![]() As of this writing, interested buyers can take the top bid for a PlayStation 4 20th Anniversary Edition for around $1,500. However, since the anniversary console generated those bids over the weekend, things have calmed down a bit. Nostalgia might have prompted the limited-edition hardware to fetch so much on eBay - the standard black PS4 costs $400 and is available from several retailers. Still, Sony was able to break from the pack, and during its run the PlayStation reached a cumulative 100 million shipments worldwide. The PlayStation eventually went head-to-head with Sega's Saturn and the Nintendo 64. Sony launched the PlayStation into a crowded console market, filled with the Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo and countless other gaming products - including the ill-fated 3DO. Sony's Ken Kutaragi, later dubbed the "father of the PlayStation," managed to persuade Sony that gaming was not a fad. The name "Play Station" was originally tied to a collaboration between Sony and Nintendo in the '80s while the two companies developed a new CD-ROM format, but Sony backed out. The original PlayStation has a long and storied history. The PS4 DualShock controller is also grey as part of the anniversary bundle, and the whole thing comes in a special box. Sony chose to sell 12,300 units to match the launch date of the original PlayStation, December 3, 1994, or 12/3. Sony announced last Wednesday it would sell 12,300 units of the special PS4 bundle, which sports the grey finish of the original PlayStation and its classic logo. ![]() ![]() The limited-edition console, which quickly sold out after preorders started in the US on Saturday, retails for $500 in the US and £399 in the UK. Over the weekend, one eBay seller manged to sell for $20,100 after 34 bids, while a second eBay seller was able to sell the console for $15,100 after 106 bids, listings on the online auction site confirm.
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