{"id":415095,"date":"2026-04-01T15:15:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/415095\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T15:15:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:15:22","slug":"boxplates-are-for-people-who-will-pay-90-to-make-their-ps5-less-ugly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/415095\/","title":{"rendered":"BoxPlates are for people who will pay $90 to make their PS5 less ugly"},"content":{"rendered":"

The PlayStation 5\u2019s curvy design is divisive. The Verge\u2019s Andrew Webster called it a \u201crobotic clam\u201d in his 2020 review<\/a>, which is actually kind of endearing. Personally, I kind of got over hating it sometime during the past almost-six years of its existence. Small form factor PC enthusiast Devyn Johnston is someone who did not get over it. He was so not over it that he made<\/a> and is now selling BoxPlates<\/a>, $89.99 snap-on console covers that fundamentally change how the PS5 looks.<\/p>\n

With the BoxPlates on, the PS5\u2019s design goes from curvy to flat. There\u2019s an unmistakable infusion of the Xbox One S \/ X design language in the plates. About 60 percent of the surface area of the top and bottom plates is matte black (or gray, if you choose that color), while the rest is semi-transparent with slats, including over the fan section.<\/p>\n

Crucially, the BoxPlates don\u2019t obstruct any of the front or rear ports, nor do they totally hide the power indicator LED. In the right (or wrong?) light, the shiny middle part of the PlayStation 5 shines in a shade of blue. Did you know it was blue? I didn\u2019t know it was blue.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s nothing difficult about installing the BoxPlates. The kit includes a reminder to watch a YouTube tutorial. If you\u2019re someone who has installed an M.2 SSD in a PS5 before, you already know how annoying it can be to shuck this giant robotic clam. I had to fiddle a little bit to get all of the BoxPlate\u2019s pins clamped, carefully applying force so as not to break anything in the set that took over one calendar year to be sent to me.<\/p>\n

The BoxPlates are in production for the disc and disc drive-less editions of the PlayStation 5 slim<\/a> and the PS5 Pro<\/a>. Unfortunately, they weren\u2019t created for the original PS5 model. If you bought a PS5 at launch, yours is just going to be ugly forever, unless you\u2019re content with Sony\u2019s<\/a> or Dbrand\u2019s plates<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Whether they\u2019re worth $89.99 to you depends on your level of hatred for the PS5\u2019s design. If the curvy plates on your console have been bothering you as much as the person who made them, then it\u2019s probably worth it.<\/p>\n

Photography by Cameron Faulkner \/ The Verge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The PlayStation 5\u2019s curvy design is divisive. The Verge\u2019s Andrew Webster called it a \u201crobotic clam\u201d in his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[74],"tags":[18,282,7894,11764,19,17,13028,1143,753,82],"class_list":["post-415095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-eire","tag-gadgets","tag-gaming","tag-hands-on","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-playstation","tag-reviews","tag-tech","tag-technology"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116330111159606984","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}