AN INCREASINGLY rare piece of gaming history has been found unopened in a garage. The item dates back around two decades – and could one day be worth thousands, gamers say. Posting to Reddit , the finder wrote : "Found an unopened PS2 in the garage.
Is this worth anything? "I'm not a PlayStation person. I probably would have been if I was gifted this when it was bought instead of being forgotten about for two decades. What do I do with it?" Fellow gamers urged the owner to hold on to the PlayStation 2.
The original PS2 came out in Japan on March 4, 2000 followed by an October 26 release in the U.S. that same year.
This particular version has the model number SCPH-77001, which means it was part of the PS2 slimline release, dating back to late 2004. According to the box, this is a Satin Silver version, which released in 2005 in Europe and came to North America in 2006. One fan wrote: "Keep it for another 15 years then sell it.
" Another said: "Save it for a couple more decades. It may seem like a long time ago but the PS2 was two decades ago. Not that much time in retrospect.
" One noted: "Save it, it's a really cool collectors item. It'll be worth something in the future ." And another added: "Save it and it will be worth thousands later on.
" When the original Slim Silver PS2 went on sale, it retailed for £114.99. in the UK and $129.
99 in the U.S. At the time, then-Sony exec David Reeves said: "When we introduced the new slimline PlayStation 2 in November last year we delight.
