It was only a matter of time, wasn't it? Much like the avatars section, a quick peek in the PlayStation 3's virtual shop will reveal a flood of bad themes, from buttered corn right the way through to crispy bacon. As such, it was inevitable that the awful designs would hit Sony's next-gen device in time – and with today's North American PlayStation Store update, they've finally arrived.
With swimming turtles and cartoon eagles up for grabs, it's clear that you're going to be spoiled for choice from now on. There's a semi-naked pirate if that's more your thing, as well as a bunch of meaningless code. Some of these are animated, and you can view screenshots of all of them in the Japanese giant's webstore. And yes, they are all absolutely awful – we checked.
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That shark one is amazing and you cannot tell me any differently.
@BenTarrant I love the way you can't see what the icons are!
I really like the dynamic Brooklyn Bridge theme, really classy IMO, probably my favorite theme so far.
@get2sammyb this obsession with Taylor Swift is going a little too far.
@sub12 Yeah, the turtle one's not too bad either. If these follow the PS3's trajectory, expect hundreds more over the coming weeks.
I was scrolling down on Sony's store update post and I saw a few PS4 themes. I was delighted! Then I kept scrolling, and scrolling. The farther I scrolled, the more I knew there would be a Texas Cheerleader theme in our near future.
Is the turtle one okay? I like toitles.
No really, I actually do. Anyone snag that one yet?
@get2sammyb Can you see the icons clearly on the turtle theme? That's my only concern. Oh, wait, one more. Do the turtles look super CGI and/or are poorly animated?
@glassmusic I've heard that the turtles one is actually alright, but I've only seen the screenshots, I'm afraid. I'd wait for a video to appear on YouTube if you're not sure.
Well we can't complain about quantity, even if quality is thrown out the window
ok so theres a dynamic galaxy G (green) and a galaxy P (purple) but then theres the dynamic galaxy theme NO LETTER but it uses the same pics from the galaxy P ?!?!? anyone now whats going on with these?
also i just have to say that i sure do like the ps3 xmb WAAAYYYY more. i like having all that space to show off a good wallpaper/theme. everything is all up in your face and in the way with the ps4. i wish it had an option to change the size and position of its icons so that you could put the row of games/apps and junk up at the top rather than in the middle, and to make them smaller.i love be insanely happy if they could and would release a firmware for that. will probably never happen sadly.
I only really get themes based on my favorite games anyway. Stuff like this I just ignore.
I just find it brilliant that you can go on the PS3 store and see that over 1000 people have paid actual money for some of the worst avatars and themes you could possibly imagine. I think we should make a rush-job Push Square theme and live out the rest of our lives on the profit it generates.
@sub12 I agree. Plus, it's like 50 cents cheaper than the other Dynamic themes, lol. If I was to buy one, it'd be that one!
How about an article discussing the cool themes?
@linkster55
Now where's the fun in that? Would be a short article too...
@Boerewors I see what you mean. Perhaps just giving a video preview of some of the nicer ones would be good alternative then. You can't preview any of them in motion on the Playstation store
These actually for sale ?
@linkster55
Ah, you can't..that's right.
I don't get it anyway, you play games, not themes. And if you buy 1 theme every generation I get it... but like my daughter and some of her friends, they spend their entire allowance on 3ds themes.... I just don't understand.
Same thing with cover plates: treated myself to an ambassador n3ds and even before it arrived, she went online to this dodgy japanese site and picked no less than 14 "must- have" cover plates! What's up with kids these days?l
I would love a real aquarium theme actually.
@get2sammyb
Is that your way of saying we need a Taylor Swift theme
I like turtles
@Punished_Boss_84 Day zero.
I think I'll stick with my pirate ships thanks.
I think the shark one looks pretty neat. Plus, I have a lot of them for the PS3, and just like one person said, it would be better if you could actually see the whole theme without everything in the way. I really hope sony makes it to where you can put things in folders like on the PS3.
I was going to say 'oh god no' but i love the fish tank one & a few others but need to see them in motion before i buy some(i still just like the basic dark blue normal PS4 thing really) & some just look a mess & you can't really tell what is what on the screen to But nice to have if you find something cool for you.
@get2sammyb Is there a reason why you haven't changed your avatar to a Tay-Tay gif yet?
$2.99 HA! No thanks, I'll wait for custom themes that'll never come and just keep the 20th anniversary theme on there.
Such lame.
I think I'll keep to the 20th anniversary theme!
I like an option of themes and the only one released that I like so far was the 20th anniversary one....some of the ones shown here are naff but it's down to personal taste really. I'd usually go for calm and/or relaxing themes.
Nah I think I'll pass.
Might get the shark one,i like sharks.Off topic but has anyone seen that The Depth game on steam? Oh man i hope that one comes to ps4.
@special_donkey Depth actually looks really awesome! I plan on getting it when it goes on sale on steam. Let us know if the shark one is worth the money
I have the throwback ps 1 theme which makes the original startup music for ps4. I love it
omg i really want that corn theme hahahaha. This is gonna sound really dumb, but how do you find it on PSN? It doesn't seem to be showing up when i search or anything... I really hope it hasn't been removed
EDIT: nevermind, I found it haha. I love it xD
Well, I caved an bought the nebula one. It looks pretty at a glance, slowly rotates in the background, however there is no music to accommodate it which is quite disapointing. Also after it reaches a certain point in the rotation you can see where the image ends in the far corners of the screen where it reveals a blue background :/ $3 is pretty steep for quality like that, buyer beware.
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