According to a recent article from The Verge, Sony is looking to developers to create PS5 Pro “Enhanced” versions of their games that support 4K upscaled resolutions, 60fps frame rates, and even ray-tracing. Other improvements that Sony deems worthy of the Enhanced label have been revealed ahead of the console’s rumored holiday release, as well.
As reported early yesterday, Sony is supposedly asking developers to add a PS5 Pro-specific graphics mode to their titles. This mode will use PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) to upscale titles to 4K resolutions and run them at a targeted 60fps. The graphics mode will also enable ray-tracing for enhanced visuals.
While these are the standards Sony is shooting for, there are other modes that could qualify for the PS5 Pro Enhanced label as well. For example, 30fps games that run at a specific resolution can target higher resolutions, such as 1440p games being upscaled to 2160p (4K). Boosting the frame rate separately is also a viable strategy for earning the Enhanced tag, so if a game runs at 30fps at 1440p, enabling it to run at 60fps at the same resolution would qualify as a sufficient enhancement. Even just enabling ray-tracing could be enough, meaning that any of these three qualifiers can also satisfy the requirements on their own.
Sources did clarify that the game’s resolutions will have to see some sort of maximum improvement in order to be considered Enhanced, however. If a game runs at a variable resolution and the maximum potential resolution doesn’t change from, say, 2160p, then the game won’t be labeled as Enhanced. They could, however, still see improvements as part of the PS5 Pro’s rumored “ultra-boost” mode, which will work to help VRR modes run at better frame rates and higher resolutions. Fixed resolution/frame rate modes won’t see a change without developer updates, however.
As always, until we have full confirmation, take this information with a whole bucket of salt. The PS5 Pro has been heavily rumored to be arriving sometime during the holiday season this year, and these enhancements make sense, but things could always change.
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Source: The Verge