Sony Wants You to Forget About Discs With Its Gorgeous Transparent Controllers

Sony has a collection of colorful, translucent cosmetics for its PlayStation consoles and controllers. Announced Wednesday, the Prism collection brings three new, gorgeous color options that conjure a nostalgic, transparent tech feel.

索尼为其 PlayStation 主机和控制器推出了一系列色彩缤纷的半透明外观配件。周三发布的 Prism 系列带来了三种全新的华丽配色，唤起了一种怀旧的透明科技感。

They come in Flare Orange, Emerald Green, and Graphite Gray. (Based on the pictures, the gray looks more like a blue to me.) You can get Sony’s DualSense PlayStation 5 controllers in the Prism design or opt for PS5 console covers. On the controllers, translucent plastic wraps around almost the entire device’s frame, letting you view the components inside. On the console cover version, the transparency is more limited—you can see only the fan and a few other components.

这些配色包括耀斑橙、翡翠绿和石墨灰。（根据图片来看，我觉得灰色看起来更像蓝色。）你可以购买 Prism 设计的索尼 DualSense PlayStation 5 控制器，也可以选择 PS5 主机外壳。在控制器上，半透明塑料包裹了几乎整个设备框架，让你能看到内部的组件。而在主机外壳版本上，透明度则较为有限——你只能看到风扇和其他少数几个组件。

The Prism Collection DualSense wireless controllers cost $85, while the console covers cost $75. Preorders start on November 10, but the collection won’t ship until February 4. Those are roughly the same prices as existing controllers and covers, though on the higher end. Basic color controllers start at $74 on the PlayStation website. Covers start around $59. The more colorful options on both products go up from there.

Prism 系列 DualSense 无线控制器售价为 85 美元，主机外壳售价为 75 美元。预购将于 11 月 10 日开始，但该系列产品要到 2 月 4 日才会发货。这些价格与现有的控制器和外壳大致相同，尽管处于较高价位。PlayStation 官网上的基础色控制器起价为 74 美元，外壳起价约为 59 美元。两类产品的更多彩色版本价格则会更高。

Apple’s original iMac largely popularized translucent, colorful tech that lets you see inside the machine. The look was en vogue for a while in seminal devices like the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo’s Game Boy Color.

苹果最初的 iMac 在很大程度上普及了这种能让你看到机器内部的半透明彩色科技风格。这种外观曾在 PlayStation 2 和任天堂 Game Boy Color 等开创性设备中风靡一时。

That see-through aesthetic was a signature in the early 2000s. (My first CD player had a translucent top, and you could see the disc spinning around the whole time.) Twenty-some years later, it’s being revived as nostalgia bait in a transparent tech renaissance. You can find the transparent look in everything from gaming handhelds to a Theragun. Sony also has a transparent pair of earbuds.

这种透视美学是 21 世纪初的标志。（我的第一台 CD 播放器顶部就是半透明的，你可以一直看到光盘在里面旋转。）二十多年后，它作为怀旧诱饵在透明科技复兴中重获新生。从游戏掌机到筋膜枪，你随处可见这种透明外观。索尼也有一款透明的入耳式耳机。

Reminiscing about the good ol’ days might also remind you that Sony’s old consoles used to have disc drives. In July, Sony made a controversial decision to end production of physical game discs starting in 2028. Ownership advocates have decried the choice, noting that Sony’s own terms of service state that buying a digital copy of a game does not mean the customer owns it. It’s yet another move toward the end of physical media.

回味过去的美好时光或许也会让你想起，索尼的老式主机曾经配备过光驱。今年 7 月，索尼做出了一个充满争议的决定：从 2028 年起停止生产实体游戏光盘。所有权倡导者谴责了这一选择，并指出索尼自己的服务条款明确规定，购买游戏的数字副本并不意味着客户拥有该游戏。这是迈向实体媒体终结的又一步。

Still, the Prism collection sure looks pretty.

尽管如此，Prism 系列看起来确实很漂亮。