It will be no secret to anyone that all consoles are built as huge and ugly prototypes before getting the final design. PlayStation 3 was no exception.

An early version of the console has landed in the hands of a YouTube blogger from the Linus Tech Tips channel. According to him, the height of the device is about 60 cm, and its weight is 18.1 kg. And this is exactly the prototype the developers had in their hands before the PS3 was officially released.

A distinctive feature of this model is a 400 GB hard drive. For comparison, after the announcement there were only two models of the console: with 20 and 60 GB of non-volatile memory. In addition, the prototype has a substantial 1000 W power supply.

But much more interesting is what the blogger found in his memory of the Gears of War 3 prototype, a game that was never released on the Sony console. Despite being released on an Xbox-exclusive Japanese console at the same time, the game ultimately produced around 15 frames per second, which is pretty hard to call a more or less acceptable result, at least.

It should be noted that the price of such a PlayStation 3 device at one time can reach $ 50,000 per piece.