{"id":370950,"date":"2026-06-25T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=370950"},"modified":"2026-06-26T02:19:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T09:19:51","slug":"ps5-gets-gta-6-home-screen-update-sony-adds-a-full-ui-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/ps5-gets-gta-6-home-screen-update-sony-adds-a-full-ui-takeover\/","title":{"rendered":"PS5 gets GTA 6 home screen update: Sony adds a full UI takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turn on a PlayStation 5 right now and Grand Theft Auto 6 is everywhere. Sony has rolled out a <a href=\"https:\/\/gta-6-hd-wallpapers.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">GTA 6<\/a>-themed Welcome Hub animation, added custom UI touches to the console, and plastered <strong>GTA 6 branding<\/strong> across both the PlayStation Store and the PlayStation mobile app. With pre-orders now live on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/grand-theft-auto-vi-pre-orders-are-now-live-on-amazon-price-and-preload-date-listed?ex=RAMP-4479.1&amp;rex=true\" title=\"Sony is treating GTA 6 like one of the games that can move consoles on its own.\">Sony is treating GTA 6 like one of the games that can move consoles on its own.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"PlayStation App\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/00be5b32-9b62-11e6-869c-00163ed833e7\/1653439120\/playstation-app-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">PlayStation App<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/playstation-app.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/playstation-app.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For PS5 owners, it&#8217;s close to a full takeover<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sony is also pushing its Rockstar Games partnership hard. In its marketing, the company says Grand Theft Auto 6 \u201cplays best on PS5,\u201d pointing to DualSense haptics and adaptive triggers, Tempest 3D AudioTech, and the <strong>PS5 SSD<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re still deciding where to play, Sony&#8217;s message isn&#8217;t subtle. It wants <strong>GTA 6<\/strong> to read as the obvious home for the game and a real PS5 seller,<a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/gta-6-pre-orders-are-live-the-first-physical-edition-has-no-disc?ex=RAMP-4479.1&amp;rex=true\" title=\" even with an Xbox Series X|S version arriving the same day.\"> even with an Xbox Series X|S version arriving the same day.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pre-orders opened on <strong>June 25, 2026<\/strong>. The standard edition costs $79.99, while the Ultimate edition is priced at $99.99.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">GTA 6 is now the first thing you see when you boot up your PS5, they made an entirely new UI for this, insane. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xmz8h6RLzI\">pic.twitter.com\/xmz8h6RLzI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Synth Potato\ud83e\udd54 (@SynthPotato) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SynthPotato\/status\/2069903137163346127?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of this is happening alongside forecasts that put <strong>pre-order revenue<\/strong> above $1 billion and first-year sales at 40 million copies. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/gta-6-is-now-a-single-player-experience-new-gta-online-questions?ex=RAMP-4479.1&amp;rex=true\" title=\"Reports also say other publishers are already moving their release dates to avoid going head-to-head with GTA 6.\">Reports also say other publishers are already moving their release dates to avoid going head-to-head with GTA 6.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is one more detail to know: the physical edition is reportedly coming with a download code instead of a disc. <strong>Collectors aren&#8217;t happy<\/strong> about it, and some retailers aren&#8217;t either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sony also briefly pulled one ad, then reposted it after changing the hardware shown to the <strong>digital-only PlayStation 5<\/strong> model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can now pre-order Grand Theft Auto 6 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, while Sony keeps pushing the campaign on <a href=\"https:\/\/tik-tok.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turn on a PlayStation 5 right now and Grand Theft Auto 6 is everywhere. Sony has rolled out a GTA 6-themed Welcome Hub animation, added custom UI touches to the console, and plastered GTA 6 branding across both the PlayStation Store and the PlayStation mobile app. With pre-orders now live on PlayStation 5 and Xbox &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/ps5-gets-gta-6-home-screen-update-sony-adds-a-full-ui-takeover\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;PS5 gets GTA 6 home screen update: Sony adds a full UI takeover&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1009,"featured_media":370949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-370950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370950"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":371036,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370950\/revisions\/371036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370950"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=370950"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=370950"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=370950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}