PS5 Pro Patch for The Last of Us 2 Remastered Already Available Now

Why would they give out a PS5 pro up-date to the base PS5, seems a bit redundant don't it?

@Oram77 It also includes fixes and updates the base PS5 can use.

@Oram77 It also fixes other things, and it's an update for the entire game. Just how this works, the game itself will detect what system it is running on.

Okay but seriously guys/gals and everything in between, I love TLoU but how long are we going to spend George Lucasing these games? Ok maybe that's not quite the correct comparison but like, they look fine, they play fine... let it go.

On which platforms?

@LiamCroft @get2sammyb Don't worry both I've got my PS5 pro on pre order, so I'm looking forward to replaying through my catalog on it, starting with Stellar Blade!

Does this patch fix the story?

@Fishnpeas 4 years later and still this, nothing better to do huh?

I think we have already been upscaling from 1440p to 4K, using either FSR or checker board rendering. On PC DLSS as well.

This is not a miracle it’s a slightly better upscaler than what we have now and Sonys own one called PSSR.
Anyone would think this is new and a miracle , it’s been going for years.

I’m currently playing dead space remake, at 60fps it’s about 1080p upscales to 4K using EA frostbite engine. This is nothing that new.

Even your top end TVs have great upscalers in them. I know my Sony X95L does to the point you can hardly tell the difference in most circumstances in most games.

Considering the potential additional volume of patches that need to go out before 7th Nov, its not that surprising they have already started.

Also journalists etc who are provided early machines for articles / analysis need the patches up and running early too.

@Fishnpeas this comment is pretty tired, my dude.

@Yusuo @Yusuo I spent £70 on it, yes I am very bitter, such is my right to be over a faulty purchase.

@AgentGuapo My wallets anguish will never tire.

@Fishnpeas 70 four years ago… if the story didn’t work for you time to let it go. Shoot I’ve spent more than that on a dinner I didn’t like before I don’t post on yelp about it four years later.

Nice. I managed to pick up the Part 1 remake, new, for £5 when my local GAME closed down (RIP physical media...), so I'll be jumping into that at some point. The £10 upgrade for Part II seems fair so I'll play through it again and check out the roguelike mode.

@OldGamer999
PSSR has impressed DF, and they have seen it running in person; and just looking at a few shots is enough to know that PSSR is more than 'slightly better' - just take a look at the improvements in the Last of us 2 and FF Rebirth.
We will also likely see improvement in PSSR as we move through the next couple of years as Sony continually improve it.

Current consoles (Pre PS5 Pro) can only use software based upscalers such as FSR, which are not in the same league as Hardware based DLSS or PSSR etc.
DF's take is that PS6 (and next XBox etc) will be very much reliant on hardware based upscaling (in Sonys case PSSR) as GPUs will not continue to see as large an increase in raw power between generations going forwards. We may not even see a big jump moving from PS5 Pro to PS6.

Also, I have a recent Sony TV (4k 120hz HDMI2.1), which has the upscaling tech included - it barely makes a difference when upscaling PS5. If anything turning it up too high tends to over sharpen the image slightly imo.
I can certainly tell a big difference on my TV if I swap between Graphics and performance modes - which i sometimes do out of interest even though i am 100% a 60fps gamer.
The TV upscaler seems to make a much better (and very much appreciated) job when used on poorer inputs / TV type signals such as HD channels.

@Fishnpeas 😂😂 £70 - it was £50 everywhere else

I'm just surprised that the PS5 is such an utter disaster and underperformed piece of hardware that Sony made. They hyped it up at the time to be so powerful. Also there have been not many PS5 only games in its lifespan (Even the limited PS5 games are unable to run at Ultra quality without sacrifices), its obvious the hardware is not what Sony made it out to be, and the PS5 Pro is what Sony should have done from the onset and they know this. Paying $800AUS for a PS5 console that cannot even run a game at quality 60fps is just embarrassing, no wonder Sony is fixing this with a PS5 Pro. And even then I heard Alan Wake with RT will still be only 30fps on PS5 Pro, what a joke.

@Rich33
I did mine own FF VII rebirth tests.
I stood still including in the DF photo and in different areas.
And switched from 30fps which is about native 4K and 60fps which is upscaled from 1080p.

And with my TV doing its thing I could hardly tell the difference apart from a slightly sharper picture being honest.

