Caviar custom PlayStation 5 will cost $500,000, will be covered with 4.5 kg of gold

Late last year Caviar decided to get out of its comfort zone of making bejeweled smartphones and announced a gilded PlayStation 5 console dubbed “Golden Rock” because of its characteristic appearance.

Nine consoles will be made with a starting price of $499,000. No, not a typo, that’s half a million dollars. And if you’re thinking that no one will pay that much, you’d be wrong – apparently, the company has received 1,342 applications to buy one.

Among those interested are basketball superstar LeBron James as well as “a well-known Russian businessman living outside Russia and an…