An extremely rare prototype Nintendo PlayStation controller was recently sold for an incredible $35,000 at the Heritage auction. First developed back in 1988, the Nintendo PlayStation was developed as a hybrid console that could play Nintendo's SNES cartridges and Sony's CDs. However, due to a variety of factors, Nintendo walked away from the deal, striking up a new partnership with Philips in order to publish games on the Philips CD-i system instead. Nintendo cutting ties with Sony ended up giving rise to the original PlayStation 1 console, later released in 1994.