Now either I’m doing it all wrong or my Sony top end TV 65” correct viewing distance for 4K is upscaling that 1080p that is already upscaled and making nearly as good as the 30fps native 4K image.

I got no blur image like DF did and I would love to got to the DF studio and see how they got this blurred images.
Was they using a standard Monitor that has no upscaling of its own.
Was they moving around to create a blur.

If I could get an amazing difference with my little silly test then I would say so and be more excited for the PS5 Pro.

@Digit2021
Yes the Alan Wake 30fps RT footage was what made the biggest difference and looked really good and better than the 60fps PS5 Pro upgrade comparison.

The big but it’s only RT at 30fps.
This generation is a total technology duck up, with so many developers chasing so many different things and tricks and smoke and mirrors.

And Sony being smart have thought I know let’s release £700 console to sort of help some of this mess out and get our fans to pay for it.

I'd like the ability to walk in to a Games shop and request to see two screens side by side, one on base PS5 and one on Pro. So that i can actually see the difference in person, rather than through my phone where i see virtually no difference.
But with the death of such specialist shops i'm gonna wait on PS6 rather than spend £700 on something i cant see in person.
Maybe Currys could do it? My local one has a tech guy who likes to help.

@Shepherd_Tallon If you manage to leave it in its box for another 7 weeks I admire the restraint. I can't wait to download and start Dragon Age on the 7th. I'm just hoping it reviews well at this point.

16 days and counting.

@Shepherd_Tallon Understandable, I don't think I'll ever reach an age where I don't love this time of year.

Only a fool would not fear the 🥱 emoji from our moderation team.

Therefore, I would just like to state clearly, I also want the story patched.

Let's do a face swap with Joel and Abby. That would make everything fine and dandy.

I will hold out for the Free 10$ remaster of this patch.

I know everyone keeps saying " PS5Pro, so you can play all those games you played already, except prettier!"

I'm so far behind I haven't played any of the games they have showcased, TLOU1/2 included. So works well for me

@Fritz167, i kind of agree about the rampant sexism. The industry, i think, is aimed at single hetero males that are easily tittilated.
I don't know of any game actually with male gay characters, so pls tell me if you do.
It's business mate, they'll only target a demographic.

A friend of mine is considering getting into gaming. He only knows of the popular games like GTA, Fifa and Cod etc.
He's going for the Pro, i have highly suggested a nd hypnotised him in to playing TLOU.

@Michael2008ish What can I say, I highly doubt that single hetero males that are easily tittilated will like that there is so much lesbianism in Sony games, I don't see it being good business.

It's also true that I don't see the business in releasing a console at that price with limited improvements and no drive, we'll see if they get the hell out of it.

@LowDefAl
Thank you - im glad its not just me then.
(No sarcasm to you)

@Shepherd_Tallon
Unpack it and play it straight away.... you know you want to.... lol.

(I suppose it depends on how hectic your christmas is likely to be and whether you will get any time to actually enjoy it then!)

@Fritz167 Your being inconsistent.

@Michael2008ish @Fritz167
You are correct in saying that there are very few games where the protagonist is by canon a gay male.

Though there are games which allow you to choose as you please eg Rise of Ronin which just lets you romance any romanceable (male or female) character irrespective of what sex your character is - which is probably the best system as it allows anyone to be happy, and anyone who isnt is clearly bigotted - its not exactly true to life but thats fine - its a game.

Then you have the not as good systems such as Cyberpunk where you are limited to a very small number of romanceable characters, some of which are not represented well at all, leading to arguably poor choices if your character is gay male or maybe straight female.

However, having said all this, that doesn't mean that we should bemoan Sony for games like TLOU at this time. Its true that games companies in general need to have a long hard think about overall representation including getting away from certain stereotypes (and occasionally not being so ham fisted about it), but at least Sony have tried to represent the wider community in general, unlike others...

So did I dream that Part 1 would have a PS5 Pro patch too or what?

@Rich33, such a wider discussion is needed. But social responsibility is low down on corp needs.

Can't wait for the PlayStation 6 patch so I can run it in 8k at 120 frames

I see that there are still taboo subjects for certain people, we are supposed to be in the 21st century.

@Fishnpeas Dude if £70 is enough for you to still feel the financial strain 4 years on, I suggest gaming is far too expensive for you and you should probably get a better job.

@BiosNova nope, spent thousands on gaming since then, but I actually value the money because I worked for it.