{"id":2175252,"date":"2026-10-02T09:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T06:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2175252"},"modified":"2026-10-02T09:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T06:28:14","slug":"ps5-gets-ai-guided-upscaling-a-bit-like-ps5-pros-and-its-available-now-in-marvels-wolverine-and-ghost-of-yotei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2175252","title":{"rendered":"PS5 gets &#8220;AI-guided upscaling&#8221; a bit like PS5 Pro&#8217;s, and it&#8217;s available now in Marvel&#8217;s Wolverine and Ghost of Yotei"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">PS5 gets &#8220;AI-guided upscaling&#8221; a bit like PS5 Pro&#8217;s, and it&#8217;s available now in Marvel&#8217;s Wolverine and Ghost of Yotei<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Back to the QSSR.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/ghost-of-yotei-review-header-(1).png?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Ghost of Yotei official screenshot showing Atsu in her mask, holding a list of names\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"ghost-of-yotei-review-header-(1).png\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Sony Interactive Entertainment \/ Sucker Punch<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/robert-purchese\">Robert Purchese<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Associate Editor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-10-02T09:28:14+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Oct. 2, 2026, 9:28 a.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"header_actions\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"6a086ddb-cb4a-436c-85db-aabf9096bab6\" data-name=\"Ghost of Yotei\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Ghost of Yotei\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Ghost of Yotei\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Ghost of Yotei\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Ghost of Yotei\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Ghost of Yotei\" title=\"Follow Ghost of Yotei\"><br \/>\n  Follow Ghost of Yotei<br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n  <a class=\"button outline wide preferred_source_button\" data-component=\"preferred-source-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=eurogamer.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"logo\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><br \/>\nPrioritise us on Google  <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\" data-autopogo>\n<p>AI image upscaling is coming to PlayStation 5, Sony has announced, and it&#8217;s available already in two games: Marvel&#8217;s Wolverine and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/ghost-of-yotei\">Ghost of Yotei<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The image-upscaling technology is called Quick Spectral Super Resolution (QSSR), and it&#8217;s positioned as a slightly diluted or lesser version of the PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR), which is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/topics\/ps5-pro\">PS5 Pro<\/a> &#8211; the &#8220;gold standard&#8221; of &#8220;AI-guided upscaling&#8221;, Sony said on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/2026\/10\/01\/ai-upscaling-is-coming-to-ps5\/\">the PlayStation blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>QSSR apparently provides improvements to image detail and &#8220;stability&#8221;, courtesy of &#8220;a hand-tuned implementation that maximizes performance on PS5&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RcFYsDKbAIk\">In a comparison video for Marvel&#8217;s Wolverine<\/a>, the close-up image appeared fairly clear &#8211; detail is noticeably crisper with QSSR on.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Hands-On with QSSR - AI Upscaling For Standard PS5 - Image Quality, PSSR Comparisons + More\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FQW6K7TLvQA?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/FQW6K7TLvQA\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Hands-On with QSSR &#8211; AI Upscaling For Standard PS5 &#8211; Image Quality, PSSR Comparisons + More<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FQW6K7TLvQA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;QSSR adds more pixel-level clarity and stability to our environments,&#8221; Insomniac head of tech Mike Fitzgerald commented, &#8220;bringing out extra detail amidst the busy streets of Madripoor, the dense alleyways of Shinjuku, and many other areas across Logan&#8217;s epic journey.&#8221; It apparently &#8220;brings a great taste of the PS5 Pro experience&#8221; to players on PS5.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E929-XwrS_Q\">A short comparison video for Ghost of Yotei<\/a> displayed similar results, revealing less blurry background and environmental detail. &#8220;QSSR excels at resolving the fine details in our characters and environments and does so with a level of temporal stability that hasn&#8217;t been possible on the PS5 console until now,&#8221; Sucker Punch&#8217;s lead rendering engineer Jasmin Parry said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalfoundry.net\/news\/2026\/10\/hands-on-with-qssr-ai-driven-upscaling-for-the-standard-ps5\">Digital Foundry has already tested QSSR<\/a> and seems enthusiastic about it, saying that in Marvel&#8217;s Wolverine&#8217;s case especially, &#8220;the quality boost can be exceptional&#8221;. &#8220;In terms of image quality analysis, suffice it to say that temporal stability is substantially improved, detail level increases, sub-pixel integrity is considerably superior, while artefacts from elements like moving foliage are much reduced. That said, with Ghost of Yotei, a game with already decent image quality saw less dramatic improvements.