Late last year Caviar decided to get out of its comfort zone of making bejeweled smartphones and announced a gilded PlayStation 5 console dubbed “Golden Rock” because of its characteristic appearance. Nine consoles will be made with a starting price of US$ 499,000. No, not a typo, that’s half a million dollars. And if you’re thinking that no one will pay that much, you’d be wrong – apparently, the company has received 1,342 applications to buy one.
Among those interested are basketball
superstar LeBron James as well as “a well-known Russian businessman living
outside Russia and an equally famous American businessman in the IT field,
whose names are not to be disclosed”. Work on the Golden Rock console will take
about four months. Caviar has tapped a jewelry contractor that specializes in
working with gold to prepare a test sample.
Each console will be covered with 4.5
kilograms of 18-carat gold. The process starts with 8 separate sheets (cast in
solid gold) that need to be shaped into the geometric design and mounted on the
PS5. Also, the controllers will be covered in genuine crocodile leather dyed in
black. The video below shows a blinged out version of the controller with more
gold, so the design may not have been finalized.
If you failed to get on the list – or
don’t have half a million right now – you can also have a peek at Caviar’s
Carbon and Black Leather PlayStation 5 customizations. 99 will be made of each.
The PlayStation 5 Carbon costs US$ 5,830 and is covered in stealthy automotive
grade carbon fiber. The Alligator leather option also went with a black color
scheme, this one will set you back US$ 8,140. Caviar also customized two
controllers with carbon fiber and leather, respectively, so that they match the
console.
Note that all three versions are based on
the Digital Edition version (i.e. the one without an optical disc drive), so if
you were hoping to save some money by buying games on the second hand market
you’re out of luck.
