Kotaku writes: "If there's one lesson I learned from Konami's super fun gaming day in NYC yesterday, it would have to be coming to the realization that playing a soccer video game is far more entertaining than watching a real one. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not hater by any means. I respect the sport, and I rarely ever diss its fans. But this is the only instance I can find where the video game equivalent is far more entertaining than the real thing. Is that because real soccer is just that boring? Or is it a testament to how good Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 is?"
The epic fight between the two soccer giants Pro Evolution Soccer and FIFA has been going on for over 10 years now. Cynamite takes a look at the scores from both games and shows, at which point PES overtook the FIFA series.
PS1/PS2 - PES by far
360/PS3 - FIFA by far
I can't see that changing until the next generation of consoles.
2000 - 2005 -> PES dominated since the PS1 days but then it came PES 2006 it was a major letdown
2006 - NOW -> Fifa started to show its quality on this current gen and it evolved year after year while PES was still way behind.
A shame that games like "This is football" just vanished during the PS2 days
pes2011 is much different from any next gen pes, this is really a huge improvement
Its funny to read or talk to the FIFA fanboy they cant accept the true and hate PES.
If you go to the FIFA forums they talk Bs. About pes and they hate it.
In the Pes forums they respect Fifa and many will be getting the two and we aré confidente that PES11 is better and the kind is back
With the current World Cup coverage all around the world, CoffeewithGames takes a look at the play-time data for some Wii soccer(or football) games.
CwG says about FIFA Soccer 10, "FIFA Soccer 10 was released on October 20, 2009, and the data was collected approximately 252 days after it released."
In another section CwG says, "FIFA Soccer 10 has 7,698 players reporting data."
CwG also shows the data for Mario Strikers Charged, Pro Evolution Soccer 2009, and FIFA Soccer 09 All-Play.
any of the games shown? If so, would you recommend them to others?
I have played Mario Strikers Charged and thought it was a lot of fun, reminded me A LOT of NHL Hitz.
Also, anybody that keeps up with soccer(or football) know if there is a "favored" team to win the World Cup out of the teams that are still in it?
Boomtown writes: "No rivalry in the world of gaming is fiercer than the one between competing football franchises. It almost mirrors the strength of feeling people have for their club. Crossing the divide to support another franchise is a relatively rare occurrence. There are two major derby matches in the football gaming calendar and they feature a bitter enmity which has built up over the last few years. The first is Pro Evolution versus FIFA and the second is Championship Manager versus Football Manager."
Obviously reviewed by a dumb ass American.
That's the only person on Earth that says that kind of crap about the greatest sport on planet earth.
Oh, BTW, no one likes American Football, or BaseBall.
They are crap. Please rename the Word Series to the American cup or something, as no one else in said world is in it.
this dudes a dumbass... he wouldnt see the emotion we get from watching Football (NOT SOCCER!!) Football ... i myself have never sat down to watch a NFL game so im not gonna knock it straight away, but by Kotakus logic NFL is a rip off of Rugby except you wear armour and helmet lolz
dumb stupid typical american
SOCCER IS THE GREATEST SPORT IN THE WORLD.PERIOD
go watch nfl,hocky,baseball or nba lol
I have a question,WHY DOES AMERICANS HATE SOCCER(AND HEY IT'S CALLED FOOTBALL,IT'S CALLED FOOTBALL CAUSE YOU ONLY ALLOWED YOUR FOOT 99%,IN NFL YOU CAN CATCH THE BALL AND RUN,????????? WHY YOU CALL IT FOOTBALL?
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Typical dumbass statement. I bet he enjoys the kind of FOOTBALL where players use more hands than legs. Thats why I don't trust football (real one) game reviews from American websites.
Oh, and watching cars go round and round in oval circuits for 200 laps isn't very exciting either.
Forza Inter! :)
Oh and not many intelligent people working for Kotaku so what do we expect?