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[Prince Vultan]

So you can't change the look of the front end at all?

Find it hard to believe they'd so easily throw away the theme money they got from those shitty premium themes on the store for no reason.

They must have made billions off those easily.

Spoiler

jk

 

[NeoUltima]

Didn't think so, but certainly you can change the color scheme right?

 

[Veidt]

wtf no

 

[Zen_Arcade]

Bummer. I liked my Batman and Journey backgrounds.

 

[Phrozenflame500]

That's awfully silly.

I'd imagine they'd either patch it in or a user will find away to anyways.

 

[The Last Wizard]

damn this cuts deep, one of the few things about the ps4 thats a negative for me. Still day one though.

 

[GayForMaster]

So I can't look at my Waifus when I boot my PS4? P

Spoiler

retty lame man.

 

[Hidden One]

Pre-order canceled.

 

[FDC1]

What possible reason could they have for not allowing this?

I don't think they don't want to allow it, just they considered that wan't a priority fonctionnality to work on. I'm sure it'll be there in a future firmware update.

 

[Chamber]

This is fucking stupid.

Well thankfully they have a product for people who want to customize their wallpaper. It's called PlayStation 3.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Too bad the system software is final at launch and can never ever be changed in any way at all.

 

[Mr-Joker]

Surprised? No. If they have no competition they have no reason to listen to gamers.

You can't seriously believe that the PS4 has no competition because it does.

 

[Mass Effect]

Well that's lame. Hopefully I gets patched in later on.

Did the PS3 have customizable backgrounds at launch?

 

[BadWolf]

Don't care.

 

[simplythebest]

If you're looking custom themes and wallpapers we have a product for people who can't get it, it's called Xb

Spoiler

...PS3

 

[Killing_Joke]

fuckkkkkkkkk. The blue wave is boring.

 

[kitler53]

boourns.

 

[Live Free or Die]

Great... now how am I suppose to use my big breasted women version 3 background on my PS4?!?!

 

[khaaan]

Can't wait until they start selling awesome dynamic themes.

 

[BlackGhost]

Damn, actually alittle disappointed

 

[Killthee]

Well that's lame. Hopefully I gets patched in later on.

Did the PS3 have customizable backgrounds at launch?

No.

This long gen has made it easy to forget how barebones the console was at launch.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3_system_software

 

[EekumBokum]

WTF. That default blue theme look like shit.

 

[Bojanglez]

This sucks, especially as the ps3 and vita allow it. With the PS4 having built in screenshot functionality I would have thought it would have been a no beginner to allow people to use them as wallpapers. Hopefully it will be added via a patch like they did with ps3.

Edit: even cooler would be of they allowed people to completely customise the UI and share their themes.

 

[-PXG-]

Da fuck? So I gotta look at garish ass blue screens all the time? Come on.

 

[Strike]

m0dus am cry

 

[John Rabbit]

Da fuck? So I gotta look at garish ass blue screens all the time? Come on.

the thing plays games and movies too, you know.

 

[Dart]

We can at least change the color right?

 

[Kokonoe]

awesome dynamic themes.

Hahaha.

 

[ponpo]

Da fuck? So I gotta look at garish ass blue screens all the time? Come on.

All the time? Maybe you'll be playing games or something sometimes ┐(´ー&#65344┌

Agree it's dumb not to include it but will probably be included later / not something I really care about.

 

[BIONIC-ARRRMMM!!]

GAF will complain more about the lack of wallpapers than the lack of PS Classics support. Good to know you guys have your priorities straight.

 

[zeopower6]

Just wait for the eventual system update. :/

It's not that big of a dealbreaker, is it? It was in 2.00 for the PSP too.

 

[UNCMark]

Sony, your warts are starting to show.

I hate this simply because what they've shown of the UI stinks, but I assumed I could put a custom or bought skin on it all and fix it. I assume eventually it will happen. I'm surprised they're passing up on such easy money.

 

[IrishNinja]

ugh custom wallpapers are so last gen
*firmware 3.0* THEYRE BACK YAYYYY

Can't wait until they start selling awesome dynamic themes.

...oh my god

 

[MavFan619]

Kind of bummed about this.

 

[Qassim]

I'm still not sure these reactions are serious or not.

 

[Patrickv27]

Whuuuuuuuuut!? It's like a basic standard feature that a next gen console should have.


Not really a big deal but it's a nice feature to have. Could change in the future though.

 

[DidntKnowJack]

Meh. See, these are the little things I don't give a shit about.

 

[keuja]

Wtf why not?
ORDER PRE-CANCELED

 

[R-User!]

While you posted this in thread about a similar thing on Xbox One.

Hypocrite much?

Ooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh daaaaammmmmnnnn!!!!!

 

[Minions]

This totally affects the usability of the OS!

Seriously? It will get patched in, it doesn't even matter. People just want something to bitch about. Features like standby etc. I can see people being disappointed. Changing a background is so far down the list.

 

[TriGen]

I never changed my background theme once on PS3, so I'm not bothered. It is surprising that you can't though.

I'm sure it'll be in a firmware update in the not-so-distant future.

 

[andromeduck]

non critical features integrated post-launch

no big deal

 

[zeopower6]

Seriously, neither the PSP (ver. 2.0) or PS3 (ver. 1.9) had that feature at launch... can people stop acting like this is a big deal?

 

[IAmRandom31]

Hmmm that actually does suck.

I loved changing my themes and putting in custom backgrounds or dynamic themes.

Maybe it'll change sometime in the future

 

[Mass Effect]

No.

This long gen has made it easy to forget how barebones the console was at launch.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3_system_software

I see. Well I'll just wait for eventual patch then. It's not that big of a deal.

 

[shaowebb]

 

[Jigolo]

Well thankfully they have a product for people who want to customize their wallpaper. It's called PlayStation 3.

haha Don Mattrick 2.0.

It is pretty stupid though since the PS3 has had it basically since launch and the Vita had it since it launched. But I guess the priority right now for both MS and Sony is to get the next gen consoles out the door. Realistically both consoles should have launched early next year.

My guess is Sony is just trying to put the base firmware out there for most of the gaming stuff and all that other non important stuff like this for future updates. I'd expect an update for this in 2014 so no big deal.

I guess these are some of the pains us day 1 owners will have to go through at launch. Oh well, that said November 15 can't get here soon enough.

 

[MARNEY]

Bummer

 

[zroid]

that sucks. will it still have paid wallpapers and themes, at least? those must be cheap revenue generators for them, would be stupid to remove the feature.

Seriously, neither the PSP (ver. 2.0) or PS3 (ver. 1.9) had that feature at launch... can people stop acting like this is a big deal?

what if it is a big deal to some people?

 

[Buckethead]

Terrible decision.