Sony accidentally puts Tekken 2 up for sale at $9,999 USD

Players and developers have reacted after Sony mistakenly put a 27-year-old classic fighting game up for sale at $9,999.

Sony has begun the rollout of the new PlayStation Plus services, with games becoming available.

In a freak accident, one game – 1996’s fighting game sequel Tekken 2 – was put up with a sale price of US$9,999. That’s around AU$14,5000.

A number of gamers have spotted the mistake over the past 24 hours, with this tweet going the most viral on the subject:

They accidentally priced Tekken 2 at $10,000 grand bruh I can't this shit is so funny pic.twitter.com/ImKHeAUTgo

— Mr. Ascension (@TheKBGamer) June 13, 2022

Tekken game director and general manager at publishers Bandai Namco, Katsuhiro Harada, also got into the fun, calling it a “MARVELLOUS PRICE” in a pair of tweets:

WHAT A MARVELOUS PRICE SONYYYYYYYY https://t.co/pRgjEY8gla

— Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) June 14, 2022

Tekken 2 is a classic that helped popularise the entire series.

He then later claimed an arcade stick he signed is now worth the same amount of money.

Tekken 7, the latest entry in the series, recently passed 9 million sales, a record. It also pushed franchise sales above 53 million copies.

The game has received positive reviews from critics and players and will feature at this year’s EVO fighting game tournament.

Worth it tbh https://t.co/NYrdt4OWb6

— Jim Caddick (@Caddicarus) June 14, 2022

What the hell!? @Harada_TEKKENpic.twitter.com/E0Urk19Crc

— John Gifford (@Raizon) June 13, 2022

If you do want to play Tekken 2, it’s probably cheaper to get the new PlayStation Plus services once they’re available worldwide.

The brand new PlayStation Plus Premium offers blanket access to hundreds of games from PlayStation’s past and present.

New games will also be released on the subscription service.

For the enormous list of games available, check out our explainer on PlayStation Plus Premium.

Written by GLHF.