(Pocket-lint) - The long-running rumour mill astir customized faceplates for Sony's PlayStation 5 has taken different twist successful the signifier of a caller patent from Sony that appears to amusement the faceplates for the console connected their own.
This suggests powerfully that Sony mightiness beryllium moving connected releasing customised faceplates separately astatine immoderate constituent soon, thing that has go astir wholly expected arsenic a effect of its long-running feud with Dbrand.
That shaper had its Darkplates pulled from production and then redesigned successful an effort to defy ineligible threats from Sony to halt making them, and successful immoderate sassy posts astatine the clip it precise overmuch alleged that Sony was apt moving connected its ain plates.
So acold Sony has made achromatic versions of its Pulse 3D headset and DualSense controller, fuelling rumours that a afloat achromatic console is connected its way, but the removable quality of the PS5's plates means that swappable options would beryllium arsenic sensible.
Anyone that's added an interior SSD to their console volition cognize that popping them disconnected is beauteous simple, truthful installation would hardly beryllium an issue.
Still, pending immoderate existent announcements from Sony there's nary warrant that a first-party solution is so connected the way, truthful we fishy Dbrand volition inactive beryllium feeling bully astir its Darkplates for now.
Writing by Max Freeman-Mills. Originally published connected 22 November 2021.