PSSR 2 Hands-On: The PS5 Pro Is Now the Best, Most Piecemeal Console You Can Buy

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Gizmodo may earn an affiliate commission. Thanks to a single software update, the PlayStation 5 Pro is now a much better console than it was at launch in 2024. How much better will depend on the games you’re playing, whether those games support the latest software, and if you can spot infinitesimal variations in visual quality. Since 2020, we’ve been hoping to find a current-generation console that makes good on Sony and Xbox’s original promise of playing games at 4K and 60 fps with ray tracing enabled. The glory of real-time lighting simulations always seemed just out of our grasp. The PS5 Pro promised more horsepower to achieve high-fidelity graphics and smooth responsiveness. It just wasn’t the huge graphics uplift that made it worth spending even more money. After Sony hiked the price in 2025, the PS5 Pro now costs $750. That’s without the additional $80 disc drive. The aging PS5 hardware was never going to be enough on its own. Sony’s rejuvenated PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR), which we’ll refer to as PSSR 2, manages to enhance visual