The PlayStation 5 Pro could be the best place to play multiplatform games with bad PC ports that suffer from a variety of issues, including bad image quality with certain upscalers and stuttering issues.
Speaking during the latest episode of their weekly podcast, the tech experts at Digital Foundry commented on the soon-to-be-released mid-generation refresh hardware from Sony, highlighting how the system could be a sort of “nuclear option” to enjoy multiplatform games with bad PC ports thanks to the PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution upscaler which will likely be used over AMD FSR in the vast majority of games, as performance concerns could be the only reason developers may continue to go for AMD’s upscaler over the AI-powered one making its debut with the PlayStation 5 Pro in certain scenarios, such as for 120 Hz modes. Considering how games with PSO stutters on PC already tend to run smoother on consoles, playing multiplatform games whose PC ports suffer from this issue on the PlayStation 5 Pro could be the way to go, especially if performance holds up, as it seems more and more like PSSR will be able to deliver great image quality in the vast majority of games.
The PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution upscaler is setting out to be the real game-changer for the PlayStation 5 Pro. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, which has a horrible image quality on the base system in Performance Mode, for example, looks great on the system thanks to PSSR, so much so that the usage of the upscaler feels like “lifting a veil of smear.”
The PlayStation 5 Pro launches worldwide on November 7th.
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