Your standard PS5 has another trick up its sleeve, and this one doesn’t involve finding room for a bigger console. Sony has confirmed a fresh batch of games supporting Quick Spectral Super Resolution, better known as QSSR, with Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 leading the charge through an update available now.
Insomniac says the upgrade improves image stability and sharpness in both Fidelity and Performance modes. That gives players two ways to revisit New York with the new upscaler, rather than tying the improvement to a single graphics setting.
The rest of the announcement comes with a little more waiting. Control Resonant’s update is due in December, while No Man’s Sky is set to add support over the next few weeks. ARC Raiders, The Finals and Hell Let Loose: Vietnam are also getting QSSR, although their developers haven’t supplied precise release dates in Sony’s announcement.
QSSR uses AI-guided upscaling and shares foundations with PS5 Pro’s PSSR technology. Sony’s aim is to produce cleaner edges, sharper detail and a steadier picture on the standard PS5. These remain developer claims, so we’ll leave the pixel-peeping verdict until the updates can be properly compared.
For anyone wondering whether their game should already look different, the timing matters. Spider-Man 2 is ready to go, but the wider six-game announcement isn’t a promise that every patch has landed today. Keep an eye on each game’s update notices before spending an evening squinting at a distant railing.
We picked up the announcement through VGC’s coverage and checked the rollout details against Sony’s official PlayStation Blog post. That distinction between available now and coming later is rather more useful than another acronym to remember.