Enhancing Video Games Developed In Japan: The PS5 Pro Advantage
Video Games Developed In Japan Take Center Stage on PS5 Pro
The PS5 Pro boasts more powerful components and a new AI-upscaling method for better visuals, but games will need to be updated in order to take advantage of all the bells and whistles on the pricey new hardware. So far, Sony has confirmed at least 13 games that will feature better resolutions, frame rates, or other improvements when the PS5 Pro launches on November 7.
Confirmed Titles for PS5 Pro Enhancements
- Alan Wake 2
- Assassin’s Creed: Shadows
- Demon's Souls
- Dragon’s Dogma 2
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Gran Turismo 7
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- The Crew Motorfest
- The First Descendant
- The Last of Us Part II Remastered
Games that support PS5 Pro-exclusive features will have a “PS5 Pro Enhanced” label on the box or on the PlayStation Store, with Sony telling CNET it has about 40 to 50 games that will get patches by the time the console launches. While most games will get improved visuals for 60fps modes, some like Horizon Forbidden West will run at 60fps while in 4k, while others like Gran Turismo will have modes featuring 8k resolutions with ray-tracing effects. System architect Mark Cerny said he expects games to support lots of different options.
But even PS4 and PS5 games that don’t get updated for the PS5 Pro should see some small benefit from its more powerful hardware, including better overall stability and performance. “Other enhancements include PS5 Pro Game Boost, which applies to more than 8,500 backward compatible PS4 games playable on PS5 Pro,” PlayStation co-CEO Hideaki Nishino wrote in a blog post.
Enhanced image quality for PS4 games is also available to improve the resolution on select PS4 games. We’ll likely see a bigger list of games getting PS5 Pro enhancements at launch closer to when the hardware releases. In the meantime, Cerny’s tech presentation showed several examples of how games will look better on the new hardware, at least if your eyes are good enough to spot the differences.
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