Custom-designed consoles are the norm nowadays. Fans are often astonished to find out about these weirdly designed video game consoles that work. There’s one thing when a console has a weird design and it’s just for show, and then there’s a whole other thing if that console works. Maybe that’s why streamer Khleo Thomas could not believe his luck when he came upon a very unique PlayStation 2 console.

It was a PlayStation 2 designed as a sports car. The console was showcased by EA in 2006 to market their then-latest Need for Speed title, Most Wanted. And today, it stands as one of the rarest video game consoles out there.

This special edition Need for Speed PlayStation 2 console would speed away with your heart!

There was a time when Need for Speed was a phenomenon, and fans awaited each installment of this series with great eagerness. This eventually reached its peak with games like Most Wanted on PlayStation 2. That game itself is remembered as the best in the series by many; they can hardly see any other game come even close. And now it seems like even EA treated this game way more special than others.

They released a special console designed after it. Only one such model exists in the whole world, and it is very valuable. Here’s what one should know about this console for now. It is a PlayStation 2 Need for Speed most wanted console was made by the Spirit players special for Electronic Arts games to promote their game at the game’s convention in Leipzig in 2006. The console works and comes with two Dualshock controllers. It also came with a couple of car keys that could be used to switch on this console.

It is a console that deserves to be on every gamer’s mind at all times. It is a console that people instantly know they cannot get. There are very few chances of such a design ever surfacing, as gaming consoles nowadays come in different color schemes and themes, but they hardly change their design language.

Fans should always keep their hopes up, though, as it’s a funny world and anything can happen.

The way of marketing has drastically changed in gaming.

In the early to late 2000s, gaming publishers and developers had a very different way of marketing games to the populace. They used to just bring about the craziest of things to a game’s reveal events. Their marketing teams were somewhat out of sync too. Once someone decided a real dead goat would be a suitable thing to add to the launch event of God of War II,

Let’s not forget that time when EA decided to show a violent game to a bunch of women and recorded their reactions. Then they made an ad saying “Your mother hates Dead Space 2”. The game was very good, but that campaign scared fans more than the game itself.

Nowadays, it’s all about the game itself. See how it looks; this is how it plays; we have implemented this engine; we designed it this way; players can do this; and that is what fans see nowadays. Which is much better when compared to the nightmares of yesterday.

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