It may seem hard to believe, but it was 20 years ago today, on December 3, 1994, that Sony launched the original PlayStation, and the PlayStation brand, in Japan. To celebrate, the console gaming giant is offering an extremely limited worldwide run of 12,300 (12/3 hundred... get it?) "20th Anniversary Edition" PlayStation 4 consoles in "original grey," matching the color and styling of that first system launched 20 years ago.

The package comes at a premium price of $499 in the US, which includes a 500GB system, a PlayStation camera, a limited edition DualShock 4, and a vertical stand—all colored to match the original PlayStation. The system and controller also feature tiny etched patterns of the familiar X, O, square, and triangle buttons, as well as the classic, red, yellow, blue, and green PlayStation logo on the front. A "very limited supply" will be available for preorder in the US and Canada beginning Saturday, December 6, with more details on availability to be announced during the upcoming PlayStation Experience.

In announcing the system, Sony Social Media Manager Sid Shuman called the release "perhaps the most limited edition PlayStation we'll ever see." That's discounting some of the rarer limited edition colors and designs in the PlayStation brand's past, though, including a Japan-exclusive Yakuza-themed white PS3 (10,000 reportedly made), a midnight blue original PlayStation made to celebrate the system's 10 millionth sale (100 reportedly given to contest winners), and the $5,000 solid gold PS3s made by computer-choppers.com (five reportedly sold—thanks to the invaluable consolecolors.com).

Gaming anniversary homage fans may recall that Nintendo pulled a similar move in 2004, introducing a limited-edition Game Boy Advance SP styled after the original Nintendo Entertainment System, in celebration of that console's 20th anniversary. The portable was available in much greater quantities than this limited-edition PS4, though, and sold for a more competitive $99.

Just so you know, Microsoft, we have you penciled in to release an ultra-limited run of 20 "Anniversary Edition" Xbox One consoles, in stylish translucent green, sometime near the end of 2021.