Sony yanking PS5's PlayStation anniversary console themes

Sony yanking PS5's PlayStation anniversary console themes soon, but says they'll be back
Sony has announced it's very nearly time to bid a fond farewell to those PS5 themes it released in celebration of PlayStation's 30th anniversary last year. But the good news is it has plans to bring them back following a "fantastic response" from players.
The PS5’s retro console themes go away tomorrow, but they will return.
Sony sadly wasn’t kidding when it said the original PlayStation, PS2, PS3, and PS4 themes for the PS5 were a limited-time thing. According to the official PlayStation account on X, the themes are being removed tomorrow,
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