PlayStation debuted the PS5 Pro just over a year ago in November 2024. In addition to hardware upgrades, this console boasted PSSR as a major selling point, promising superior AI-based image upscaling compared to other consoles on the market.
Recently, Mark Cerny confirmed that Sony had developed a replacement to the existing version of PSSR, which would show up at some point in 2026. Leaker Moore’s Law is Dead has outlined many of the upcoming upgrades included in what he has dubbed “PSSR 2,” and in a recent video, the leaker noted that PSSR 2 does not appear to be focusing on frame generation technology in any capacity.
According to Moore’s Law is Dead, PSSR 2 will be a massive upgrade to the PS5 Pro. When asking whether this upgrade would also focus on improvements to frame generation, similar to those Nvidia offered with the multi-frame generation on the RTX 50 GPUs, the leaker was told that Sony does not reference frame generation in any of its main documents.
“Is there any reference to frame gen in the next PSSR? Not a single one.” -Moore’s Law is Dead
The same source told the leaker that developers are generally not interested in frame generation technology. It is said that not a single team has asked Sony to work on frame generation for PlayStation’s proprietary upscaling technology.
However, the option of frame generation on PlayStation consoles still exists with the use of FSR. Games like Black Myth: Wukong have used frame generation to aim for 60FPS on consoles in the past.
Overall, PSSR 2 appears to be focused primarily on improving the image quality produced as a result of PSSR’s upscaling while utilizing fewer resources. Moore’s Law is Dead also outlines that Sony is focused on eliminating visual bugs and glitches that exist within the upscaler with this update.
The jump from PSSR to PSSR 2 is described as being quite huge. It is said that this new version of the technology is separate from AMD’s work on FSR 4, bringing a more bespoke solution from the collaboration between AMD and Sony.
