In a bit of a head scratcher, the PlayStation 4 will be launching with no dynamic themes support or custom backgrounds on November 15th. That means that every PS4 owner will enjoy the same blue background that we’ve seen in all the current previews. This information was revealed by Sony’s Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida on Twitter where he tends to answer many of the more obscure questions that don’t require their own press release. Shu also recently revealed that the PS3 Blu-ray remote won’t work with the PS4.

For those who’ve had the PS3 since launch, you’ll likely note that the PS3 also had no dynamic themes support at launch and the same could hold true for the PS4. If we’ve come to learn one thing from Sony and the PS3, it’s that the machine you get at launch is not the same machine later with each new firmware updating adding a host of features. However, it’s still a bit odd that you cannot at least change the background to a static image.

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Are you bummed about the lack of dynamic themes and custom background on the PS4 at launch?

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