100 thousand dollars.
However, at the end of last year in a conversation with Kotaku Terry Diebold, the former owner of the prototype, said that he had rejected the offer of $ 1.2 million from a buyer from Norway, planning to gain more at the auction. According to him, paying taxes, dividing the money in half with his son and paying off debts, he would have been left with nothing.
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