'00001' Anniversary Edition PS4 sells for $128K in charity auction

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The first-off-the-line Anniversary Edition PlayStation 4 went for ¥15.135 million in an online charity auction last night, which converts to a stunning $128,000. Sony Japan's auction ended this weekend with the huge bid on the special grey console, which is unit "00001" of 12,300.

"We appreciate all who participated in the auction and are surprised at the highest bid price, which was higher than our expectations," a Sony representative told the Wall Street Journal, perhaps with an agape mouth and a lack of blinking.


The first-off-the-line Anniversary Edition PlayStation 4 went for ¥15.135 million in an online charity auction last night, which converts to a stunning $128,000. Sony Japan's auction ended this weekend with the huge bid on the special grey console, which is unit "00001" of 12,300.

"We appreciate all who participated in the auction and are surprised at the highest bid price, which was higher than our expectations," a Sony representative told the Wall Street Journal, perhaps with an agape mouth and a lack of blinking.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2015/01/26/00001-anniversary-edition-ps4-sells-for-128k-in-charity-aucti/

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OhDiegoCostaPosted:

ORL_MAGIC
OhDiegoCosta Ridiculous price! Glad though to see the money going to charity though


It isn't ridiculous if the money was going to charity.


I think the price was somewhat influenced by the 000001 PS4. If it was solely concentrated on raising money for charity, the winner could have just made a donation and not bothered with the auction

ORL_MAGICPosted:

OhDiegoCosta Ridiculous price! Glad though to see the money going to charity though


It isn't ridiculous if the money was going to charity.

MissPosted:

Same two paragraphs...

Anyways, wonder what charity it was for.

BlGPosted:

Glad someone can afford that, and going towards a good cause.

OhDiegoCostaPosted:

Ridiculous price! Glad though to see the money going to charity though