Sony officially reveals faceplates for the PlayStation 5

With the release of faceplates and their matching DualSense colors, PlayStation owners now have a chance to match the colors of both their consoles and their controllers.

According to Sony, the console covers will start shipping in January 2022. Meanwhile, the controllers will go on the market around the same time, but availability might vary depending on location.

Having said that, this was a long time coming. For months, talks about these plates have gone around online. What further fueled the rumors was when Sony asked retailers who started making their faceplates to take down their unofficial products. The official announcement of the faceplates was a matter of when and not if. However, what is surprising here is that Sony also released matching DualSense colors.

If this all goes well, we won't put it past Sony to start releasing limited-edition faceplates similar to limited-release consoles as a way to celebrate certain games.

With God of War: Ragnarok set to release in late 2022, Sony has enough time to prepare for a potential limited edition design and pattern to help celebrate the highly anticipated sequel to 2018's God of War, which is headed to PCs next month.