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The only way to beat Konami is the creation of servers for PES 2013 or 2021, like PES6 has it now.

I read somewhere that Konami stopped the project for new server for PES 2013, surely they will defend their interest in case a server for PES 2021 would appear.
 
What a pathetic even that was... the 30th anniversary of Winning Eleven, it's a big deal, and what do we get? A bunch of cards that'll become irrelevant in a year when the next update to eFootball comes around and that content is lost completely. How do we still not have Master League or other offline modes in this? Not even an editor for the badges and kits? It started with eFootball 2022 and we're going to eFootball 2026 soon, this makes no sense to me still.

Do we have any information on Konami's profits?

Is this model genuinely better than what we used to have? I don't buy it, the PES name, the Winning Eleven name, were a big deal, and eFootball started out in a genuinely pathetic manner back in 2021, it still looks poor graphically, most kits and badges are fake with no way to fix them, and it's still a title that most people seem to mock when it's brought up... was it actually a success for them in the long run? If not, why do they insist on it after all this time?
 
Hard capitalism isn't enough anymore. It requires a quality product to sell to the consumer.
Their new method is to make the lowest effort possible in the actual product,
& instead focus on marketing & manipulation of a new young generation of gamers.

For us, the loyal WE/PES enjoyer, they have lowkey told us for 5 years, "we don't want or need you here anymore."
The win/loss calculations have all been done.

The AI will replace 9-5 workers, making pretty picture cards & stat changes. It can simultaneously be the support platform,
AND send out bots in social media to gaslight any ciritism.

"wElCoME tO tHe nEw wOrLd oRdEr" - some greasy suit.

Enjoy it while you can suits. Because in reality, every action has an equal & opposite reaction.
 
Jeffafc said:
We're getting scarily close to 5 years without Master League, imagine telling someone that back in 2021
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With all respect, how can anyone be surprised about this? I am saying the same thing for the last 4 years: Konami LIED to us the fans, when they released PES 21 for 30€ (which was in fact just a patched PES 2020) because they were focusing on the next gen PES. But in reality their plan was always to release this sorry excuse for a football game and they just wanted to take money out of our pockets one last time.

Nothing Konami does since then should be a suprise to anyone.
 
There’s a video about the event on the main menu of the game that you watch to claim 1000 efootball points that shows the Twitter comments about no master league, that is a strange thing to show.
 
If the level of effort that went into this big grandiose 30th Anniversary they were promoting isn't indication enough, then just give up hoping now. They're like an ex wife, you loved them so much at one point in your life but they've changed & not the same person anymore.

We've just got to accept Konami doesnt take offline gaming seriously & it's not a priority of there's.
 
guorfan said:
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…and this about sums them up for me. It is blatantly obvious by now that ML is never returning, certainly not any time soon.

However, the utter contempt in the way in which they treat fans really irks me. They have pretty much disregarded the loyal fan base who have built the franchise up over the last 30 years.

At least have the decency to be transparent and communicate that you have no intention of delivering a game for offline players.
 
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Do they make so much money like this??

Kinda of hilarious seeing tournaments with player playing on the phone lolol
A franchise with so much history being dead like this....

Can you imagine a fully next gen pes???

I guess I will still continue playing efootball21 😕
 
Marlon Anthony said:
If the level of effort that went into this big grandiose 30th Anniversary they were promoting isn't indication enough, then just give up hoping now. They're like an ex wife, you loved them so much at one point in your life but they've changed & not the same person anymore.

We've just got to accept Konami doesnt take offline gaming seriously & it's not a priority of there's.
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When the first eFootball trailer dropped, it was obvious. When the first major update feature list dropped, it was obvious. When the second dropped, it was obvious. This isn't a football game. It's a cash machine.

Anybody still hoping for a Master League or similar at this point is simply insane.

This is from their first reveal, and nothing has changed since:

Chris Davies said:
I don't think there's much that can be said. Other than, genuinely - RIP PES.

I've bought you every year since I was a kid. You've been a part of my life for a very long time. You were the reason I joined this forum 18 years ago (now 22 years ago). You were the reason I came back every day. You were more than a guilty pleasure - more than a hobby, even. You were an obsession.

It is gut-wrenching in a very real way to see what they've done to you.

The one hope we had left, of a football game that tried to be a love-letter to the beautiful game, using all the power available to developers now... The reason why I bought next-gen hardware... The one hope I had.

Snuffed out like a candle, just like that - as they take your corpse, dress it in a unicorn suit and sell it to kids as a Fortnite substitute.

To the guys talking about the potential ML DLC and daring to hang onto a bit of hope - they say their focus is 1v1s in their own trailer, both "human v human" and tactically. Which is EXACTLY what FIFA are doing - they are copying every move they make - because that's what the kids want. No AI helping and "cheating".

Whatever they add to this will have online-focused AI, just like FIFA, and will be broken and awful to play vs the AI, just like FIFA is now.

If you want to play an ML, download PES 5 and do it - and don't look back.

How often have we said about PES in the past, "the king is back"?

The king is dead.
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Amen.

Even after four years, this crap still makes me aggressive out of love for our beloved football.


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The Konami event reminded me of Clows or a funeral.
Based purely on the information available, EA Konami is way ahead this time.

I'm not saying that EAFC26 will be great, but at least they're trying to create an offline simulation, which makes me curious but still not euphoric.
 
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