I didn't say this you maniac
I said if it was "he gives 300k to this, or if he keeps 300k and hordes it" this is better
Which we both agree on
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Palmer Luckey is currently the highest bidder for the Nintedo Playstation prototype; claims to be a huge video game preservationist.
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I didn't say this you maniac
I said if it was "he gives 300k to this, or if he keeps 300k and hordes it" this is better
Which we both agree on
It's definitely gonna be National Treasure 3, Nick Cage is already on the horn setting it up as we speak.
I agree. At least he's spending his own money though and not soliciting donations like some so called "video game preservationists".
Didn't you watch Uncut Gems? Pushing up the bids doesn't always work in your favor.
He seems the type to preserve his own farts, let alone prototypes of abortive hardware collaborations.
Can't help but think if Luckey wins the bid, this thing will be gone forever. It really pains me that someone's wealth can allow them to become the de facto guardian of cultural artifacts. I know it's been this way forever, but it still feels so wrong to me.
Although, I'm honestly surprised more people don't seem to be upset that the console went up for auction in the first place. It's pretty reprehensible that someone would look to profit off of something they know is irreplaceable. I understand that it's been "preserved" in software sense, but the chances that another one of these surfaces seems very low, and to risk giving it to another private collector, whether they say they have good intentions or not, just isn't worth it.
Although, I'm honestly surprised more people don't seem to be upset that the console went up for auction in the first place. It's pretty reprehensible that someone would look to profit off of something they know is irreplaceable. I understand that it's been "preserved" in software sense, but the chances that another one of these surfaces seems very low, and to risk giving it to another private collector, whether they say they have good intentions or not, just isn't worth it.
This is completely unhinged. It's a prototype videogame console that has been extensively documented and shown off in many public settings over the past three years, not the fucking Ark of the Covenant. Being in a private collection and not in a public display somewhere doesn't mean it's not being "preserved". If it was a completely unknown item that no one had seen before and absolutely no one else had gotten to look at it before it was passed into a private collection, I'd be more inclined to agree with you, but we have already everything we need. It would be nice for it to end up in a public collection somewhere so we could all look at it through a glass window at some point in our lives, but if it doesn't, so what?
I honestly wouldn't want it. If I can't use something then I don't want to own it. Something like this id buy and donate to a museum
Whose private collection it's going into doesn't change the guy who quoted me's argument. Luckey is a prick, but that's irrelevant.
Hi, I'm a wealthy public figure. Please stop bidding against me on this auction I want.
Nobody is that dumb. He has to be trolling. I think it's highly unlikely that wherever this listing's price ends up, the winning bidder actually pays. This this is too public and will get trolled to hell and back.
Nobody is that dumb. He has to be trolling. I think it's highly unlikely that wherever this listing's price ends up, the winning bidder actually pays. This this is too public and will get trolled to hell and back.
I understand it's a pure visceral reaction to the news. But right now I feel Nazis getting the Arc of the Covenant = Palmer Luckey getting the Nintendo PlayStation prototype. When VR was making its reappearance I had a great respect for Luckey and his story. Then well y'know...
Palmer Luckey owning the Nintendo PlayStation would be the biggest cultural tragedy since Martin "PharmaBro" Shkreli bought Once Upon a Time in Shaolin.
Huh, fancy seeing you here. I had a very fun time meeting you and the other archivists/historians at MAGFeat last month! It's sad that this particular artifact might end up in the private heap of someone as reprehensible as Palmer Luckey, so I'm glad that The Strong, The MADE, and the NVG are doing well in curating and maintaining similar items.
Palmer Luckey, the same asshole that helped win Trump the White House? How sad if treasure like this ends up with a monster like this guy.
Not only that, he didn't even have the balls to own it. Muh fucker talkin about "I voted for Gary Johnson" while wearing "can't stump the Trump!" T shirts and going to Trump rallies. Just a rancid, spineless, scaredy cat, sack of white nationalist incel jizz.
yeah, and I remember his girlfriend is just the same as he is, racist, vile, despicable human beings. Cowards in top of that. Dont forget how his company got contracts for surveillance etc for the border in Trump's administration. Corruption through and through.
While I get the concern that this should be in a museum, which it should, keep in mind that the owners have been preserving, repairing, cataloging, documenting, and touring the device across the country out of their own pocket for years now at their own financial detriment. If they need the money, then they need the money. I ain't gonna hassle them in that.
That said, we need more people in a bidding war with this guy.
That said, we need more people in a bidding war with this guy.
He does have the biggest game collection but he didn't collect it himself, several years ago he won an auction for that collection for about 1 million $.
This seems the same as that pharma douche spending millions on an exclusive Wu Tang album. He isn't a video game preservationist, he wants it because it's one of a kind.
Essentially this. Really wish this would be donated to a museum versus being put to auction... especially since it's not like the person who found it originally paid a huge price or anything.
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"I am preserving the original copies in the most advanced videogame storage facility ever constructed"
Why does this give me "My dad works at nintendo" vibes lol. Like he might not be lying, but the way it comes off is too funny.
Why does this give me "My dad works at nintendo" vibes lol. Like he might not be lying, but the way it comes off is too funny.
NOA should bid to put it on display in their NYC store. It's baffling that the others were destroyed.
I think the chances that Nintendo or Sony do not have at least one of these in their own personal archive are zero.
This was a big product that changed the video game market landscape. It was like when Blockbuster turned down Netflix
Wow, that's one of my dream jobs (I almost applied for an archivist position there). But it makes perfect sense that you'd be there! lol
I don't know the story too much, but apparently the guy had taken the thing on the con circuit and let people play it, so he's done his part. He's ready to be done with the responsibility of owning it, and he figures if someone is going to make a lot of money on it, it might as well be him... which I guess in our capitalistic society, I don't really blame him for. If someone rich wants to buy it and then donate it as a tax write off, then let that person do it I guess. lol
He is the guy who sold Oculus to Facebook for 3 billions and then he got fired for donating $10.000 to anti-Hillary groups.
It honestly sounds like a line Kojima cut out of a Metal Gear game because it was finally "too meta".
It wasn't an "anti-Hillary group", it was a group run by and with ties to white supremacists and bigots founded for the purpose of furthering these beliefs under the guise of "going back to the old days". For example from the announcement post on subreddit TheDonald, "....and in their newspapers when those liberals are trying to sipping their LGBTrans Helicopter Gendered Non-American Made Tea-ish Wannabe."