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Sony finally adds (limited) support for themes on PS5

Partway through the PS5’s life-cycle, the console maker announced and released the Welcome Hub – a convenient page which holds a ton of different customisable widgets. While the PS5 has yet to get any proper themes, said welcome hub offered its own suite of – rather basic – visual customisation. In a ‘welcome’ move, the Welcome Hub has gotten around a dozen new themes.

As discovered by Genki_JPN, the PS5’s Welcome Hub has been updated for some users, offering them a ton of new and cool themes.

Previously, alongside the basic backgrounds, users could apply an Astro Bot-styled animated theme. Now however, it seems Sony is looking to expand the options greatly.

Though no official announcement has been made (and is currently only available to select accounts), the PS5’s Welcome Hub has added 11 new animated themes for the following titles:

  • Days Gone
  • Demon's Souls
  • Ghost of Tsushima
  • Ghost of Yotei
  • God of War Ragnarok
  • Horizon: Call of the Mountain
  • Horizon: Forbidden West
  • Lego Horizon Adventures
  • Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart
  • Rise of the Ronin
  • Stellar Blade

PS5 Themes

Interestingly, a number of popular PlayStation exclusive franchises are not yet represented, with contemporary games such as The Last of Us; Returnal; Helldivers II and more missing from the list.

Regardless, having more customisation in any form is welcome to see. Hopefully Sony officially announces and releases this update to all sooner rather than later.

KitGuru says: What do you think of the Welcome Hub? Is this a solid way to reintroduce themes to PlayStation? What game would you like to see get its own theme? Let us know down below.

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