These See-Through PS4 HDD Covers Might Just Be the Coolest Way to Customize your PlayStation

Sony has been selling HDD covers for the PS4 for a while in Japan, and they just recently started in North America, yet those covers may seem a little gaudy for those who prefer a sleek and clean design.

Strolling Akihabara DualShockers found something that is very possibly the coolest way to customize a PS4.

[Relientk77]

They remind me of the see-through Dualshock 1 and 2 controllers

[Abriael]

speaking of which, I'd kill for a transparent DualShock 4

[Relientk77]

Same, Sony needs to bring these back

[BlissSeeker]

Would you kill my doge?? :'(
y u do dis 2 me (;-;)

[GameSpawn]

It may or may not happen. If the controller was transparent there would be light bleed from the lightbar. Though most people never use the lightbar for much it would make situations where it is used (eg. AR Bots) completely non-functional as the camera wouldn't be able to reliably track the controller.

They could possibly still have a transparent controller if the plastic just around the lightbar was opaque and they sealed the LED up enough for light not to bleed out.

[Clunkyd]

Well they already selling the shell by itself.

http://i00.i.aliimg.com/wsp...

[KidBroSweets2]

I wonder if the light bar affects the color of them at all.

[DigitalRaptor]

I bought the Slate Grey DualShock 3, and it's a gorgeous thing: http://ecx.images-amazon.co...

[bouzebbal]

so ugly covers..
DS however could be nice.

[JoGam]

Sorry those are ugly.

[Godmars290]

Its a tech-nerd thing.

[Highlife]

It's like a wet t-shirt contest for nerds.

[rainslacker]

I dunno about ugly, but just doesn't do much to really be cool. All you can see is the cage housings for the hard drive, and whatever sits behind it. No circuit boards or anything can be seen, so seems rather pointless.:(

[Arnon]

I'd buy that black faceplate, open the ps4 and attach white LED circuits to the motherboard that would sit underneath the plate and would have them fade in with "PS4".

[error13]

@
Clunkid
where is that from, I need that.

[troylazlow]

Reminds me of the see through N64's

[Relientk77]

I still want one of those, but theyre expensive and hard to come by

-_-

[Christopher]

They're okay, but I'd rather see a more transparent design. And, would like to see it across the whole top and not just over the HDD.

[Minute Man 721]

I need one of these

[one2thr]

Seeing that they're see through, I'd like to know how much of the light from the power light shines through the casing giving it some sort of illuminating effect?

[BattleTorn]

That'd be cool if they did.

[eklektic]

Looks like a vcr case from back in the day lol.

[nitus10]

If you like the retro vcr look then why don't you get the XB1(80). The PS4 looks more like a DVD/Blu-ray player ... oh wait!

[hazelamy]

cool

[BlissSeeker]

To each their own.

[Gore-Content]

I want one!

[mochachino]

They look terrible to me but to each his/her own.

[RedDevils]

yeah what she said.

[IcicleTrepan]

Yeah I never understood the fascination with clear cases on these kinds of things. I remember we had some stuff that had clear cases on them but they just made the product look cheap. I'm into electronics (even have my own soldering station etc) and to me part of having a nice piece of gear is having a nice case to cover it because electronics are ugly as hell. You don't learn much just by being able to see the circuit board. It just makes it look cheap and unfinished.

[sashimi]

its soldout @amiami, white is on backorder smh

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

If they were semi-transparent and light up or glow that would be worth it.

[core_5]

No

[Pandamobile]

Yeah these look pretty ugly. It's not like you can actually see into the PS4 itself, where all the interesting circuitry and moving parts are - you just get to see the ugly side of the hard drive bracket.

Woopdedoo.

[MRMagoo123]

Yeh I agree, i usually love the see thru stuff and have been a fan of sony for a long time so no trolling here but these things look cheap and nasty to me personally

[Kingdomcome247]

These are awesome, but for myself, I'd rather have a game themed cover like The Order 1886 one. I'd really like to see a God of War 4 related cover.

[Errefus]

Black one with some blue led lights that would look sick

[WheatBread]

ooooo aaahh

[Crazay]

I'm sorry but those are BRUTAL looking. The system looks nice the way it is why cheapen it by putting some lame ass see through plastic piece of crap so you can see the equally non sexy looking metal hard drive enclosure.

[NerdStar7]

Damn it Sony, stop making cool PlayStation stuff! My wallet only has so much cash!

[level 360]

Would be really good if these HDD covers could somehow have a switch to make it glow/luminesce..

[Kingdomcome247]

That would be awesome. Add in the ability to choose the color of the power light strip, and you could have some really cool, unique systems.

[nitus10]

Well you could get some programmable stick-on multicolour light strips, they are not that expensive and would really enhance the device you stick the strips on.

[Muzikguy]

Those are nice, I'll take blue! I hope we her a western release. And too, I'm liking these custom parts/systems coming out for the PS4. I hope to see more, and more creative! :)

[cyclindk]

I'm gonna get mine lowered,louder and chromed exhaust, probably some halo lights for my DS3 camo controller. And a little hula girl to top it all off.

[u4one]

cool, but i think i'd like them more if they were shiny and reflective like the original cover. matte finish looks kinda cheap imo. maybe they look better in person. i love that this is a thing though. i'm sure people are going to come up with some cool stuff beyond this.

[Tsar4ever01]

EWWW!! They look so cheap looking!!

[Rahim92]

it does give the console a complete matte look though

[Deathnote128]

They remind me of the coloured apple moniters from back in the day.

Picture here. http://content.time.com/tim...

[Neo_Zeed]

I want a blue or red one.

[Scatpants]

I put a wood grain skin on mine.

[NoeLennon]

if you say so.

[Canary]

I'd rather be able to customize, or even simply organize, the UI than the skin.

[assdan]

reminds me of the n64.

[PizzaSteve]

Would be cooler if the whole console was transparent.

[Yaay4me]

I really like the gray one. But i still like the faceplate ones more

[hkgamer]

never really understood custom designs. also think that sony spent so much money designing something that looks great and people cheapen it by doing other stuff.

i feel the same way about phone cases aswell, so it could be me.

anyway. these cheap transparent plastic just doesnt look cool and i could see the ugly casing of the HDD. if i could see components of other things then maybe that would be cooler.

[TheGrimReaper0011]

looks very cheap and ugly
no thanks =/

[MikEyG]

$34.95 No thanks.

[proskopos]

very nice,i bought the blue one for 26 euros.

[chaosx]

Maybe it will look nicer in the flesh, because those photos make the PS4 look cheap and nasty.