There have been some rather odd crossovers and promotional stunts done by gaming companies over the years. One such instance took place in 2009, when THQ--who would promptly go bankrupt not too long after this--decided to create a Nintendo Wii specifically designed for the Queen of England; a 24 Karat gold system fit for royalty. While it was supposed to be given to Queen Elizabeth, Buckingham Palace rejected the gift, and many years later, it ended up in the hands of Donny, a video game collector. Donny is now selling the golden Wii, as he's looking to buy a house, and if he can sell the system--which is listed at $300,000, he'll be able to easily afford a home.

According to the auction page, the system is on 3.2E firmware, and works just like a normal Nintendo Wii. Donny also claims that the golden Wii will be part of a documentary that has already been filmed, and will be announced sometime later in 2021. Whoever decides to buy this highly-priced collectable will get framed documents of authenticity, and of course, the package will be insured. You might even be getting a deal at "only" $300K; it was appraised to be possibly worth 1 million dollars by anonymous "top end industry people".

Fred: On Gamescom 2019 some top end gaming industry people (who we can unfortunately not make public here) said, that it may be worth 1 Million Dollars. Simply because no one can really put a price tag on it. It is world famous and one of a kind. What led you to the decision to choose 300.000$ as the price tag?


Donny: 1 million is of course the ultimate dream, but I must be a little bit reasonable. A good friend who works at Nintendo told me I should sell it for a price which is so high it would never find a buyer. He even advised me to start with 500.000$.

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[Seliph]

The fbi already got around that
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fuCK

 

[djpannda]

all I have to say is

 

[munnimann]

The backside of the controller actually reveals the plastic underneath. I don't get the big deal about it then. If it were CNC mashined solid gold parts, maybe, but this is just a poor taste gold-plating job.

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

I guess they were wrong, you can polish a turd.

This isn't a gold-plated switch tho

 

[DinohScene]

Kinda like the 24k gold plated DMC.

One of a kind bog standard object.

 

[JaNDeRPeiCH]

Too much gold for me...its quite surprise the noblesee have such bad taste like gangsta gold wii .

 

[RedoLane]

It was probably rejected in favor of the 24K gold Wii U.

 

[banjo2]

"Is that your Wii??"
"yeah"
"And is that real gold?!?"
"yeah"
"Man, that's so awesome. What do you play on it?"
"big family games"

 

[Akorax]

$300 000 and doesn't even offer free shipping pff!

 

[WaffleRaccoon]

imagine how heavy the remote must feel. i can see why they would put it up for auction

Imagine playing Wii Sports with this boi. Gonna be batting with a brick

 

[banjo2]

$300 000 and doesn't even offer free shipping pff!

 

[Deleted member 194275]

There is a short video about the history of this very console:

The history is cool, but I think it not worth 300,000 (you almost buy 3 GPU with all that money).

 

[Deleted User]

This seems to be a case of something being worth more than the sum of its parts.

I doubt the Gold Plating is close to the USD 300K asking price, so I am curious as to what is bumping it up.
Article says it was planned to be given to the Royal Family; as the great Philosopher Mike Tyson once said, "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth."

So how is this worth more than a regular Wii getting Gold-Plated.

The closest equivalence to USD 300K in Gold I could search is a 2013 CNN Article about a sunken Spanish Ship.
This Wii may be many things, but a sunken Spanish Ship it isn't.

 

[Catastrophic]

I guess prince Philip was the only one still playing Project M.

 

[AnimeIsDead]

My god....the things people do to please that old hag.

 

[slaphappygamer]

This will go great with my phone

 

[Jokey_Carrot]

Gamestop be like: $2 best i can do

 

[SAIYAN48]

I wonder how much the gold itself is worth.

 

[MohammedQ8]

Ladies is this strong enough to hold the gold wii around my neck? Hehe

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

Wow, you can buy like 1 gpu with that money