A new comparison video shows just how much more the half-generation upgrade can do over the base PlayStation 5.
We’ve embedded ElAnalistaDeBits’ comparison video below, which features over 20 games to give you a great overview of just how much the PlayStation 5 Pro improves the visuals, not just for patched games (understandably so, otherwise there’s little point in patching…), but also for titles that don’t get a patch.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, God of War: Ragnarök, The Last of Us Part 1, The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Dragon’s Dogma 2, among others, are all featured in the video. All of these titles can be seen side-by-side on PlayStation 5 Pro and PlayStation 5, and it’s nice to see how the new hardware for the most part highlights the new hardware. Understandably, where developers haven’t made a PlayStation 5 Pro patch, the improvement isn’t as great, but it’s still noticeable (Final Fantasy XVI is a good example).
Aside from a more powerful GPU, the PlayStation 5 Pro’s biggest innovation is the PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) upscaler, which is powered by artificial intelligence. It’s the first AI upscaler among consoles, and its first iteration isn’t perfect, but it’s a pretty good start. We’ve written before that if a game’s native resolution is low (like Remedy Entertainment’s Alan Wake II, which still hasn’t brought any royalties to the Finnish developers…), the upscaler isn’t great either, perhaps because they’re using an older version of PSSR.
The PlayStation 5 Pro has been available for almost a month now (since November 7th; the vertical stand and the Blu-ray drive are sold separately, however). Sony hasn’t announced any sales figures yet, and probably won’t until February. That’s when the company will release its quarterly report for the October-December quarter.
Source:WCCFTech
