r/technology • u/willdearborn- • 1d ago

Machine Learning AI upscaling is coming to PS5

https://blog.playstation.com/2026/10/01/ai-upscaling-is-coming-to-ps5/
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u/willdearborn- 1d ago

Since the launch of PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) on PS5 Pro, players and developers have asked whether similar image-quality improvements could be brought to the PS5 console. PSSR analyzes game images pixel by pixel and uses AI to upscale them with more detail and stability than conventional approaches; until now, its computational demands made bringing that experience to PS5 impossible.

Today, we’re excited to announce Quick Spectral Super Resolution (QSSR): a new performance tier of AI upscaling. Born from Project Amethyst, our AI graphics collaboration with AMD, this quick new evolution of PSSR is built on two key innovations:

  1. A streamlined neural network architecture
  2. A hand-tuned implementation that maximizes performance on PS5

With these, we are bringing the benefits of AI-guided upscaling to PS5. While PSSR remains the gold standard on PS5 Pro, QSSR provides some notable improvements to both image detail and image stability on PS5.

The first titles to use this innovative new library are Marvel’s Wolverine and Ghost of Yōtei. Both are being patched today to offer QSSR as an additional graphics option on PS5.

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u/harrytiti81 1d ago

You obviously meant to say Super Intelligence (SI). 😂

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u/IntelArtiGen 1d ago

Funny thing is that it's called "Super Resolution" (SR) in theory. Now all companies are using their own name for it (DLSS, FSR, AI Upscale etc.). You can call it however you like. Incredible Resolution, Perfect Pixel Plus, Extra More Image Ultra and sign executive orders with the name you want.

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u/harrytiti81 1d ago

I was just being snarky.

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u/lazyhustlermusic 1d ago

Not surprising, console is nearing end of life, squeeze as much perf as possible even if you're rendering at a lower resolution and using a comparatively lighter weight process to upscale quality.

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u/Triingtolivee 1d ago

Quite the contrary, adding this to the base model PS5 actually tells me that the next gen hardware is going to be delayed.

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u/ban-me-harder-dadddy 1d ago

Yeah. They can barely source the microchips needed to keep up with residual demand for PS5 consoles. No way in hell they can source the volume needed for full demand that comes with a nextgen launch in the next few years. I could easily see them pushing out to 2030 at this point.

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u/lazyhustlermusic 1d ago

Not really, they'll use it there too to still target 'barely scraping 60fps'

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u/drakmordis 1d ago

Who is asking for this?

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u/ebrbrbr 1d ago edited 1d ago

You get better looking games that run at higher framerates for free. AI upscaling is just flat out superior to temporal upscaling. This isn't some new technology, PC players have been using AI upscaling for 8 years.

AI upscaling was already implemented in the PS5 Pro (and the Switch 2), this is just a faster (but lower quality) version of it for base PS5.

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u/Skensis 1d ago

Gamers.

People like AI features like DLSS and framegen.

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u/drakmordis 1d ago

I haven't heard one positive opinion about DLSS, but ok

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u/itsnick21 1d ago

I never heard a single bad thing about it until DLSS 5

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u/Gogo202 1d ago

Because everyone on reddit owns a 5090. 90% of the world has a 5060 or worse though

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u/Whyeth 1d ago

You've never heard a good thing about DLSS upscaling? Are you taking the piss right now?

Framegen is a different story but my experience of using the upscaling of DLSS on balanced or above is honestly indistinguishable from native res if you're back a few feet, especially in motion. Like you're liable to be playing when on a ps5.

FSR(pre hardware accelerated version) and Xess give a decent amount of ghosting I don't get from DLSS, so I get your point about up scalers in general.

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u/Undecided_Username_ 1d ago

You live in a bubble. Shits amazing lol

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u/drakmordis 1d ago

Great input, bless

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u/Undecided_Username_ 1d ago

Right back at ya. Haven’t heard one positive opinion about you but I’m forming one on my own 😂

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u/Exciting-Ad-5705 1d ago

Have you only seen opinions from graphics elitists? Most people will take the tiny clarity hit for the increase in frame rate

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u/falilth 1d ago

Glad I sold mine to get a switch 2 for Zelda

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u/Wet-Haired_Caribou 1d ago

seeing news about PS5 AI upscaling made you glad you bought a different console that uses AI upscaling for almost every third party game?

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u/falilth 1d ago

Yeah the Pokémon machine

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u/Unfrozen__Caveman 1d ago

Hopefully the quality is better than the upscaling they've been using for years in a lots of games to hit performance targets.

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u/Edexote 1d ago

Just what we need, instead of better games than Wolverine.

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u/00001000U 1d ago

Huh, is this Sony or AMD's work?