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WHEN SONY CELEBRATED the Playstation’s 20th birthday back in December, it released a limited edition PS4 using the same grey from the original Playstation.
Originally they cost €499, but one person in Japan decided to pay far more than that.
In a auction held by both Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, the first unit No. 00001 was sold for ¥15.135 million (€113,577) through Yahoo Auctions.
Bidding had originally started at ¥1 for the limited-edition console and the unit received 1,585 bids overall.
Once the payment has been completed, Sony said it would be donating the price paid to Save the Children Japan. A representative told The Wall Street Journal that the company was “surprised at the highest bid price, which was higher than our expectations.”
Only 12,300 units were available globally, as a way of reflecting the release date of the original, and a number of different methods were used to sell them. In Japan, a lottery system was used while in the US, the consoles were put up for sale on Sony’s online store.
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To be fair- someone just gave 115,000 to charity and got a free ps4
Not really. If Japan has similar tax laws to the west, charitable donations are made from gross income, so can be written off against tax. If he just wanted to donate 115k, he could have either done so significantly cheaper than this, or donated a lot more than this for the same cost. Still his money, let him spend it how he pleases.
Sum Ting Wong with some people!
Wait a minute. Yahoo are still around and they have a auction site?
Someone needs to get his hole.
I can’t even afford the boy standard ps4
Is der a man standard :/
*bog
enough with your toilet humor
have your say