PS5 Pro PSSR 2 boosts Rebirth
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth just got flagged for a PSSR 2 update that promises sharper visuals and smoother performance on PS5 Pro — a real step up for flagship JRPG presentation. (youtube.com) Tech tests suggest PSSR 2 will roll into other big titles too, including Silent Hill f and Monster Hunter Wilds, so the industry is moving fast on next-gen upscaling. (youtube.com)
Sony began a phased PS5 system software rollout that delivers the upgraded PSSR (commonly called PSSR 2) on March 16, 2026, with the staged deployment scheduled to start at 10pm PT / 5am GMT for early recipients. (Push Square (pushsquare.com)) PlayStation’s announcement lists 12 launch games receiving the upgraded PSSR, including Silent Hill f, Silent Hill 2 Remake, Monster Hunter Wilds, Dragon's Dogma 2, Crimson Desert, Nioh 3, Rise of the Ronin, Control, Alan Wake 2, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2. (Wccftech (wccftech.com)) Digital Foundry’s technical tests across Silent Hill f, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Monster Hunter Wilds and Dragon Age: The Veilguard reported concrete improvements in temporal stability, a large reduction in sub-pixel flicker and removal of noisy film-grain artefacts compared with the original PSSR. (Digital Foundry (digitalfoundry.net)) DF also explains the upgraded PSSR is not a straight port of AMD’s FSR4 but a Project Amethyst collaboration that blends Sony’s ML work with AMD’s upscaling tech, with Sony feeding improvements back into the broader FSR4 ecosystem. (Digital Foundry (digitalfoundry.net)) Sony and partners used Resident Evil Requiem as the first public demo of the new upscaler in the weeks ahead of the wider rollout, giving developers an early reference point for PSSR 2’s behaviour. (Digital Foundry (digitalfoundry.net)) Several studios have issued or pledged title-specific patches around the system update — Ninja Theory cited particle-effect gains in Hellblade 2, and CD Projekt Red confirmed a Cyberpunk 2077 technological update is expected “in the coming weeks.” (IGN (ign.com)) Sony says upgraded PSSR can be toggled as an optional PS5 Pro system setting and that many existing PS5 titles with prior PSSR support should still see benefits, while players retain the ability to disable it if any unexpected visual issues appear. (Push Square (pushsquare.com))
