Soccer fans rejoice as EA is preparing to unveil the 2008 edition of the world's most popular sport.
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
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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."
looks like they are concentrating more on individual tactics...
i just hope that EA doesn't screw up like last time... but then that's EA!
im actually looking forward to PES. FIFA is not my type.
Personally, my all-time intro favorite still remains to be that one that opened up with Blur's Song 2 (FIFA World Cup 98???)...and oh yeah: the one with Chumbawamba's Tubthumping!
Ahh, good times, good times, indeed!
I dunno, but all of EA's footy offerings as of late, come across to me as stagnant and uninspiring.
PanixATK: I'm with you all the way regarding PES. I've never gotten deeply enough into it (only briefly once or twice at my brother-in-law's with the incomprehensible Japanese PS2 version).
But given what I've seen, heard, and my accessibility for actually being able to finally play it (i.e., PS3)...Pro Evolution is something I'm really, really, REALLY looking forward to.
I get a strong sense that I'm officially done with EA's monotonous, recycled interpretation.
Well at least the grass looks good....