Konami promises a “new strategic approach” to the new PES and to beat FIFA: licenses are key
A demo of the next game in the series has just been released and is available on PlayStation and Xbox.
Konami’s PES saga came to a halt this past season, with no new installment – just a template update – to catch up and stand up to FIFA , which has dominated the market for years. The Japanese publisher wants to fight again and that the fight of PES against FIFA is as equal as it was a few years ago. For that, they assure the IGN medium that they are working on a new strategy with the aim of tipping the balance in their favor .
Konami’s only announcements regarding the future of its football simulator have been regarding new license purchases. They have been made with the exclusivity of teams like Atalanta and Roma of Italian Serie A . They want to get away from what happened a few years ago, in which the series was popularized by the made-up names of its teams, leagues or players. Mythical Castolo.
Konami just released an open beta of their next soccer game“It is an intentional strategic approach, but it is only followed when both the club and Konami believe it provides a mutually beneficial arrangement,” says David Monk, Konami’s director of football licensing and activation, adding that “with any exclusive license the result This is usually an increase in the number of club fans who play eFootball PES , which is due to those fans gaining access to content that cannot be offered in other games. “
For now, we can already get an idea of what Konami will bring with its football saga, since they have published an open beta of their next installment . Of course, we do not know if it will be called PES or it will change its name, since the content is titled “New Football Game” and can now be played for a limited time on PlayStation and Xbox .
