PES Picks Up Exclusive License to Serie A Side Atalanta

I think FIFA 22 may well end up being the first one I don't get! EA have gotten far to caught up in the FUT hype and the community is so toxic around that. Its not good for your health.

I'm sure EA are absolutely rattled at the news. Hell of a coup for Konami. Lol

I wonder if Konami just do this to slightly annoy EA

Obviously not game breaking news - but to me, at least it signals that they are active and trying to improve their situation.

Who knows if the new PES will feel "next-gen". I still remember the disappointment when booting up the first PS3 version of PES.

That being said - I do hope they try and carry over the in-year improvements they seem to be making via patches. PES is known for having a wide fluctuation between their demos all the way through the cycle until the next version is released. Just keep building on it!

If PES have had to deal with ‘East Ham’ and ‘Man Red’ for 20 years then EA can deal with faux-Atalanta. Although at least PES lets you download name, badge, kit and player packs.

As a person who plays both, in terms of actual gameplay PES is miles ahead of FIFA. The only reason I have FIFA is to play with casual friends who want to play with licenced teams. PES is just so much more fluid and the game is not so scripted like FIFA games. Plus the tactics in PES actual make a difference, FIFA they don't. They really put a lot of work into the PES games, way more than FIFA has these past 5 years.

So Sony can't get relevant licenses for the PES PlayStation version since they like things like timed-exclusives, content-exclusives and whatnot, why not fork out the cash for exclusive licences for the most popular leagues, it'd make their version sell. So we can leave FIFUT behind.

Even non Football/Soccer fans need to understand that releasing a broken shabby has everything else including singers and "i don't Know what" but not a real working engine basically just gimmicks (no man marking no changing of captains armband little detail E.A.)need to take note.
What sort of message is this corporation throwing out to games developers .....................release a (we just do not care anymore) half arsed game and watch the money roll in..................
Naughty Dog Sucker Punch please please make a Football/Soccer Game.................or better still give both Konami and E.A. the rights to the shirts faces stadiums team names..................Then lets see who makes the better Game this licencing monopoly has got to stop.

To the absolute delight of their 10 fans 👍

@LiamCroft Sorry to be 'that' guy but you know Crotone and Spezia are actual Serie A teams right? Napoli and Lazio are fully licensed in FIFA 21. The only two who aren't are Juve and Roma

@tomassi Napoli will be a different name in Fifa 22.

@nessisonett agreed. I think PES actually damage their own rep with deals like this. I’d rather they focused on game play and making the editing and downloading options more robust. No point having say “Leeds Utd” fully licensed but you have to play East Ham and East Midland blues.

I can’t see anyone even Leeds fans being happy with that

@MKD88 I couldn't agree more. If Konami make it simple to apply kits and icons from the creative community via USB then I'm onboard. Definitely interested to see what they do with the new engine and first current gen entry.

@Number09 Yeah I know, but we're talking about FIFA 21 in the article.

@TheArt What are you talking about its not even their IP?

@Flaming_Kaiser I'm talking about Sony helping them financially to secure important licences and making them exclusive in return.

@TheArt These soccer licences should not be stuck with one massive company anyway. But why do i even care its all about massive amounts of money. If the licences would be sold to multiple company then the best game would win.