PES Sells 7m Copies in 2009

Well, 6.96m copies in 9 months to be exact.

MCV reported on Konami’s profit drop year on year, but with it gave us some details on how the PES series is doing. Totally unsure how well the number is compared to previous years, but going off general performance in the industry, 7m copies is massive!

To put it into perspective, THQ were in serious financial pressure before UFC 2009 came out. 3.5m copies sold later, and they’re doing just fine.

And while PES has no doubt taken a battering from FIFA, you need to look at the bigger picture. Some people said I was in Konami PR mode when stating the sales figures of both EA and PES were incomparable due to overhead costs. Looking at it now months later, I’m hoping you start to understand what I mean. Taking in mind things like development costs, marketing costs, and even licenses, you feel Seabass & Co aren’t in such a bad place – even though many would like you to think otherwise.

With 3 years on the new systems under their belts, and a full year of fan feedback ringing in their ears, I’m extremely confident we’ll see them eclipse that figure comfortably in 2010.

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Posted by Kitana Media on February 5th, 2010 Tags: pes, pes 2009, pes 2010

PES FACE-OFF: BABEL vs DRENTHE

Ever wondered what real-life footballers are like when they are playing footy games? Here’s your answer as these two Dutch Masters go head to head. Its Babel vs Drenthe from a secret location!

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Posted by Suffwan on September 29th, 2009 Tags: babel, drenthe, pes 2009

Tournament Of The Almighty

Cheesy title? Affirmative, but thats what this epic tournament was named by 22 hardcore PES fans! The header is a pic from a video that a group of guys shot during a quite epic competition they organised.

Click here to see it!

It’s awesome to see this sort of thing going on still, and perhaps puts the negativity that the series has got in recent times into perspective.

Thanks to janus909 for the heads up!

P.S. Podcast out tomorrow, should be a little bit special ;)

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Posted by Kitana Media on September 15th, 2009 Tags: community video, pes 2009

OPM Late To The Party

Just received the latest Official PlayStation Magazine, released August 4th, and they have a few interesting articles on PES. The first is a preview of PES 2010, that quite frankly tells us nothing new at all. It reminds me of a miniaturized version of the PSM3 preview.

Secondly they have an interesting face-off between FIFA 09 & PES 2009, discussing how they stand against the test of time.

Other than that nothing new here – Gamescom it is then!

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Posted by Kitana Media on August 3rd, 2009 Tags: opm, pes 2009, pes 2010

More Comparison Screens From Videogameszone

After their sterling work with FIFA comparison pics, the guys at Videogameszone have served up another piece of retropective viewing with some comparision screens between PES 2009 and PES 2010. Check them out here.

Obviously, the new look is a massive bump in quality.

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Posted by Kitana Media on July 20th, 2009 Tags: comparison, pes 2009, pes 2010