The PlayStation 4 wasn't originally designed to have swap-able faceplates, but that isn't stopping Sony from rolling out a new way to customize your console. The company has quietly announced a new program called Project Skylight at the PlayStation Experience in Las Vegas today, and two faceplates are on sale now at the Sony Store — one each for The Order: 1886 and Little Big Planet 3. Both are available in "very small quantities" for $24.99 each. And there are more on the way. Sony says in a blog post that it is "planning on launching new faceplate designs in the near future."
There's even a new video online showing you how to swap out your "faceplate." It's all highly unusual: the so-called faceplate is really just the cover to the system's user-changeable hard drive. The PS4 user manual, for instance, makes no mention whatsoever of the customizable faceplates. It's worth noting that special-edition consoles in Japan have shipped with laser-etched faceplates in the past, but this is the first time that Sony has marketed and sold these pieces of plastic as official "faceplates."
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And apparently there are more impromptu customization features in the works, as the Project Skylight team writes that it is "also planning a few other fun enhancements to this personalization initiative and will have more to share soon.