Classic Console Themes Return to PS5 Starting Tomorrow

Sony is bringing backmost its fashionable 30th day classical console themes for PlayStation 5 aft removing them earlier this year.

The institution announced plans to reintroduce the beloved UI customization options successful a PlayStation Blog station today. Expect to personalize your PS5 with themes based connected the archetypal PS1, PS2, PS3, and PS4 location surface layouts erstwhile the latest strategy update begins its phased rollout tomorrow, April 24.

As the PS5 speeds done its 5th twelvemonth connected the market, 1 constituent fans person pleaded to spot implemented are dynamic themes based connected immoderate of their favourite games. It’s a customization diagnostic that was contiguous connected the PS3 and, eventually, the PS4, but it’s yet to beryllium included successful a akin mode connected Sony’s latest location console. Although determination are immoderate options for those looking to tailor their location surface experience, the PS5 has mostly gone without due themes – until past December.

"Due to the overwhelmingly affirmative effect from our community, we’re blessed to bring backmost the look and consciousness of the 4 console designs for players to customize the location surface connected PS5!" Sony said successful its blog post.

Sony began its 30th day PlayStation festivities successful precocious 2024 with a enactment of goodies to assistance players observe the company’s past successful games. By acold the astir fashionable inclusion was the PS1, PS2, PS3, and PS4 themes, which allowed fans to not lone customize the look of their PS5 location screens with classical visuals but their audio, too. Although they were sadly removed January 31, 2025, Sony promised astatine the clip to yet bring its classical console themes back.

30th day classical console themes instrumentality to PS5. Image credit: Sony Interactive Entertainment.

We present cognize that those themes volition yet instrumentality starting tomorrow, and it looks similar they’ll stay the aforesaid arsenic players retrieve them. You’ll beryllium capable to find the classical console themes successful the Appearance enactment successful the PS5’s settings. The champion portion is that, astatine slightest for now, there’s nary motion that the themes volition beryllium removed anytime soon.

Tomorrow’s PS5 strategy bundle update comes with much than a fewer nostalgic themes. Today’s PlayStation Blog station besides details different caller feature: Audio Focus. It’s an unexpected accessibility enactment that should fto players tweak circumstantial audio elements to make the cleanable listening situation for immoderate game. It comes with presets to prioritize things similar quality dialog oregon dependable effects portion utilizing headphones connected via USB oregon analog jack.

For much connected each things PlayStation, you tin cheque retired the database of April 2025 games added for PlayStation Plus subscribers. You tin besides larn much astir the adjacent large PS5 release, Ghost of Yōtei, which precocious locked successful a merchandise date.

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