A pair of PlayStation 5 dev kits were briefly listed on eBay

Bids had surpassed $4,000 prior to the listings being removed

PS5 dev kit

Two PlayStation 5 dev kits were briefly listed on eBay before being taken down.

Twitter users Zuby Tech and iDCx1337 spotted the listings, which were for the DFI-D1000AA dev kit and a DFI-T1000AA test kit.

The onetime model had reached €two,850 (approximately $4,216 CAD) after 12 bids prior to its removal, based on a screenshot from iDCx1337. It's unclear how much higher it could have gotten, though, given that the seller set the selling period for nearly ten days.

At that place isn't a screenshot available to bear witness what the DFI-T1000AA model is selling for. It's unclear why the listings were removed, but it'due south likely that Sony had ordered them to be taken downwardly.

For context, the V-shaped dev kit offers more powerful and open up-concluded access to the PS5 hardware to give developers more freedom as they make games for the organization. Because of that, it'south unlikely that the average person would even know what to do with a dev kit even if they had managed to purchase one from eBay.

The test kits, meanwhile, more closely resemble the PS5 in both appearance and under the hood specs to allow developers to try out their games and tweak them for players.

If you lot're wondering when you can get an bodily retail model of the PS5, you might be in luck. Earlier this calendar week, Sony confirmed that it has secured plenty chips to accomplish its PS5 manufacturing goals for the current fiscal year.

Prototype credit: Sony

Via: IGN