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Another in our series of working concepts, this reveal has been timed to celebrate the 500 million playstations sold worldwide since 1994.

We received countless requests to do a PS1 theme after the release of the Legacy Dynamic Theme last year, but the concept was tricky, as the original PlayStation GUI was fairly spartan and not as memorable as the consoles that succeeded it. The concept of the translucent specialty console provided inspiration: turn the theme into a love letter of sorts to the machine that started it all, with attractive viewing angles and contextual cutaways that highlight the console’s form related to its function.

This fully functioning concept runs stable on a standard PS4, and is presented as a raw capture from our dev kit. It features high fidelity visuals and interactive cutaways, in addition to the HD recreation of the iconic boot sequence. (Presently this sequence is programmed to “hide” the UI layer, which is intended to give the impression of an actual boot cycle. If, in theory, this theme were to see release* the boot sequence would be formatted behind the UI to meet usability requirements)

*[It goes without saying but it will be stated regardless: It is unlikely that this theme would ever be released, as it features multiple licenses that are the property of SIE. Additionally, the logo and name of SCE could not be presented in this way, as that company no longer technically exists. As such, this is not for general distribution.

In short, We do not have a mandate to create such a theme officially, however high we would jump at the chance to do so!)

Content, logos and hardware presented therein are the property of SIE LLC. Music produced by us :)