near-entirety of the PS4's library, but the PS5 doesn't inherently upgrade these games like the new Xbox. Instead, specific games get patches to detect they're running on new hardware, and Sony first-party game take top priority on that front.
Ghost of Tsushima is the most notable of global critical praise, as is to be expected from developer Sucker Punch. Much like Sly Cooper and Infamous before it, Ghost of Tsushima adapts a popular gameplay formula with a distinct style that sets it apart from the pack. With the upgrade on PS5 and the recently released, players will have plenty of reason to return even if they've already finished the campaign.
The framerate wizards at Digital Foundry have put Ghost of Tsushima to the test across its PlayStation 4, PlayStation 4 Pro, and PlayStation 5 versions, fully demonstrating how much the current generation improves on what came before. While the PS4 Pro version of the game needed a 1080p mode in order to reliably get to its targeted 30 frames per second, the PS5 can brute force its way to a smooth 60fps at a higher 1800p resolution. Looking at the two versions running side by side, the difference is plain as day.
As noted in the report, Ghost of Tsushima accomplishes this remarkable feat seemingly without much extra work Sucker Punch developers. This is simply a PS4 Pro game that's aware of the PlayStation 5's extra horsepower. It's speculated that a few more tweaks to the game in a new patch could produce a smooth 4K experience, but that doesn't seem to be in the cards in the immediate future. Still, the version players on PlayStation 5 are playing right now is the type of upgrade that only PC players would have gotten in the past, and that bodes well for what PS5 owners can expect in the years to come.
The PlayStation family of consoles may not be as dedicated to backward compatibility as Microsoft's Xbox, but it's good to see sensible upgrades like Ghost of Tsushima's jump to 60fps in place. Sony has started releasing some first-party games on PC, and one wonders if the game's smooth transition into higher frame rates could hint at work being done by Sucker Punch for other platforms beyond the PS5. Of course, that's just speculation, but if there's a Ghost of Tsushima sequel brewing as well, a PC release of the original (likely running at an even higher frame rate) would be a smart move.
Ghost of Tsushima is available on PS5 and PS4.
Source: Digital Foundry
