Japanese giant revolutionizes football/soccer simulator game

For decades, the rivalry between PES and FIFA has marked the football/soccer simulation game industry. However, being losing market with each passing season, Konami – one of the biggest Japanese companies – decided to completely revolutionize the way of playing. That's because, for the first in its history, it will not be necessary to pay for the game. In fact, its name changed from PES to eFootball, in a clear demonstration of a “new life” for this emblematic game.

Have you ever imagined that you can play with the São Paulo Futebol Clube team online without having to pay for it? Now, this is one of the most important decisions for this new version of the old PES game. The goal is that various game modes can be tested completely free of charge. better this new eFootball can deliver.

According to recent information, if you want to upgrade to the paid version of this new game, the cost will be around 40 USD (very similar to what you will pay for the new FIFA 22). However, a little as it already happens with other great games like Fortnite, is not required to pay to continue playing this new game, all season long.

Japanese giant revolutionizes football/soccer simulator game

Japanese company admits losing many of its customers

In a totally unexpected decision, the Konami company itself has publicly admitted the possibility of losing many of its fans. In addition to having abdicated the name PES - emblematic name for any football “gamer” - the truth is that the physical version of this game has also disappeared completely. Adding to that, various game modes will be totally different.

With a strong inclination towards exclusive eSports tournaments, Konami intends, with this new game, to reach a wider audience, encompassing a major component of competitiveness and even community. Knowing perfectly well the success that its eternal rival FIFA is having in this eSports industry, the eFootball also intends to “attack” that market with unique tournaments and attractive game modes.

However, it is important to note that, due to copyright conditions, this Japanese company is unable to present many of the big international teams. This time you will have to play with teams that end up imitating the real ones. Undoubtedly, this aspect should also be considered, before deciding to try this new game from Konami.

What made PES lose to EA Sports' FIFA?

If we go back just 10 years, the truth is that the rivalry between PES and FIFA was huge. To the point that, for a long time, it was not known for sure which would be the market leader for football/soccer game simulators. However, due to a rapid transition to its online modes, the truth is that FIFA, for some years now, was able to stand out completely. So much so that Konami felt “obliged” to do something, as a way of fighting this total domination.

It should be noted that FIFA revolutionized the way of playing online against people from all over the world. For some reason, PES never managed to keep up, featuring game modes that weren't to the level of what his rival was presenting. The result is that more and more PES players were migrating to FIFA, as the latter's menus and game modes were vastly superior.

Therefore, it will now remain to wait to understand like this new eFootball could bring something new to a community that is very focused on FIFA. However, it is important to note that the game ofFIFA is far from not receiving harsh criticism from players. So, there could be a ray of hope for Konami to be able to recover some of its players after so many years.

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