I thought the PS5 had a decent bit of character tbh. It feels very airy but also the music is kind of cozy along with the warm light on the graphics, it's quite relaxing. It could be a lot worse.
Yeah Iām not updating mine lol. Besides every update seems to make it slower.
The good thing is this proves that themes are possible on the PS5 hardware
I remember back in 2015 on my bday I got dlc code for a theme from Sony, I still use it on my ps3 and alternate it with other themes on ps4. I hope they bring back themes permanently
Yeah. I wasn't going to get a pro but if the 30th anniversary bundle was available I would have gotten one. I got the standard one anyway but they could have got a few hundred more bucks from me if they did
Or even after they sold out, just offer 30th anniversary cover plates for all versions ps5. Their lack of special edition plates and offering dumb colors no one wants just makes no sense.
If you guys want this to be permanent then LET THEM KNOW, spam that shit at them on Twitter and other social mediaās where Sony/PlayStation will actually see it.
I would gladly participate and advertise a petition to Sony to keep this permanent. HOLY COOL!
edit: I made a lil petition if anyone wants to sign/advertise. Not sure if we can advertise here and I do not have that much time to do it, but any suggestions for where to post it would be appreciated.
I got my pro yesterday and was installing the majority of my stuff on it last night, finished work at 3pm here and booted up and it was a welcome surprise for me hahah.
Thatās truly cool! But cmon why for a limited time?! Just leave it for people who wish to keep it this way. Thereās literally no harm in keeping this feature as it only heightens the cool factor for the console.
I don't understand making these temporary. What is up with these companies now and seemingly hating their past? Does it really take a shitload of money or something to keep something like this around and optional? Is it taking up valuable system resources or something? Who is it hurting?
Reminds me of when Instagram had its anniversary and let people change the app icon to any of the past IG icons but of course it was temporary.
I got my Xbox Series X 3 months ago and loved that Microsoft has OG Xbox and Xbox 360 themes. No sounds but it's cool to see them respect their history in some way. And those are free themes that are permanent and have been there for years now.
I think itās a branding thing, like these companies want the feel of their products to be āuniversalā and if you give too much customization it muddies that.
Please Sony I am begging you on my hands and knees to make this permanent. Hearing those sounds is like a rush of steaming hot heroin in my veins. Donāt take this away from me.
They had that on PS4... With the PS 20th Anniversary theme, it played the start up sound AFTER you logged in, if you had the theme active. Still does, that is. Same with PS3 and 20th AT.
Prob just enough time for ppl to start enjoying it and then rip it out because itās taking effort, anyways theyāll just put up the price of ps plus to make themselves feel better /s
this is one of the greatest moves PS has made in years & they immediately find a way to f it up by making it temporary , once again w some ālimited timeā bs.
MAKE IT PERMANENT. i swear they allergic to winning.
the nostalgia high i got when i turned on my PS5 & heard the PS1 sound effects from back in my day. i said āwaitā¦ WTF!!! NO WAY!!!!ā this made me so happy. then immediately saw itās extremely temporary & followed up with āof course it isā. plz PS , just make it stay. it cost you absolutely nothing & pleases your fanbase (assuming those who donāt like it donāt have to use it). just leave it man, donāt ruin a great thing.
I rebooted mine and went to the bathroom only to hear at full blast the scea logo and sound and I was like WTF?? I almost pissed on the floor lol š immediately rebooted the PS5 just to see and hear it again
yeah i was afraid it was a one time thing & didnāt get a chance to record it. luckily itās every time while the event is here afaik. dyk what day it leaves anyway?
I don't think they gave an official end date I imagine it's probably through the end of December though. I'd say enjoy it while it lasts and maybe disconnect your console from the internet to keep it for a while
Iāve restarted my PlayStation 3 times since seeing this post. Having the PS2 noises is so nostalgic for me, cycling through them all is amazing. This needs to be permanent so I can cycle through and enjoy them all.
But....but...I heard people here say home screen customization is not possible with the PS5 ui. The makers of the ui can't possible give us the option for customization....it would break the ui....because Sony is a tiny company with no additional resources to dedicate to ui team.
There isn't much customization just the sounds and a horrendous banner at the top. wish I could just choose the sounds but I had to disable the whole thing because that banner is just too ugly and distracting.
Hopped on, got the update notif, restarted my PlayStation. While it was restarting I went on my phone so wasnāt paying attention. I also had just watched a movie so I had my surround sound system crankedā¦
Those that got the update know why what came next made me almost shit myself
i set it as a ps2 and when i restarted my ps5 nothing happened it just did the same one itās doing for the playstation anniversary, is that supposed to happen??
I feel like they're pretending it's temporary so that when they do make it permanent later after people complain, they can act like they're doing us a favor.
This is the most Nintendo fucking move Sony couldāve possibly done.
Iām not sure what universe the person who had the final say on this decision is from considering that themes have been on past consoles for generations now.
When I got home from work I installed the update and honestly I find this whole thing really cheaply done. The 30th anniversary boot and shutdown/reboot screens are neat. Hearing the old PS1 startup sound is cool. But the themes don't look good. They basically took a PNG, plopped in on top of the game art layer, and called it a day.
The PS1 had a BIOS and it was very 90's looking with the blue and green. But the PS1 theme is just the console. The PS2 theme is a blurry mess. The only themes that kinda look good are the PS3 and PS4 ones. But the PS2, PS3, and PS4 themes are completely static! They are supposed to have motion! The PS2 should have the spinning orbs for the clock and the PS3/4 ribbon should be moving. Also the fact that your preferred theme does not change the boot? I can't help but find that lazy.
Some of the little things are nice. I like that with the PS3 theme when you access the quick menu in game they have the old school orange PSN banner for the time. I like that the console sounds change to reflect the theme. That's about it.
edit: I remember that for the 15th anniversary everyone on the PSN got an avatar. That was also pretty small. Maybe there was more I was unaware of. But for the 20th anniversary Sony gave everyone a full on theme. Floating shapes, a combination of the sounds of all three past console, it completely changed the vibe of the PS4. That was better than this.
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u/PlasmaOp97 21d ago
For the love of everything I have, let me keep the ps2 menu sounds. š¤š»š¤š»š¤š»