A restricted version unique Xbox themed after Marvel’s 2003 Hulk movie has been donated to a UK charity store regardless of being value 1000’s.
The British Heart Foundation is promoting the console on eBay, the place bids have to date risen to greater than $2,300 regardless of the public sale not ending till June 15, 2024. The BHF estimated it may convey upwards of $11,000 for the charity, which funds medical analysis of coronary heart and circulatory illnesses and goals to increase public consciousness of those points.
A collaboration between Xbox, the Hulk movie, and Pepsi noticed 50 of the consoles made to give away to winners of a contest. UK residents tasked with watching Hulk on the cinema, who bought a Pepsi and popcorn meal deal, acquired a scratchcard which provided an opportunity of successful the brilliant inexperienced {hardware}.
Solely 36 individuals truly gained a console, and solely round 20 of them are identified to exist as we speak, greater than 20 years later, in accordance to the BHF. The Xbox bears resemblance to a restricted version Mountain Dew console launched within the U.S., however as 5,000 of these had been made, the Hulk model is far more uncommon.
The console was confirmed to be totally working by the BHF’s Paul Smith, who’s fortunately an avid gamer and seen the console was notably uncommon.
“We take a look at all {the electrical} donations we obtain, and this one actually caught my eye,” he stated. “I’m a video games fanatic myself however the uncommon inexperienced shade mixed with the Hulk and Pepsi brand actually stood out. Whoever is fortunate sufficient to snap this up will make their pals resentful.”
If this extremely uncommon piece of weird Xbox historical past is not sufficient to entice a bid out of followers, it even comes with 5 video games: Tony Hawk’s Underground, Tony Hawk’s Underground 2, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Peter Jackson’s King Kong: The Official Sport of the Film, and a French model of Bilbo the Hobbit.
Microsoft continues to be a fan of releasing ridiculous restricted version consoles through competitions 21 years later, as its present Xbox Sequence X and S consoles have acquired myriad wild and wacky colorways. These embrace designs primarily based on Fallout, SpongeBob SquarePants, Bluey, and sticking to the Marvel theme, X-Males ’97.
On the weirder aspect comes a Remaining Fantasy 14 Xbox Sequence X that does not truly work and a Dune: Half 2 particular version with a floating gamepad. Different Xbox Sequence X and S era highlights embrace crimson and blue fluffy Sonic the Hedgehog gamepads, one made out of precise Jade, and even an edible controller.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.