Pro Evolution Soccer Loses UEFA Champions League

So what, EA gets another license? What license does that leave out of their hands? They have Star Wars, FIFA, NBA, NFL, if they get UEFA then...MLB I guess is the only one left they dont have.

Well PES is done.

PES will probably have to become a ‘budget’ release moving forward (£30-35).

@get2sammyb They'll see the license and just snap it up. Imagine a FIFA AND UEFA game each year. Boy.

Oh, they dont have WWE yet. Or NBA. Give it time though...

Maybe they are saving their money for a stand alone exclusive on the World Cup?

@get2sammyb There is no hope for humanity at this point.

If a license ever goes up for sale, it'll be touted in their E3 shows. Guess we need to wait and see...

Wow, PES is going to have to pull something dramatic out for PES 2019 now I think. I reckon they need to refine the gameplay slightly (it's as good, if not better than FIFA to be fair) and then just give cart blanche to the user with regards editing. I mean a seriously, seriously top notch editor for all things from players faces to kits, logos, stadiums, competitions everything.

The license issues surrounding the game don't actually mean that much IF the game is better. Licenses can be and always have been sorted out on PES with option files etc. The problem is, these option files are still limited to what the editing suite allows. Generic faces still look crap on PES for example. The scanned faces are amazing, so I'd be happy with a totally unlicenced game but with the ability to import player faces, because the community can handle any kits etc.

I feel unnerved every time I see Wayne Rooney’s face rendered in polygons.

I also still think the best football game is the Japanese ISS from the SNES with the excitable commentator. Probably because it’s quite arcadey and, you know, fun.

PES has been dead since FIFA came out on ps3 lol

I own the latest PES and it is a very good game in the actual football sense, but its lack of production values do neuter it badly in the eyes of the general populous.

As mentioned above, the community is fantastic and I have everything to hand in terms of official logos for tourneys and teams, however this is going to hurt them bad.

I do not think it really matters you never played PES because it had the champions league.

Pes 18 is the best pes yet - including all the old games. At the right difficulty its outstanding.

Everyone saying Pes isnt like the old ones hasnt played 2018. Its a true return to form and unlike fifa you wont have fifa street skills dismantling your perfectly crafted defensive set up as its more realistic. There are still dribbles but they are more grounded. That said there are still legacy issues especially when an unorchestrated thing happens on the pitch and your player wont change but this happened in Pes 3/4/5 on ps2 also.

Losing the Eufa license will affect pes as its nice to have a proper competition during the master league. Im a bit disappointed to be honest.

I still think overall PES is better than FIFA. If only they had the budget to get all the official licences for jerseys and stadiums.

Pes 18 was far better to play than fifa 18 this year. No idea what ea are doing with some of the mechanics. Especially the penalties. I ended up deleting pes around about November and haven't played since but it definitely was the better game. I don't plan on buying either this year.

To be honest I don't think this is that much of a big deal, after all people that buy PES don't exactly do so because of it's licenses. Even though I buy FIFA every year, the fact that PES exists is a good thing as it stops EA from resting on their laurels.

Since I prefer PES over FIFA in terms of mechanics and gameplay, I hope they can find another focus for PES. Perhaps they can do something fictional instead, and not use licensed teams at all. I don't play soccer games for the so called authenticity. So this does not affect me either way.

I don't think this will make a massive difference other than to make PES cheaper to develop as it wont have to fork out for extortionate licences for the CL. PES was hardly blessed with stellar licences to start with after all. Granted many (myself included) tend to buy fifa for the whole glossy product rather than the licences, but the core PES fans buy it for the gameplay itself

All PES has to do is make the editing options more intensive so a good option file would be just as good as FIFA. I've never cared about official tournaments in the games as the good people who produce the option files create these. Save your money Konami! Don't worry about the Europa League while your about it, let the option file people have a vast editing tool and release the game to them about a month earlier than retail.

Konami balls up, don't they realise as themselves a primarily gambling focused company that FIFA and EA have a giant gambling racket pulling in literally hundreds of millions on complete and utter digital guff by flogging digital FUT cards. Welp

I have been lifelong PES fan, played the first iss on ps1 onwards. PES 5 might be the best footie game ever!! Have to say I thought fifa 18 really closed the gap this year for quality of footie. Hope konami put some more effort into developing PES.

Konami will announce Europa League now, lol.

I'm FIFA all the way but the best outcome for consumers would be if all football games were given equal license rights to all clubs and competitions. The competition in the market would push studios to compete on quality instead of quantity.