The “Magic Button” for PlayStation 5 Pro: Sony Plans to Force PSSR Updates in Games

The debut of PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR), a proprietary AI-driven upscaling solution, has emerged as the definitive selling point for the PlayStation 5 Pro hardware.

However, early implementations of the technology in titles such as Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and the Silent Hill 2 remake have been marred by noticeable visual noise and shimmering artifacts. Rather than waiting for individual patches from developers, Sony is reportedly taking matters into its own hands.

In a recent episode of DF Direct, the technical experts at Digital Foundry revealed Sony’s ambitious plans. The company is developing a system-level update that will introduce a “magic button” of sorts. This feature will allow players to manually override a game’s legacy PSSR version with the most recent system-wide algorithm, such as PSSR 2.0 or beyond.

This level of control is a familiar luxury for PC gamers, who often manually swap NVIDIA DLSS library files to improve image fidelity in older projects. For a closed console ecosystem, however, such a move by a hardware manufacturer is remarkably rare and forward-thinking.

Digital Foundry analysts have praised the initiative, noting that it future-proofs the library. Even if a developer ceases support for a game, Sony’s engineers can continue to refine the PSSR algorithm independently. By simply toggling a setting to eliminate texture flickering and enhance clarity, users will see the inherent value of the PS5 Pro increase substantially.

Source: iXBT.games