Sony Has Good News and Bad News on PlayStation 5 Themes

Sony's popular PlayStation console themes for PS5 are disappearing! The limited-time PSOne, PS2, PS3, and PS4 themes will be unavailable after January 31st, 2025. However, Sony has confirmed their return in the coming months, bringing welcome relief to nostalgic PS5 users who enjoyed the classic boot-up sounds and visuals.

Sony's announcement, shared via Twitter, thanked fans for their enthusiastic reception of the themes. The company stated that due to the positive response, they are working to reinstate these designs.

Thank you for the fantastic response to the classic PlayStation, PS2, PS3, and PS4 limited-time console themes. They 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.

The less positive news is that Sony currently has no plans to release additional themes beyond these four retro designs. This announcement was met with some fan disappointment, as PS5 theme customization has been a noticeably absent feature compared to previous PlayStation generations.

While there aren’t plans to create additional themes in the future, we're excited to keep celebrating legacy PlayStation hardware with you all.

These nostalgic themes, released to commemorate PlayStation's 30th anniversary on December 3rd, 2024, allowed users to customize their PS5 home screens and menus with iconic imagery and sounds from the PSOne, PS2, PS3, and PS4. Each theme replicated distinct visual elements and audio cues from its corresponding console.