Tuesday, August 5th, 2008...6:41 pm...by Jared
Even a blind Konami finds a nut once in a while
I have been thoroughly conditioned for Konami to continually make mistakes in the marketing of Winning Eleven…oops, I mean, Pro Evolution Soccer here in North America. From getting the MLS license, but releasing a game only with the MLS (no real international teams, no other club teams) and using a year-old game engine to not releasing multiple version of Winning Eleven in the States. When they finally released the game stateside, they would release it on the old MLS game release schedule (February/March), even though it is usually released in Japan (and Europe) in August. For example, the last game in the series, Pro Evolution Soccer 2008, was released in late October in Europe, but wasn’t released here until March.
But now, we don’t have to deal with that stupidity anymore. From the press release:
GOOOOOALLLL! Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., today announced it will release Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 in North America for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, and PC DVD-ROM. Slated for a fall 2008 release Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 combines the attention to detail that has been the series’ hallmark with extensive new additions that are certain to cement the franchise’s reputation as the world’s definitive soccer title for any format.
More news on the title will be released at the Leipzig Games conference. We’re hoping that the rumors of online multiplayer mode are true. If so, FIFA 09 will have a real sales competitor this year.
1 Comment
August 30th, 2008 at 9:21 am
I am new to PES, and am trying to figure everything out. Will PES 2009 have the MLS in the standard game? And what about the U.S. national team? I was shocked when I saw these fake names for the U.S. team. Why dont they have the real players for the U.S., and why is there no MLS?
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