Sony added AI upscaling to Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yōtei on PlayStation 5 - some players called QSSR a "good example" of AI use
Sony has introduced Quick Spectral Super Resolution (QSSR) for the standard PlayStation 5, an AI-based upscaling technology developed with AMD. The feature will debut in Marvel's Wolverine and Ghost of Yōtei to improve image quality.
Why it matters
Demonstrates the practical application of AI in consumer gaming hardware to enhance performance without requiring high-end console upgrades.
0 1 October 2026, 19:43 Boris Piletskiy Quick Spectral Super Resolution technology will help improve image quality on the standard version of the console.
On PlayStation 5 Pro, users have access to the PSSR upscaler. However, as Sony noted in a recent blog, developers asked the company if it was possible to use similar technology on the base version of the console.
In early October, Sony introduced a new version of the upscaler for the standard PlayStation 5 — Quick Spectral Super Resolution (or QSSR):
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