PS5 Pro Making Games Look Worse

When the more powerful PlayStation 5 Pro was announced in September, it sparked a lot of controversy. Its $700 price point, and the reality of how much (or little) it would actually improve games, were the two big points of contenti0n. Still, if it did make most games look and run better, Sony would be able to mostly come away victorious.

Alas, that’s not been the case. While a lot of games do look better, there have also been games, like Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Alan Wake II, and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, that looked worse after receiving fancy PS5 Pro patches. Some of this has been fixed already, but it does seem like devs are still figuring out how to use the Pro’s upscaling tech, and that’s leading to some of these issues. Hopefully, in a few months, we won’t see games looking worse on PS5 Pro. That doesn’t change that all of this has soured any potential excitement around the prospect of the Pro, and probably damaged the console’s already shaky public image forever.