So one of the Sega Pluto units has hit the auction block...

What do some of you Saturn goers think it'll end at assuming it actually does sell? The owner's put a high reserve in order to hold onto it while gauging interest and awareness it seems. Thanks to word of its existence floating around on GameSpot, DToid, and several other game-oriented sites, he's likely got a lot of free advertising for this moment.

The auction is taking place over at GameGavel, easily found by the extremely niche category "Sega Pluto", which it alone owns.

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/21/one-of-those-rumored-sega-pluto-systems-is-up-for-auction/

(You can visit the auction from there if you want, couldn't recall if there was any policy around here against direct linking to auction, commercial things etc. or not...)

For those that haven't heard or seen it the Pluto was a prototype Saturn with Netlink capabilities built in from the start, bringing it more in-line with its successor the Dreamcast, which shipped with modem piece installed from the start.

Oh, so he's selling it now? I'll guess it goes around 20K.

Yeah, I changed my prediction to 20K since the the feeling is it'll reach that amount easily after reading around. I can see a group like Sonic Retro/SEGA Retro pooling together to buy it.

Yeah, I changed my prediction to 20K since the the feeling is it'll reach that amount easily after reading around. I can see a group like Sonic Retro/SEGA Retro pooling together to buy it.

Renegade_Fury

Ive actually never heard of that one, but its just a Saturn with a Netlink modem built in.

Ive actually never heard of that one, but its just a Saturn with a Netlink modem built in.

Darkman2007

@Renegade_Fury

Probably wouldn't be too hard to achieve, given that the bids must go by increments of 100USD at least according to the listing.

Ive actually never heard of that one, but its just a Saturn with a Netlink modem built in.

 

Darkman2007

Ive actually never heard of that one

Darkman2007

Not too many people have, that's why it'll probably be worth something.

There is only 2 working Sega Pluto consoles in existance. So if one is on the auction block good luck in trying to buy it. Very rare so should be somewhat expensive for a Sega Saturn revision.

current bid at 7600 dollars , crazy, you can buy a Saturn for £30 , and it will do the same thing.

Im wondering , if this thing even works properly, its a prototype after all , does it work? is it region locked, etc.

Well, I guess if I sell my car, sell my entire gaming collection, manga collection, and maybe a kidney I can afford this :)

Would be very cool to win this.

current bid at 7600 dollars , crazy, you can buy a Saturn for £30 , and it will do the same thing.

 

Im wondering , if this thing even works properly, its a prototype after all , does it work? is it region locked, etc.

Darkman2007

Take a look.

Well, I guess if I sell my car, sell my entire gaming collection, manga collection, and maybe a kidney I can afford this :)

Would be very cool to win this.

Shenmue_Jehuty

current bid at 7600 dollars , crazy, you can buy a Saturn for £30 , and it will do the same thing.

Darkman2007

There are some things that can't be understood.

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Well, I guess if I sell my car, sell my entire gaming collection, manga collection, and maybe a kidney I can afford this :)

Would be very cool to win this.

Darkman2007

That would be a lot cooler. Or the Saturn Prototype for Shenmue. In regards to the latter, if I saw that go for sale I would seriously contend to buy it, no joke.

rip off at almost 8k now. he wants too much...he prob has reserve amount to high & will keep trying to sell until he gets too much money.