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The impressive bit about QSSR comes from the PS5 not having dedicated AI upscaling technology like PS5 Pro does, apparently, and Sony finding a way to get it working on PS5 means there&#8217;s now a potentially better solution for image upscaling than upscalers like FSR &#8211; AMD&#8217;s native solution (PS5 has AMD-based architecture). Nevertheless, DF said: &#8220;There remains a big divide between the same game running QSSR on standard PS5 and PSSR on Pro.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FQW6K7TLvQA\">DF has a QSSR video with comparison footage<\/a>, if you&#8217;re interested.<\/p>\n<p>Following QSSR&#8217;s experimental application in Marvel&#8217;s Wolverine and Ghost of Yotei, QSSR is going to be &#8220;offered broadly to all PlayStation developers&#8221;, Sony said in the blog post. It&#8217;s not clear whether this QSSR update has anything to do with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playstation.com\/en-gb\/support\/hardware\/ps5\/system-software-info\/\">a PS5 firmware update<\/a> that&#8217;s just rolled out, incidentally. That update apparently makes some security fixes and improves &#8220;system software performance and stability&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\" data-autopogo>\n<p>AI image upscaling is coming to PlayStation 5, Sony has announced, and it&#8217;s available already in two games: Marvel&#8217;s Wolverine and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/ghost-of-yotei\">Ghost of Yotei<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The image-upscaling technology is called Quick Spectral Super Resolution (QSSR), and it&#8217;s positioned as a slightly diluted or lesser version of the PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR), which is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/topics\/ps5-pro\">PS5 Pro<\/a> &#8211; the &#8220;gold standard&#8221; of &#8220;AI-guided upscaling&#8221;, Sony said on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/2026\/10\/01\/ai-upscaling-is-coming-to-ps5\/\">the PlayStation blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>QSSR apparently provides improvements to image detail and &#8220;stability&#8221;, courtesy of &#8220;a hand-tuned implementation that maximizes performance on PS5&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RcFYsDKbAIk\">In a comparison video for Marvel&#8217;s Wolverine<\/a>, the close-up image appeared fairly clear &#8211; detail is noticeably crisper with QSSR on.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Hands-On with QSSR - AI Upscaling For Standard PS5 - Image Quality, PSSR Comparisons + More\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FQW6K7TLvQA?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/FQW6K7TLvQA\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Hands-On with QSSR &#8211; AI Upscaling For Standard PS5 &#8211; Image Quality, PSSR Comparisons + More<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FQW6K7TLvQA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;QSSR adds more pixel-level clarity and stability to our environments,&#8221; Insomniac head of tech Mike Fitzgerald commented, &#8220;bringing out extra detail amidst the busy streets of Madripoor, the dense alleyways of Shinjuku, and many other areas across Logan&#8217;s epic journey.&#8221; It apparently &#8220;brings a great taste of the PS5 Pro experience&#8221; to players on PS5.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E929-XwrS_Q\">A short comparison video for Ghost of Yotei<\/a> displayed similar results, revealing less blurry background and environmental detail. &#8220;QSSR excels at resolving the fine details in our characters and environments and does so with a level of temporal stability that hasn&#8217;t been possible on the PS5 console until now,&#8221; Sucker Punch&#8217;s lead rendering engineer Jasmin Parry said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalfoundry.net\/news\/2026\/10\/hands-on-with-qssr-ai-driven-upscaling-for-the-standard-ps5\">Digital Foundry has already tested QSSR<\/a> and seems enthusiastic about it, saying that in Marvel&#8217;s Wolverine&#8217;s case especially, &#8220;the quality boost can be exceptional&#8221;. &#8220;In terms of image quality analysis, suffice it to say that temporal stability is substantially improved, detail level increases, sub-pixel integrity is considerably superior, while artefacts from elements like moving foliage are much reduced. That said, with Ghost of Yotei, a game with already decent image quality saw less dramatic improvements.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The impressive bit about QSSR comes from the PS5 not having dedicated AI upscaling technology like PS5 Pro does, apparently, and Sony finding a way to get it working on PS5 means there&#8217;s now a potentially better solution for image upscaling than upscalers like FSR &#8211; AMD&#8217;s native solution (PS5 has AMD-based architecture). Nevertheless, DF said: &#8220;There remains a big divide between the same game running QSSR on standard PS5 and PSSR on Pro.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FQW6K7TLvQA\">DF has a QSSR video with comparison footage<\/a>, if you&#8217;re interested.<\/p>\n<p>Following QSSR&#8217;s experimental application in Marvel&#8217;s Wolverine and Ghost of Yotei, QSSR is going to be &#8220;offered broadly to all PlayStation developers&#8221;, Sony said in the blog post. It&#8217;s not clear whether this QSSR update has anything to do with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playstation.com\/en-gb\/support\/hardware\/ps5\/system-software-info\/\">a PS5 firmware update<\/a> that&#8217;s just rolled out, incidentally. That update apparently makes some security fixes and improves &#8220;system software performance and stability&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News PS5 gets &#8220;AI-guided upscaling&#8221; a bit like PS5 Pro&#8217;s, and it&#8217;s available now in Marvel&#8217;s Wolverine and Ghost of Yotei Back to the QSSR. 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