The Last of Us Part II Remastered: One single PS5 Pro mode at 4K60, PSSR-upscaled from 1440p. On original PS5, only offered native 4K30 or 1440p60. It’s clearly far sharper than 1440p60 (the grass!) and far smoother than 4K30. Some slight details in the original native 4K30 arguably look better.

The PS5 Pro is coming, and Sony continues to promise that it's a "big deal," and now, it has its dev teams saying so too.

Check out our comprehensive list of upcoming PS5 games and release dates coming to PlayStation consoles in 2025.

Back in March, Nixxes’ PC conversion of Horizon Forbidden West provided a gorgeous and silky smooth experience for those lucky enough to own one of the best gaming laptops. The porting specialists then followed that up in May with the best PS5 port I’ve ever seen in Ghost of Tsushima.

PlayStation's most powerful and most expensive console ever. Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow gets hands on and tests the games he's already played on the prior generation. (Source: Bloomberg)

When the PlayStation 5 launched, fans expected a higher level of fidelity in games. The previous generation already pushed visuals to near Pixar-like quality and many expected that this could be the console where visuals would move up another notch thanks to ray-tracing.