Ubisoft says AC Shadows on PS5 Pro rivals high end PCs!

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2025/04/ps5-pro-version-of-assassins-creed-shadows-rivals-ultra-high-end-pcs-says-ubisoft

A new version of Assassin’s Creed Shadows is available to download now, which makes huge improvements to the excellent open worlder when played on a PS5 Pro.

As part of an enormous and thoroughly informative PS Blog post, Ubisoft technology director Pierre Fortin said that he believes the game on Sony’s supercharged system is now the “ultimate console experience” and one that “rivals ultra-high-end PC gaming”.

Considering an ultra-high-end PC could cost you many thousands of dollars, it really helps put the PS5 Pro’s price tag into perspective.

So, what’s improved? Well, in addition to adding ray-traced reflections to the game’s 40fps Balanced Mode, it also incorporates PSSR across the board.

For those who don’t know, PSSR is Sony’s proprietary AI-based upscaler, which takes a lower resolution image and reproduces it in 4K.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows originally shipped with temporal anti-aliasing (TAA) on the PS5 Pro, but the team always believed PSSR would offer a superior experience.

“We reached out to Sony for further collaboration,” Fortin explained.

“Sony worked closely with us, providing updated model parameters that were needed to perfect our implementation in the latest PS5 Pro firmware, which was just released.

“When compared to TAA, PSSR brings a more stable image with notably less shimmering artefacts, that brings up the image quality.”

Wowza, good news for us PS5 Pro owners. I don’t own the game yet, but I can tell you that the PS5 Pro has been great. Just tried out Space Marines 2 yesterday and it looks fantastic. So I’m happy with it. Do you have the PS5 Pro, SW? Are you open to getting one?

It probably does, DSOgaming has already showcased how borked the PC release is.

@SolidGame_basic: Trying your best to justify your $1000 console purchase after spending $500 on the first one. 😂

Sony: Got em. 😏

Well, in addition to adding ray-traced reflections to the game’s 40fps Balanced Mode, it also incorporates PSSRa cross the board.

"Balanced" mode running at 40 fps....lol. Good lord so glad I ditched consoles.

Why do you say "Wowza" all the time?

Happy for my brothers and sisters on PS5 Pro! 😀

PC still superior though 😁

I'm pretty sure a big part of rivaling PC would be the ability to push those graphics at 60FPS or above.

And let me tell you, once you get used to using a high refresh rate display with a high frame rate, 60FPS does not even feel that amazing anymore

He's tryna get with the kids

Oh boy!

DF said otherwise.

Sure, it has some RT features, but it sacrifices a lot to get there.........and runs at 40fps.

"Rivals" is going a lot of heavy lifting.

More like "if you limit the PC version to a very specific set of parameters"

@R4gn4r0k said:

@davillain said:

Why do you say "Wowza" all the time?

He's tryna get with the kids

I think that is a swell idea, fellow kid! A real hip idea.

As I said in the similar Switch 2 thread. Most PCs are nowhere near as modern and up to date as people may want to believe. Pretty sure a PS5 Pro is more powerful than the majority of gaming PCs.

You don't need a high end rig to play League of Legends.

oh definitely. but PC provides the opportunity to have the best experience with no compromises. but yea, you need to pay a premium to get that.

They said that? I've reason to believe Vince from ShamWow is running Ubisoft now.

I just care that it's more convenient for me than a high end PC.

@mrbojangles25 said:

@R4gn4r0k said:

@davillain said:

Why do you say "Wowza" all the time?

He's tryna get with the kids

I think that is a swell idea, fellow kid! A real hip idea.

And here I thought he was a fan of Inspector Gadget cause he always says Wowza all the time😅

Runs at 900-1080p in performance mode without RT reflections and PSSR causes it to drop below 60fps.

What kind of high-end PCs? Ones from 2018?

@R4gn4r0k: @davillain: 😂😂😂 He cracks me up whenever he writes that dumb horseshit...

@Juub1990: Hey man...he gotta justify his purchase somehow...has to highlight one game, when how many games don't even have a Pro enhancement? 😂

How?

All he did was post news and provided a link backing the news.

@ermacness: Start by reading the OP.🙃

Is Sony secretly sponsoring Ubisoft for claiming nonsense like that? The only way the PS5 Pro version could rival a high end PC version is if the latter is very poorly optimized. A high end PC is 3000+ USD and should of course blow the PS5 Pro out of the water.

Will Ubisoft also claim that an Audi R8 rivals a F1 car?

I did

@davillain said:

@mrbojangles25 said:

@R4gn4r0k said:

@davillain said:

Why do you say "Wowza" all the time?

He's tryna get with the kids

I think that is a swell idea, fellow kid! A real hip idea.

And here I thought he was a fan of Inspector Gadget cause he always says Wowza all the time😅

Wowza’s just Wowza.

Not to be confused with "yowza"

@mrbojangles25: may have to add that to my repertoire 😄

@SolidGame_basic: I hope one day Sony pays you for your 💩 adverts 🤣🤣🤣

You keep repeating the same illogical message, what people have has nothing to do with hardware that is available... low end, midrange and high end are tiers not a median calculation of what people have bought,

As for MODERN?...

Consoles are based on RDNA2 which is 2020 hardware, the Switch 2?... Based on Ampere which is 2020.

The fact is PC is being held to a extreme standard while consoles are not.

So its okay for Nintendo to release a mobile ampere console slower than anything available on PC from ampere but a PC with a RTX 3060 which is 4x stronger than it which is also based on ampere just isn't modern enough?

The Pro is shaping up to be a nice little box for the money... for now. I have a feeling the effect of the tariffs will give it less value by the time GTA 6 rolls around

DF says PSSR provides

• a big improvement in image stability
• less temporal breakup
• less aliasing
• resolving fine distant details

I wouldn't drink something called Pssr's choice

I don't actually believe any ps5 pro owner is happy with their purchase. It's web speak...

@girlusocrazy said:

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DF says PSSR provides

• a big improvement in image stability
• less temporal breakup
• less aliasing
• resolving fine distant details

• Particles have more ghosting with PSSR
• PSSR results in a softer image, but with less artifacts
• In comparable performance mode shots PSSR drops internal resolution from 1080p to 864p in performance mode
• Framerate is considerably worse on performance mode with PSSR. On the scenes they show it's constantly in the 50s or lower while TAAU is generally a near locked 60.
• Similar story with Balanced mode, PSSR typically drops below the 40fps target.
• Due to this PSSR is recommended for VRR screens. TAAU for non-VRR.

Not sure if the PSSR recommendation should be there for VRR screens running Balanced mode, VRR range is 48hz on ps5?

For non memery takes, PSSR gets better with every update pretty much, dno if Ubi is using the latest version?

Ubisoft said it,so it must be true. They know more than anyone here

Here are a bunch of people who love theirs! Let me guess, you will say “fake news”, but then believe anything that a particular YouTuber says about games 😂

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sony-playstation-5-pro-console-white/6601524.p?skuId=6601524#tabbed-customerreviews

Still working hard to justify that $1,000 price tag.😂

Sony: Got em again.😎

^ Got 'em 😎

Hook, line, boat and sinker. 😂

^ triggered 😎

I am really thinking of trading my PS5 for the Pro.

And again. 😂 $1,500 later 🤣

^ destroyed 🤩

I keep getting bites on stale bait.🤭

But surely you can't resist trying some Pssrman's Mustard? Fix yourself something good to eat when watching these meltdowns!

@girlusocrazy: Sqrtr's mustard? Nah I haven't heard of it? I get mine straight from Dijon, France.

I also get my beer from Germany: