Oh Dear, PES 2016's Euro 2016 Update Only Has 15 Licensed Teams

Bad news for all you Romaniacs

by Sam Brooke Mon 22nd Feb 2016

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After Konami's faffing around with some rather important transfer updates for PES 2016 last year, it promised that all owners would get the upcoming Euro 2016 DLC for free, instead of having to buy it. Still, our friends at Eurogamer have reported that Konami has announced that only 15 out of the 24 teams in Euro 2016 will actually be fully licensed, meaning that the Romania, Switzerland, Russia, Poland, Belgium, Republic of Ireland, Sweden, Austria, and Hungary international squads won't have the latest kits or fully-scanned player faces.

Fortunately, all other teams – including first-time qualifiers Iceland and current European champions Spain – will receive all of those benefits upon the DLC's release on 24th March, while a standalone version of the update will be available to buy exclusively on the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 from 21st April, for those of you who don't have the full game.

Are you angry at Konami for not getting the full licenses for the aforementioned teams, or are you indifferent about it? Rub it in how Man United lost to Danish minnows FC Midtjylland in the comments below. Really rub it in. [You're fired, Sam - Ed]

[source eurogamer.net]

1
get2sammyb
Mon 22nd Feb 2016

But why? I thought they were official UEFA sponsors? Why can't they get all the teams? It doesn't make sense...

2
ztpayne7
Mon 22nd Feb 2016

Because Konami.

3
Mergatro1d
Mon 22nd Feb 2016

I hope they PESify the unlicensed teams' names. So instead of Belgium you play as Flanders Red.

4
stevie85
Mon 22nd Feb 2016

@Mergatro1d I really laughed at that.

5
KAPADO
Mon 22nd Feb 2016

Woah Belgium and Russia being left out is huge.
What's the point of having the license but not fully implementing it?

6
dellyrascal
Mon 22nd Feb 2016

I have the feeling that since the FIFA fiasco with Brazilian player licenses, its spread further, with Europe unsurprisingly protecting itself. Plus Konami couldn't organize a P*** up in a brewery too.

As for the rubbing it in part.

Midtjylland were formed in 1999 from the joining of two sides and use a "moneyball" system to find players. Before that match with United, they won just once in the last ten AND had not played a competitive match for two months due to the winter break..... Sorry Ed!