According to a new report from Insider Gaming, which recently revealed the PS5 Pro’s technical sheet, Sony may introduce a special “PS5 Pro Enhanced” label to clearly identify games by taking full advantage of the system’s advanced features. The idea of an “Advanced” badge dates back to the PS4 Pro era. Games optimized for this mid-gen upgrade are marked “PS4 Pro Enhanced” on their boxes.
As a reminder, this tag indicated improvements like higher resolutions or smoother refresh rates on 4K TVs compared to base versions of the PS4. Sony was later preparing a similar labeling system internally called “Trinity Enhanced”. But to get this PS5 Pro Enhanced status, Games will need to meet certain performance criteria.
What do we know about Sony’s “PS5 Pro Enhanced” label?
First of all, the report shows that: “Qualifying PS5 Pro Enhanced games must deliver gameplay”constant at 60 frames per second“. Although most current PS5 games offer 60fps performance modes, graphics are often throttled compared to the visually richer 30fps modes.
But the demands of PS5 Pro Enhanced do not end there. Games also need to be rendered in 4K definition. Thanks to the restructuring and upgrade techniques, the famous PSSR technology and “ Add or enhance ray tracing effects » compared to their counterparts running on the standard PS5.
Additionally, the PS5 Pro Enhanced badge could also mean higher resolution or frame rate than the base versions of the PS5. With such a tag, it will be much easier to determine at first glance which games are really optimized for this Pro version.
Although unconfirmed, these strict benchmarks for the PS5 Pro Enhanced are in line with the significant performance increases announced for the system itself. Leaks report the following improvements:45% faster rendering4x more efficient ray tracing and even much faster memory.
