IGN:PES on Wii is the true next gen PES

[elprincipe]

Zucas said:
Nah soccer games normally don't sell to well in America. I doubt PES 08 will be any different, unless it gets some mega advertising on its online part, cause Wii owners are always looking for the next online game. After Mario Strikers charged did well, maybe we converted some soccer fans who'll look to a real soccer game.

That soccer games don't sell well in the U.S. is a misconception.  Sure, they don't do Madden numbers, but they do pretty damn well.  For example:

FIFA 06

EA Sports

0.04

0.73

3.16

3.93

FIFA 07

EA Sports

0.03

0.67

3.07

3.77

As you can see, these last two FIFA games have sold 730,00 and 670,000 on PS2 alone in the U.S.  The 360 version did another 140,000 (FIFA 06) and 290,000 (FIFA 07).  These are not Europe numbers of course, but compare with NBA Live 07 or NHL 07:

NBA Live 07

EA Sports

0.02

1.03

0.00

1.05

NBA Live 07 (360) = 460,000 

NHL 07 (PS2) = 400,000

NHL 07 (360) = 250,000 

I'd say soccer games are good sellers, and what's more sales have increased every year (07 still will pass 06 most likely in the end).  Certainly they blow away hockey game sales and are approaching basketball games in popularity.