A PS5 development kit, under the guise of pizza-cooking equipment, has been sold on eBay for €6,050 — about $6,500.
First brought to light by X user consolevariations, somebody has sold off a PS5 dev kit for a handsome sum, dressing it up as some sort of kitchen appliance. As you can see in the below image, the dev kit's V-shaped channel is perfect for holding a slice of pizza:
We love the extra effort put in here with the spatula sporting the PlayStation logo, and the frozen pizza boxes in the background. Just incredible work from all involved.
A dev kit is a machine containing all the hardware found in the retail release of a console, provided to studios for internal use only, to allow them to work on games for that system. They usually look vastly different to the final consoles, and the PS5's dev kit certainly follows that rule.
As noted by Tom's Hardware, dev kits like this are strictly monitored to ensure they're not tampered with, removed from approved locations, and so on. Whoever purchased this 'PizzaStation 5 Development Pizza Kit' may be disappointed when they turn it on and find it totally bricked by Sony.
It's said that this transaction may have occurred years ago, so this may in fact be old news, but it's a strange and amusing story nonetheless. What are your thoughts on the PizzaStation 5? Get your orders in the comments section below.
[source x.com, via tomshardware.com]
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Forgot how cool the PS5 dev kit looked, would’ve much preferred the actual PS5 to have looked a bit more like it.
I wonder if these are bound to Sony network services in the same way that previous development kits are. There have been a few showcased online and when powered up they almost always show a notice that amounts to "This kit is deactivated. Contact your Sony rep."
I wonder if it was bought just to use as a show piece.
I already saw this on a comment on a Nintendo Life article where a guy used a broken GameCube as a bowl and filled it with milk and cereal and ate out of it. Just the name “PizzaStation 5” kills me. It’s so obvious that it’s a dev kit and the hilarious attempt to cover it up is so funny 😆
It better come with the pizza.
That's a pretty good disguise lol, and the fact that they actually sold it for that price is pretty crazy.
I suspect whoever bought the dev kit knew exactly what they were buying and also knew how to overcome any problems that they might encounter.
Good lord remember when we all thought that's what the PS5 was gonna look like? 🙈
They will be able to find exactly whose kit this is. RIP. But this is hilarious.
Wouldn’t be surprised if the person who sold it was someone affected by all the recent layoffs. May no longer have a horse in the race so figured they’d try to make some cash this way. If that was the case, more power to them!
This is absolutely incredible! Haha!
Has to read that headline three times.
Would be funny if it turned out to be a cheap pizza oven with a custom shell.
1. If someone power it on, he is not so stupid to connect it with internet.
2. It is definitely from some closed studio.
3. It is beautiful and everytime I see it I'm sad actual PS5 is so ugly.
4. I'm so jealous it has so many USB ports.
5. If I get my hands on it I would definitely use it as case for my PS5.
Wonder if its a pro devkit, apparently they look exactly the same
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I was gutted when the ps5 turned out not to look like this.
If they brought out a special edition like this, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
Maybe someone could scan one and 3d print it? Then sell the shells only
I just ate a peporoni 🍕 pizza with 🍋 lemonade juice delicious.but this is funny.haha.word up son
It seems that ebay uses AI automation to decide what gets taken down, at least that is what it seems.
What a crazy design! I mean, it can sit on its side without a naff stand underneath one end!
Some PS designs have been a little odd but cool, whereas the PS5 is just an eyesore even after 4 years - here's hoping the PS6 will be a better looking piece of kit.
eBay will now ban those words for listings lol
God it looks so much better than the tacky white plastic mess we got, might be the first time a Dev kit looks better
I find this whole situation extremely cheesy.
I like pizza pie
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