PSSR doesn’t work on a normal PS5 because the upscaler requires additional computational power to function. As the original PS5 wasn’t designed with this technology in mind, it’s not available.

PSSR is doing a better job of resolving these elements, and it looks like the art may have been tweaked to help accommodate this as well. Image detail at rest is improved quite a lot overall.

While that’s all great for developers, players reap just as much benefit from PSSR. Looking at the PS5 Pro as a bit of a beta test, we see how effective it is at artificially boosting image quality.

A new report claims a PlayStation Portal Pro is coming in 2026, and coming with both major PS5 Pro technology and a Steam ...

In a new video from leaker Moore's Law is Dead, we're hearing that the new PSSR 2 upscaler might not actually be branded PSSR -- or branded at all -- but the leaker says that PSSR requires a base ...

PSSR does a better job than FSR in movement, but against DLSS it does not anti-alias as well. Another thing you can notice about PSSR is how it produces a softer image than DLSS.

That's according to PS5 lead architect Mark Cerny, who told Tom's Guide that the company will implement an advanced graphics upscaling algorithm for the PS5 Pro as part of its previously announced ...

As for what this PSSR 2 update will feature, he claims that Sony is aiming to offer 4K at 120 FPS and 8K at 60 FPS, as well as support for wider resolutions, including 1440p and 1080p locked at ...

Ubisoft told Eurogamer, that it didn’t implement PSSR support in Assassin’s Creed Shadows at launch as it got better results from its own proprietary upscaler. But it said that after working ...

There are still issues to address, however, tied more closely to PSSR's ongoing evolution. We have to remind ourselves that PSSR is still a first generation product that will evolve and improve ...

PS5 Pro's PSSR Will Get An Upgrade In 2026 AMD's latest upscaling technology is ready for desktop PCs, but will require more time for PS5 Pro. By Alessandro Barbosa on March 10, 2025 at 11:12AM PDT ...

The real-world results of PSSR can be mixed. Sony's own titles can benefit tremendously from PSSR, with Gran Turismo 7 even having an 8K mode on PlayStation 5 Pro.