PS5 system update brings back fan-favourite console themes and more

Late last year Sony pushed out an update to all PS5 users adding a bunch of themes based on the company’s prior consoles. Though a limited-time feature created solely to celebrate PlayStation’s 30th anniversary, reception towards the themes saw Sony promise to bring them back in an enhanced form later down the line. Finally, the day has arrived.

Making the announcement on the PlayStation Blog, Shuzo Kikuchi – the VP of Product Management at SIE – wrote “We continue to work behind the scenes to bring new enhancements to the PS5 experience, and today we are excited to announce two key additions based on player feedback – audio focus and the return of the classic console designs for the PS5 UI.”

While the UI customisation is easily the more exciting of the two additions, the new Audio Focus mode is certainly worth checking out.

Upon enabling it, this new mode toggle is said to ‘increase immersion’ by “providing presets to amplify soft sounds to meet your hearing preferences, ensuring a clearer audio experience when using headphones or headsets.”

Of course the less useful (though more exciting) addition with this update is the return of the 30th anniversary PlayStation themes.

Now labelled as ‘Appearance and Sound’ this new settings sub-menu will let you pick between the visual and audio aesthetics of the PSOne, PS2, PS3 or PS4 – giving you just a hint of nostalgia no matter your generation of choice. Hopefully Sony chooses to expand this feature further over time.

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