Not everyone likes the white color of the current PS5. The brand’s consoles were dark in the past, and the color change didn’t appeal to everyone.
With that audience in mind, earlier this year, Dbrand began selling some matte black plates for the sides of the PS5.
When he did this, the company even challenged Sony with a message on the product information page: Go ahead, sue us.
However, as of Saturday you can no longer buy these black plates, as Dbrand withdrew them from the sale after receiving a cease and desist letter from Sony.
Sony raises some complaints in the letter, including that the faceplates «Replicating SIE Protected Product Design [Sony Interactive Entertainment]»And Dbrand versions of the PlayStation icons.» Dbrand says the letter was issued earlier this year but did not provide an exact date for when.
As part of the letter, Sony requested that Dbrand “Immediately and permanently cease and withdraw all marketing and promotion and cease all worldwide sales of mirrors with the SIE PS5 mirrors product configuration or any similar product configuration, including, without limitation, all mirrors currently on sale in dbrand. with.
However, Dbrand does not seem to agree to comply with a permanent cessation and waiver, as explained in this post on Reddit
We choose to submit to the terrorists’ demands… for now
The company concludes with “we’ll talk soon”, suggesting that it already has other plans.
It’s not the first time Sony has threatened legal action over the PS5’s sideplates.
A company that started out as PlateStation5 changed its name to CustomizeMyPlates and then orders canceled and refunded, allegedly after Sony threatened legal action. This company returned in January and is selling its custom dishes again.