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PS5 Pro Will ‘Hopefully’ Automatically Make Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Performance Mode Look Better Than Quality Mode Does Now, Dev Says - IGN

The developer of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is in talks with Sony over the game’s potential support for the upcoming PlayStation 5 Pro, but here's what you can expect by default.

www.ign.com

In an interview with IGN, Saber Interactive Chief Creative Officer Tim Willits said he's hopeful the PS5 Pro will improve Space Marine 2 by default via PSSR.

 

[Luipadre]

Not without a patch tho

 

[Camper182]

Not without a patch tho

Do you understand what "by default" means?

 

[vaibhavpisal]

"Hopefully" or confirmed??

 

[Bartski]

that's lazy AF and hard to believe after how successful it's been

 

[lh032]

"Hopefully" or confirmed??

at least it'll run and look better than the xbox version.

 

[Gaiff]

at least it'll run and look better than the xbox version.

Is this where we mock you for suggesting a $700 console in 2024 is more powerful than a $500 one from 2020?

 

[Bartski]

what the actual fuck

Willits said Saber has no plans right now for Space Marine 2 to join the PS5 Pro Enhanced list, but did confirm that the company's engineers are in talks with Sony to work out if it's something they want to support.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

This is one of the worst performing games on the PlayStation 5 - if not the worst performing (alongside final fantasy 16).

The fact that not only they're not working on a performance patch for the base PS5 but they don't even know if it's going to get a Pro enhancement is really something else...
Game sold like hot cakes, this shouldn't even be a discussion

 

[owandeseis]

This should be the case for every third party game using FSR and upscaling from a not too high internal resolution to be honest, i expect this to happen with Alan Wake 2, Cyberpunk in case it gets patched, Wukong, and many more.

Not so much with the first party titles as Sony almost never (or never?) uses FSR on their games.

 

[Luipadre]

Do you understand what "by default" means?

Yes? They cant use PSSR without a pro patch so it will still use fsr. Internal ress is going to be higher ofc so it will look better but that article mentioned PSSR which cant be used without an update

 

[balls of snow]

Probably all hands on deck for that KotoR remake. Management cracked the whip.

 

[TehGoomba7s]

I thought all games after July has to have mandatory pro support. Wasn't that a thing?

 

[ShakenG]

Im really looking forward to this so im hoping they dont half ass it. But that piece leaves a sour taste in my mouth. Hopefully PSSR can work some magic.

What is quality mode like? If they believe performance mode can look better than quality mode.. is that decent enough?

 

[panda-zebra]

We asked this non-technical guy what the thought the ps5 pro might do for space marine 2 and he said "how the fuck should I know, I'm a non-technical guy. But I hope it looks nice!"

 

[omegasc]

I thought all games after July has to have mandatory pro support. Wasn't that a thing?

It just means that they used the new sdk and passed all new tests. It does not mean that all games need to be "PS5 Pro Enhanced" outside of the usual boost due to the higher spec.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

How does he not know?
Don't they have dev kits?

 

[BlackTron]

How does he not know?
Don't they have dev kits?

Maybe because they asked the Chief Creative Officer. He said himself he's not a technical guy. He answered probably the same way people on this forum would, a reasonable take while having no idea what they are doing with it.

 

[saintjules]

what the actual fuck

If that's true then I should have waited when I got upgraded my card and got it for PC.

 

[saintjules]

I thought all games after July has to have mandatory pro support. Wasn't that a thing?

It was mentioned that all games released after September 16th need to be able to run on the hardware in terms of compatibility. Not necessarily to use the Pro enhancement features sadly.

Sony might have confirmed the PS5 Pro while it was busy celebrating

Is it a Sony mistake or a teaser?

www.theverge.com

 

[Bojji]

Yeah it won't do shit on it's own mr. developer. You have to implement it.

Pro boost mode will help games with dynamic resolutions and dynamic framerates but PSSR will not implement itself.

 

[BlackTron]

Yeah it won't do shit on it's own mr. developer. You have to implement it.

Pro boost mode will help games with dynamic resolutions and dynamic framerates but PSSR will not implement itself.

Pretty sure he meant that even if the team didn't do any other tweaks at all, Pro would still ("hopefully") result in an improvement just by switching on PSSR. No it doesn't happen automatically with an old game but compared to doing any actual work, it *does* implement itself.

 

[iamvin22]

This is one of the worst performing games on the PlayStation 5 - if not the worst performing (alongside final fantasy 16).

The fact that not only they're not working on a performance patch for the base PS5 but they don't even know if it's going to get a Pro enhancement is really something else...
Game sold like hot cakes, this shouldn't even be a discussion

They most likely don't have the dev kits yet. That's why he worded it the way he did.

 

[hemo memo]

Do you understand what "by default" means?

Do you understand what "hopefully" means?

 

[diffusionx]

at least it'll run and look better than the xbox version.

Pro Xbox came out in 2020, it's called the Series X.

 

[gatti-man]

I'd imagine they tie it in with some dlc they release. Space marine 2 seems like its team isn't very large and is being crushed/stunned by its massive success.

 

[Putonahappyface]

This is the first game I'm playing on the PRO, if they optimise it using PSSR.

 

[adamsapple]

at least it'll run and look better than the xbox version.

Hopefully it should. The base PS5 version is pretty bad by comparison, often 10~ or more FPS behind.

 

[Loomy]

hopefully automatically is not an implementation strategy lol