- Developers seemingly aren’t happy with DLSS 5.
- Most argue that it ruins the original artistical intent by ‘yassifying’ the image.
- Another report revealed that developers were kept in the dark about the technology and learnt about it alongside the public.
DLSS 5 has received so much kickback from the community that memes have now started to emerge outside of the tech community. Gamers have clearly shown apathy towards this new upscaling technology that does more than it was intended to.
Developers share the same sentiments, apparently. In fact, they had even harsher words for Nvidia than gamers did, calling out the tech giant for altering the intended art direction.
Why it matters: DLSS has become a far cry from what it was used for, now becoming more of an AI filter than an upscaler. This shift is certainly in the wrong direction, and Nvidia seems oblivious to that fact.
Kotaku spoke to multiple game developers about their thoughts on DLSS 5, and surprisingly, none of them seem excited about it. The publication talked to several developers, but here are the most notable answers they received.
DLSS 5 basically sucks the personality out of any artistic choice the devs have made by making average-out guesses of what it thinks things should look like. – Andi Santagata, Known former AAA developer and Indie game maker
On the other hand, Doinksoft’s tech lead had this to say:
Thank f***ing god I make 2D games.’ If I have to make a 3D game, I’m writing a software renderer, f**k NVIDIA, f**k these ghouls.
There are several more responses from developers, and one thing is for sure: they don’t want to see the original art’s intent ruined, which has been carefully crafted over the years to tell a story.
It does make sense why these developers are so fumed since most of them weren’t even aware of DLSS 5 and found out about it alongside the public. One artist is now even calling for Nvidia to shelf this technology, although that’s unlikely to happen.
This is so disrespectful to the intentional art direction of devs. If devs wanted to lean in to hyper realism they would. This also drastically changes key aspects of visuals like character features, focal points, lighting and so on. What a terrible invention. Nvidia should shelve this one 😭
— Karla Ortiz (@kortizart.bsky.social) 2026-03-16T21:21:28.479Z
CEO Jensen Huang responded to everyone’s criticism with ‘they’re wrong,’ dismissing the tech as Generative AI and instead said that it gives developers control over the results. However, they later confirmed that DLSS 5 does more than just neural rendering, contradicting their earlier claims.
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