PS5 maybe soon officially in black: patent indicates on its own Sony

Sony Interactive Home entertainment LLC (short: You, till April 2016 Sony Computer System Amusement Inc. (SCSI)) is a subsidiary of the Japanese technological business Sony, which was established on 16 November 1993 in Tokyo, Japan as Sony Computer System Home Entertainment (SHE). It runs research study, advancement, manufacturing as well as sale of software and hardware for handheld as well as fixed video game gaming consoles under the brand name PlayStation. It operates a number of development workshops worldwide as well as additionally represents third-party makers as Publisher for computer video games on the PlayStation platforms. President and CEO of them is Jim Ryan.

The side wings or plates of the PS5 can be removed. Who wants, you can decorate them in a painstaking little job yourself, paint, glue or color. But on a chic, official solution, PS5 owners wait in vain so far. Worse nor: Sony has even passed against unofficial offers in the past. Soon it could finally be able to buy a completely black PS5 directly from Sony. This indicates at least a newly registered patent.

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Whats up? The PS5-FacePlates aka side plates have been stone of the impetus for a long time. They can be lost weight quite easily, but they only exist in a single design. At least officially and so far. Various custom designs and unofficial offers briefly cared for a lot of swirls shortly after the launch. A pair of them can you see here:

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Sony patent in work: Sony wants this market of the beautiful side panels for the PS5 obviously not leave himself. Soon my own side wings could come from the manufacturer of the PS5 console on the market: the corresponding patent was already registered. Sony could advise other suppliers a bolt.

Officially, the patent ornamental design of the cover for an electronic device is called. However, the pictures show more or less unique, which can only be meant the side wings of the PS5. However, individual designs, special colors, ornaments or patterns are not described in the patent (via: United States Patent and Trademark Office).

How long it takes, until then, until actually Sonys in-house face plates for the PS5 come to the market, can not be said. Only because a patent has been registered, that does not mean that it is actually a market-ridic product. In this case, however, it is true that Sony offers appropriate parts. After all, definitely a demand seems to exist.

How would you design your side panels? What do you want for an official design?