PS5 lead architect Mark Cerny has shared that the PS5 Pro system will receive an upgrade to its PSSR feature next year that should allow it to produce similar results to the FSR 4 upscaling technology from AMD. This enhancement will be a result of Sony’s current partnership with AMD, which is also exploring possibilities for the PS6 as part of Project Amethyst.
The PS5 Pro’s future tech upgrade was announced via Digital Foundry, where Cerny said that for 2025, Sony is focusing on the current version of PSSR and having external developers implement the feature. For next year, though, “our target is to have something very similar to FSR 4’s upscaler available on PS5 Pro for 2026 titles as the next evolution of PSSR; it should take the same inputs and produce essentially the same outputs. Doing that implementation is rather ambitious and time-consuming, which is why you haven’t already seen this new upscaler on PS5 Pro,” Cerny explained.
The enhanced PSSR upscaler is the first result of Sony’s collaboration with AMD, and the results are described as “excellent”, according to Mark Cerny. He added: “It’s a more advanced approach that can exceed the crispness of PSSR. I’m very proud of the work of the joint team!”
