PES superior in display, less in license

Resolving licensing issues in Pro Evolution Soccer 

Erizal Lugman

Pro Evolution Soccer provides more natural movement of players than the FIFA game series. 

Winning Eleven Cover in 1997,
source: www.gamerankings.com

Pro evolution Soccer also known as Winning Eleven, is a football game series published by Konami. Many football games lovers believe that PES has better display and players’ movements compared to other football games. However, PES had licensing issues and as a result, the teams, players and jerseys might have been inaccurate.     

The first edition of PES was released by Konami Computer Entertainment, Tokyo and that time was named the Winning Eleven. In 1995, the PES  was released in Japan and was compatible for Playstation.  

Since October 2001, Konami decided to change the title from Winning Eleven to Pro Evolution Soccer. It was released for Playstation and Playstation 2. In the beginning of the PES series, there were no official clubs’ licenses. PES 4th edition was the first series which used full league licenses such as English Premier League, German, Spanish and Italian. This was continued in PES 6th edition when more licenses were added including the full license of International kits. Moreover, in this 6th edition, the French ligue 1 has been also fully licensed.

PES 2013 main cover
source: winningelevenblog.com

Currently, Konami has released PES 2013 and this is the 12th edition. Whole features in this series have been improved including controlling the strength and accuracy of shooting and passing. The official Brazilian National League has been added in this series. Christian Ronaldo is used as the cover star to counter FIFA 13 which uses Lionel Messi featured on the front cover.  

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