During Sony's pre-Tokyo Game Show Conference earlier today, the company confirmed that the PlayStation 4's next firmware update will bring themes to the console, much to the delight of users all over the world.
Since launch, the device has only supported one very blue look, but dynamic themes should soon allow you to customise your next-gen experience. The much requested feature has surely been on the firm's to do list for some time now, but we're just glad that it's finally happening. What themes would you like to see? Shoot your most outlandish ideas at us in the comments section below.
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Yaaaaaaaaaaaaas! Finally. Update 2.0 is gonna be amazing. I hope it releases at the end of the month.
Mortal kombat fatality theme 🔫🔪⚡ 😂
Dragon Quest Heroes Theme.
It seems like such a small thing but I'm not going to lie, this was a feature I loved on the PS3 and 360. I don't know why but I enjoyed customizing the console with themes of long-time favorites or big releases I was currently playing and enjoying. I'm thrilled this is on the way.
About bloody time. Now add in a notification when friends come online.
Yay!
DLNA?, No, ok nevermind! 😒
@rastamadeus Im not so keen on that. I dont like watching Netflix then be interrupted every time a friend comes onlime
@rastamadeus
Yeah that feature has to be on the list. I probably would turn it off most of the time because nothing takes me out of the moment if I'm at an important cutscene in say The Last of Us like a friend notification popping up but it'll be nice to have for when I'm playing Destiny, Call of Duty or NBA 2K.
@rastamadeus PS4 doesn't have that? Good lord!
Themes are a ( small ) welcome step in the right direction, just DNLA and USB media compatability to go and I'll finally be happy!👍
Infamous Second Son or First Light would be great, some kind of neon theme.
Cool News But SONY why all these pointless things like Themes etc etc 1st when 99% of PS4 owners want(dare i say it again) MP3 playback & Folders & DNLA 1st???(oh god why did i just say that again)
@InsaneMikeB
It would be something you could choose to turn off, obviously.
Great. So I can finally have a picture obscured by the massive tiles, rather than the wavy lines. Joy!
Remote Co-op, Youtube App/upload directly to and Themes
Now they just need to add MKV and MP4 playback to make 2.00 one of the best updates for PS4.
Almost all the consoles I wanted to get themes are finally getting them, first 3DS now PS4 and hopefully soon Wii U.
Yay another thing we had with the PS3 is finally going to work on the PS4! But I don't want to buy themes, I would LOVE .mp3 playback and DNLA though...
Senran kagura theme plz!!
What about folders? I feel like that's the other big missing piece.
Bloodborne and Persona 5 theme.
So...we're getting themes, but not folders? -Sigh-
@InsaneMikeB They should still have the feature, just an option to turn it off on certain apps. The fact it doesn't have it when we're approaching a year of the consoles life is, frankly, pathetic.
Battlefront locale theme.
And you're supposed to have your vita or at least phone with you to do the PSN crap like see who's online etc
@charlesnarles So you're supposed to have a machine costing over £100 and a phone to see who is online on your PS4? Absolute bollocks.
@rastamadeus that's Sony's strategy, considering you have to be willing to invest in systems if you want the functionality they bring, and that "gamers" would likely either have a smartphone or Vita already or be able to afford one. It's not crazy and who cares who's online😋
But in order to see custom avatars, do you have to have their real name also?
Wish I could drag that Flower theme over from my Journey PS3 stick as it's just perfect.
Out of all the things people are asking for from future firmware updates themes are surely the least talked about thing on agenda, but I guess it brings them a quick $ stuff what people say they want.
Glad I will be able to change the theme but really there is a lot more important things to be sorting with these updates.
Is there any kind of a time scale for this? I'd dearly love to be able to change the theme....the music doesn't bother me but that blue theme is monstrously dull.
@Carl-G why would anyone care about mp3 playback on PS4 when 99% of the devices in our homes play them anyway. I've never felt the need myself. If I wanted to listen to music on my PS4 I'd go online.
@artemisthemp Who said it was remote co-op. I heard the share option was to share your controller ie when you're stuck you friend can take control of your game to help or try the game themselves.
@InsaneMikeB I wouldn't use the friends online notification. Imagine if you had the maximum limit of friends allowed,which is 2000. You would get notifications every few seconds which would become very annoying. I think most people would eventually turn it off. Besides, when my friends come online they will notify me if they wanna party up or play a game as would I.
I would like to see themes included with future games. Maybe a pre order bonus or even something you could unlock within the game itself.
Themes are great but what I really want is folders or atleast a ping option.
Hope it releases soon i want to use a wallpaper of gray fox for my metal gear husky cub sam hurry up sony need update please release asap regards solid snake
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