Mark Cerny doesn’t post on X (or Twitter) very much, but when he drops by to tell us about his latest Platinum Trophy, it feels authentic.
This exchange with AMD’s Jack Huynh, however, reads like poorly disguised PR.
Alongside an image showing four different screenshots – with each game’s logo carefully overlaid in the corners – Cerny said he “just tried FSR upscaling 4.1 in a few PC games”.
He explained: “It’s based on the same neural network as the upgraded PSSR we released for PS5 Pro and it looks stunning! Wonderful working with Jack Huynh and the AMD team as we collaborate on AI graphics tech. Big win for Project Amethyst.”
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Project Amethyst is the joint collaboration between PlayStation and AMD which is informing the future of the former’s PSSR technology and the latter’s FSR upscaler.
It’s expected that the work being done here will eventually be incorporated into PS6.
Within five minutes, Huynh immediately responded to Cerny’s message.
He said: “Thanks so much, Mark Cerny! Thrilled to see AMD FSR Upscaling 4.1 delivering stunning results in PC games, built on the same neural network foundation as the upgraded PSSR for PS5 Pro. Project Amethyst has been an absolute pleasure and a true co-engineering success with you and the PlayStation team. Grateful for the partnership, onward to more graphics breakthroughs!”
This reads like total marketing to us, perhaps in response to Nvidia’s recent DLSS 5 blunder.
The way the messages are so carefully written, to acknowledge both FSR and PSSR, gives us the impression that the pair published these in order to remind everyone about Project Amethyst.
To be fair, the collaboration does look like it’s been a success so far.
AMD had a lot of work to do to catch up to DLSS, but it’s largely closed the gap with the latest versions of its FSR upscaler. Similarly, PSSR 2 has been getting rave reviews so far, and has helped the PS5 Pro sell out more recently.
All of this bodes well for the PS6, of course, which is expected to use the very latest version of PlayStation and AMD’s technology.