AI Upscaling QSSR Comes to Base PS5

On October 1, 2026, Sony introduced the Quick Spectral Super Resolution (QSSR) library — a lightweight neural network version of the PSSR family's AI upscaling, working for the first time on the base PS5, not just the PS5 Pro.

Compiled by Sergey KostenchukPublished 2026-10-02Updated 2026-10-02

2026-10-02 Multimodal

🎨 AI Upscaling QSSR Comes to Base PS5

On October 1, Sony released the Quick Spectral Super Resolution (QSSR) library — a lightweight version of PSSR AI upscaling, which previously only worked on the PS5 Pro. The first patches were received by Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yōtei on the same day.

🌍 The simplified neural network, created by Sony together with AMD as part of Project Amethyst, transfers AI upscaling to weaker hardware via a regular game patch, without replacing the console. Image quality is no longer an exclusive of Pro models, and Sony plans to open QSSR to all PlayStation developers.

👤 Owners of the base PS5 just need to update Marvel's Wolverine or Ghost of Yōtei and select QSSR in the graphics settings: image sharpness and temporal stability will improve.

Source 1: https://blog.playstation.com/2026/10/01/ai-upscaling-is-coming-to-ps5/ Source 2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49930244

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