Grade says the project took them a week to complete. The game comes complete with physics, and includes minor details like opening the box and dealing with packing material. “But I really want to have a PS5, so I made a game just for myself where I can imagine that I’m having a PS5.” “I can’t afford it any time soon,” Grade wrote in an email to Polygon, where they appended a sad smiley.
Some folks are buying new TVs or upgrading their audio systems specifically to accommodate new consoles, so there’s something genuinely exciting about the lead-up to actually playing a game. There’s a reason why unboxing videos are so popular on YouTube. A big part of the experience for early adopters is that moment when you open up the box, take the hardware out, and hook it up to your TV. They built a simulator that gives them the satisfaction of setting up a PlayStation 5 without actually having to drop a dime.Īnd, let’s be real.
Instead of dropping an unreasonable amount of cash, Grade did the next best thing. Video game developer Alex Grade couldn’t afford a new PlayStation 5 - and even if they could, Sony’s next-gen console is selling out quickly, resulting in scalpers hocking the PS5 for thousands of dollars.