In 2021, five PlayStation 5s were modded to feature panels made of 18-karat gold, priced at $263,000 before taxes at the time. There was no difference under the hood of the PS5, and there's no real news of what happened to the five consoles after they were sold. They weren't even the company's most extreme take on the console. Caviar's earlier Golden Rock PS5 was announced with 20 kilograms, or about 643 troy ounces, of 18-karat gold, which was worth around $1,400 per troy ounce at the time, or roughly $900,000 in total. At the time of writing, that same gold would be worth about $4,125 per troy ounce, or over $2 million. That's an increase of more than $1.1 million since the bedazzling company, Caviar, revealed its solid-gold PS5.

Of course, these couldn't last forever, and Caviar has since replaced the ludicrous model with a Golden Rock Light version. This retails for 999,000 Russian Rubles, or around $12,200 before taxes, at the time of writing.…