PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4 Themes on PS5 Will Leave Tomorrow, But Sony Is Working to Bring Them Back

They'll return "in the months ahead"

Sony has announced that the PS1, PS2, PS3, and PS4 themes it created to celebrate the 30th anniversary of PlayStation will no longer be available on PS5 from tomorrow. However, they're not going away permanently. The firm has stated it's working behind the scenes to bring them back "in the months ahead".

On Twitter, it explained: "Thank you for the fantastic response to the classic PlayStation, PS2, PS3, and PS4 limited-time console themes, which will be leaving tomorrow. Due to the positive response on these 4 themes, we’re doing some work behind the scenes to bring these special designs back in the months ahead."

In a follow-up post, Sony said it doesn't have any plans to create additional themes on top of the 30th-anniversary ones, but it's "excited to keep celebrating legacy PlayStation hardware with you all".

The 30th anniversary PS5 themes, which brought back the classic PS1 boot sequence and sounds, have been available on PS5 for just under two months, since 2nd December 2024. You could also change the PS5 home screen to resemble the PS2, PS3, or PS4. It's not clear what work Sony needs to do to make them a permanent addition when they already slot into the PS5's settings menu, but we do now have confirmation they're not going away forever.

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[source x.com]