Have doubts old version usage is reason for bad results. Imo main problem they dont test it and release it with worse quality than base ps5. Just drop pssr if it doesnt deliver in current version and run game with higher internal res (like Calisto protocol or Dying Light2) or give disable pssr switch like in gt7.
I remember the first Insomniac game was not great with PSSR because they had their own sharpening filter on top of PSSR filter. Problem is not all teams have time to do Image quality control and listen to players feedback. I mean it's also one thing to hear the complaints, but another to find an easy fix.
Is that really viable? It harms them and Sony not to even run the game and ensure it works. Sony are supposed to have TRCs as well and to test every game for basic functionality, unless they've dropped this requirement. Either they test it and get different results, or they test it and find it's no good but ship it anyway...because...it really makes zero sense. Or they patch their code and don't even run it once to ensure it runs, which is ludicrous, but makes more sense than seeing problems and ignoring them.
I mean in Silent Hill 2 pssr artefacts were literaly in first scene ;d Not sure whats the problem is here and why they are not bother to check if pssr improve image quality or its opposite. Maybe they just want marketing checkbox "our game supporting pssr" as its new thing.
Exactly. It's hard to imagine any other scenario than "we gotta get a PS5 Pro patch out which supports it's headlining feature to catch some of the hype and not be left out", so to speak.
Now you’re seeing the business lens of things. Sony didn’t put restrictions or demand levels of QA, so they are free to ship and call things enhanced. Anything to get more discovery and eyes onto their games.
It's the devs jobs to verify something works for their game if they implement it.
It works though! Very well I might add. Unfortunately, for some titles or engines, not always as good as the in-house solution.
They always have the control whether to implement it or not though. The fact remains that for whatever reason.. they implemented something, and immediately it was immediately apparent that it degraded the experience to players.. Which means it should have also been immediately apparent to the developers as well.. and yet it released.
They do understand completely, but they are incentivized to implement it. And you can only strike when the iron is hot, which is now. Because that is what Sony sold everyone on. That’s why you’re buying the console, because Sony told you that PSSR is the shit.
I don't think Sony has any say in how a dev ships a game. As long as it doesn't break the terms or has security issues, it can run horribly and there is nothing Sony will do about it. Cyberpunk was an exception because CDPR told people to request refunds and those went through Sony. The games are entirely the responsibility of the devs. Sony isn't a babysitter.
They absolutely do! It's their walled garden and they can place any requirements on any developer. Previous Sonys had extensive TRCs that your game had to manage without fault. This followed on from Nintendo's 'gold seal' to ensure mindless crap wasn't on their platform and a game on Nintendo was worth your money. Sony were selective of who could publish on their PlayStations, charged a significant entry cost which kept out the riffraff, and even penalised devs for patches back in the PS3 era - they charged for devs to patch, thereby making it more important to get it right first time, or then ensure patches wouldn't need further patches.
They absolutely do. All games patched and released go through certification each time.
The developers and publishers are told to make as much money as possible. They used the tools provided by Sony to
