The PlayStation 5 Professional has been out within the wild for over every week now, and whereas it provides spectacular enhancements on many current video games, there are additionally some for which it appears to introduce new points that make issues look worse. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and the Silent Hill 2 remake are simply a few video games that new PS5 Professional homeowners and Digital Foundry analyses are discovering points with.
The PS5 Professional is meant to supply extra graphics modes for enhanced video games that permit them to run at a better body charges with out sacrificing graphical element, thanks partially to new PSSR upscaling expertise. And that’s positively the case throughout a number of first-party blockbusters like Spider-Man 2 and Ratchet and Clank: Rift Aside, in addition to third-party exclusives like Closing Fantasy VII Rebirth. Sadly, not each recreation is benefitting from its PS5 Professional replace.
Digital Foundry’s breakdown of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor’s visuals on the brand new {hardware} discovered “problematic picture high quality points” within the 60fps efficiency mode particularly. A part of the difficulty seems to be how foliage and the brand new ray-tracing function work together to create a “strobing” impact that makes it appear like bushes are shimmering. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor was notorious for some launch-day visible points as nicely, and lots of of its present issues on Professional seem like associated to a dynamic decision that may dip as little as 720p.
In relation to the Silent Hill 2 remake, the difficulty is that the PS5 Professional replace nonetheless isn’t out and the sport has bizarre shimmering issues within the meantime. Even with out an official enhancement, the sport ought to nonetheless look the identical or barely extra steady because of the final increase from the console’s higher specs. As an alternative, gamers have been complaining for every week now in hopes {that a} repair will get introduced by Bloober Crew. “I completely adore this recreation and I can not cease enjoying it despite the fact that I wish to,” wrote one participant. “A PS5 Professional enhancement is totally mandatory on this case. The sport feels nice however it appears to be like like crap.”
So what’s the hang-up? Whereas there’s no official phrase but on what’s inflicting these issues and if it’s on the video games’ finish or associated to one thing with the PS5 Professional itself, a present principle amongst some homeowners is that the issues are brought on by video games with base resolutions under 1080p which might be being upscaled by the Professional’s PSSR expertise. Video games which have increased base resolutions appear to have much less bother with the upscaling.
“I feel it perhaps reveals that devs…shouldn’t simply blindly add PSSR to a recreation except they actually have a look at the subjective output and say ‘it is a nice win,’” Digital Foundry’s Alex Battaglia stated throughout a current video. “As a result of if the present mannequin can not scale from a decision this low and make it look good, they shouldn’t add it, proper?” Presently, Dragon Age: The Veilguard and Alan Wake 2, which each run under 1080, additionally appear to have sub-optimal efficiency on PS5 Professional.
Whereas there are dozens of video games which might be presently enhanced for PS5 Professional and never encountering these points, in addition to 1000’s extra benefiting from the general increase mode from the higher {hardware}, it’s nonetheless a notable flaw for the console at launch, particularly contemplating its hefty $700 price ticket.
Replace 11/19/2024 4:00 p.m. ET: Each Bloober Crew and EA confirmed they’re investigating points with Silent Hill 2 and Jedi: Survivor respectively on PS5 Professional. “We’re engaged on it!” Bloober Crew tweeted.
