PlayStation 5

[Moonface]

I don't see why anyone would want those PS5 Plates anyway? It just seems like a lot of work to make it another color it isn't & more money to add to the cost of making it look that way impo. So, I just skipped. But eh, everyone else has to have their ascetics, I guess. 🤷‍♀️

Eh, I would rather have the ability to swap plates out to change the look of my console than have to buy a whole new system for a different colour like how it's been for any gaming system before now. That's something I appreciate with the Switch too because although you can't change the look of the dock and console, you can at least put on different Joy-Cons to change the look of it somewhat (although I do wish the colors that are for special edition versions would eventually get released separately such as the AC:NH Joy-Cons).

I've been seeing reviews coming out today for the PS5 Pro and it seems the general consensus is that although it is an improvement on the PS5, it doesn't really have enough going for it unless you're an enthusiast, which is what I think a lot of people expected from it when it was first announced. PS4 Pro was at least worth looking into if you already had a PS4, but none of the reviews I've seen are giving a similar sentiment for the PS5 Pro. Arstechnica put it pretty well I think:

If you already have a PS5, that $700 could instead go toward the purchase of 10 full, big-budget games at launch pricing or even more intriguing indie releases. That money could also go toward more than four years of PlayStation Plus Premium and access to its library of hundreds of streaming and downloadable modern and classic PlayStation titles PS5 titles. Both strike me as a better use of a limited gaming budget than the slight visual upgrade you'd get from a PS5 Pro.

[Moonface]

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of PlayStation, a new system update has been released on PS5 that adds PSOne, PS2, PS3, and PS4 menu themes. However, the feature is only available for a limited time.

Source: IGN

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I haven't checked them out yet but it's bullshit this is a limited time thing. Sony should've kept this as a permanent feature, especially since this is the only customization the PS5 software even has.

[queenzelda]

Yea, I just updated my PS5 today to get the 30th anniversary PlayStation themes. I have mine set to the 30th, for my PS5. The other ones look neat, but none of them seem to move like the old school PS4 ones did. xp Yea, I liked the themes too but it's not like Sony is going to change things this gen so we get them back. I'm guessing next gen we'll have to pay for them. :p Not that I plan on getting a PS6 after 2025 hits anyway. I think I'll just stick to pc games and Nintendo. I'll wait for FF7: Re3rd (the latest FF7 remake release) to come to PC. It's just about the only game besides Asto-Bot I've been enjoying. 🤷‍♀️

[Mr EliteL]

Didn't realise it was going to be the 30th anniversary yesterday when I went on my PS5 quickly. I tried them all briefly just on the menu sounds and I could not recognise the sounds from the PS1 theme. The rest were fine but I've chosen the 30th Anniversary theme too.

[Moonface]

Didn't realise it was going to be the 30th anniversary yesterday when I went on my PS5 quickly. I tried them all briefly just on the menu sounds and I could not recognise the sounds from the PS1 theme. The rest were fine but I've chosen the 30th Anniversary theme too.

I finally turned on my PS5 in however long to get this update, and I struggled to figure out where the sounds are from for the PS1 theme. At first I checked the few videos on YouTube of the menu screens a PS1 displays if you leave the lid open, but none of the menus have UI sounds. Then I remembered the PS1 Classic exists and looked up a video for that, and the sounds are present there. If the PS1 genuinely had no UI sounds, it makes sense that Sony had to create some for the PS1 Classic and thus only had those to use for the respective PS5 theme.

Checking out all the themes, the nostalgia of the PS2 UI sounds hits hard. I wish the PS3 had both the OG XMB theme and the Slim XMB theme, because I loved the updated version of that theme. I also would have liked to have the sounds and appearances be separate so I could use the 30th Anniversary theme with PS2 sounds, because I love the look of that theme the most but would like it to have any sounds usable on it.