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well, PES 2008 - Wii v. is very famous here!

this kind of games is mostly about gameplay than graphics, also the new way of PES controls are great + it's sales are quite good!



Wii console: 0595 8808 5698 2709
Super Smash Bros Brawl: 1161 1357 5188

Mario Kart Wii: 1633 4506 4319

PES 2008: 1633 5820 0347

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Ajax said:
BengaBenga said:
Ajax:

You're using the wrong example. Sure a lot of hardcore PES players will stay with PS.
But: the majority of PES players are casual, like the Madden players in the States. They want to play PES, no matter the console. If they then also hear that the best version is on Wii AND that Wii is at least € 150,- cheaper, the choice is easy.

but the best version is not on the Wii? who says that the Wii has the best version of Pro Evo 2008? and like I said, they want also other games on their consoles, most of the guys playing football also play Call of Duty, GTA and Gran Turismo rather than Zelda, Mario and Smash Bros..


Well, I say so for one. And the reviewers do as well.... FIND ONE REVIEWER THAT CLAIMS THE "BEST" VERSION IS ON ANOTHER CONSOLE... Here's the links for your research :)

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/wii/proevolutionsoccer2008

Playstation 3: Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (2008) 74
Konami

Xbox 360: Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (2008) 78
Konami

Wii: Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (2008) 83
Konami



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the day I go to the main 'Pro Evo pub' in my town and I see al those guys playing Pro Evo tournaments on the Wii, is the day that Nintendomination has become dangerously big and a danger to world peace lol



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PES 08 Wii is tracking about PSP version in sales so i don't get how that is great? I thought that only software that could sell on PSP are GTA and MHFP series......



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Ajax said:
the day I go to the main 'Pro Evo pub' in my town and I see al those guys playing Pro Evo tournaments on the Wii, is the day that Nintendomination has become dangerously big and a danger to world peace lol

I'd imagine that seeing Wii's in Pubs is an inevitability, so it wouldn't be out of place to see some of those Wii's running one of the best ways to play one of the biggest European franchises. 

 

Also, I'd like to point out that 5 weeks in to it's European sales, PE 08 Wii has sold twice what Fifa 08 Wii had in the same time period, will be overtaking the earlier releasing PSP version relatively soon and is currently selling at almost the same rate as the 360/PS3 versions.



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This first "new" version (PES Wii) don't will be million sellers. For sure it outsold Fifa08.

For new version (PES 2009) the sales will change if:
-lunch date aligned with PS3 and X360 (late autumn)
-support for up for 4 offline players (2vs2)
(the 4 players support it's a delicate question because "4 drawers" in the same field should be complicate to manage...)

An other thing, here in Europe (in Italy for sure) Konami made a poll for have "feedback from Wii players" on this PES 08.



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darthdevidem01 said:
dunno...but in EU there is a thing that Football is best on Playstation..

I have met many people with that frame of mind..

I have a friend who brought PS3 for PES 08 & fifa 08..

Ah, but if word of mouth (and seeing the games in action) suggests that the Wii is the best platform for soccer control, then I think a lot of people will revise their thinking.



Dallinor said:
I just don't see the demographic who purchase Pro Evolution Soccer being as interested in the Wii as say the PS3 or 360.

There are also a few disadvantages to the Wii.

1. It doesn't support 4 players. (The importance of this cannot be overstated.)

2. It has a new control scheme. To the semi casuals who have played football games for the past 10 years on a dualshock controller or the past 6 years on a Xbox controller, are better reviews really going to be enough to entice them to change platform?

A large section of the Pro Evolution fanbase have already purchased a next gen console, at this late stage it's my belief that the Wii can only hope to rope in gamers still using their PS2.

3. If internet forums are anything to go by, Graphics do seem to be an issue for football gamers.

In my personal experience as a European, I could definetly see Pro Evo sales for the Wii increasing (PS2 gamers upgrade to a Wii, people watching reviews closely change platform for the next installment) but as for it becoming the standard console for football gaming?

Not a chance.

1. Wanna make a bet that 2009 supports 4 players?

2. That's WHY it's great! It is the "evolution" of footie and perhaps football controls. Sure some will cling to the past, some always do.

3. Internet forums are only a small percentage of gamers. And you said most footie player were casual, you think they scour the net to check graphics vs gameplay forums? I'm sure casual gamers do just that.... 

Not a chance? You sound like every analyst that said in October of '06 that the Wii would never account for more than 15% of the gaming market.  



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Dallinor said:
next gen console

Welcome to 2006?