The buyer of the prototype "Nintendo PlayStation" is Greg McLemore, an entrepreneur best known for launching tech-bubble bust Pets.com for a change.
Forbes reported the client's identity on Saturday. McLemore, 51, has spent 20 years collecting a collection of rare and videogames and arcade entertainment equipment. A 2015 profile in Robb Report noted that it started buying it shortly after selling 50 percent of Pets.com on Amazon and turning the company into a new manager.
Pets.com broke up in November 2000, following a marketing campaign that made its puppy puppy a little pop-culture celebrity.
McLemore, for Forbes, charged $ 300,000 (plus a $ 60,000 premium) that he paid for the Nintendo PlayStation "cheaper" compared to a recent auction, such as a copy of the road Super Super Bros. sold them for $ 100,000; McLemore said he reached out to dealer Terry Diebold and made a $ 100,000 donation to the machine a few years ago.
McLemore told Forbes that he intends to loan the Nintendo PlayStation to the University of the Pacific Asia Museum of the Pacific, to showcase the next Asian impact and summer showcasing Asian influence in the video game industry.
