The new FIFA's bear more resemblances to Football Kingdom and Perfect Striker than to the oldschool Winning Eleven/PES, actually.
To draw a parallel it's like compating SWOS to Kick Off 2/Goal: similar approach but diametrically different gameplay.
...unless you were referring to commercial competition alone, that's it.
I agree,especially in relation to fifa10 and FWC being of a very similiar mold and ilk to konamis very own iss/perfect striker series on the n64 and perfect striker3 on the ps2.
Ea have taken the solid formula of these old konami games and re-invented it for a new generation,which in my mind isnt such a bad thing because even to this day i still believe in many ways the iss/perfect series had a far superior nucleaus then pes,adhering to the principles of real football better without sacrificing what the end user could do with the players and ball or individuality.
Pes has always been a far cry from the freedom of control and movement you had in iss/perfect striker,with fifa over the course of the last three years just re-engineering what we had 14years ago on the n64 in iss albeit with better graphics,animation and presentation,being-360 movement,a user defined passing and shooting system,realistic animation,organic gameplay,analog control,before the football genre regressed pre ps2,opting for the limitations of the d-pad,8-axis movement and the automation of passing and shooting all those years ago.
Its no coincidence,history doesnt lie nor does the reality that ea have taken something konami created moulded it into something superior and are now reaping the rewards with there game only really needing improvements to replays,heading,a better player attribute system,additional balancing of the ai and the physicality system,more weight in the ball physics and feel in shooting.
Thats not to say konami are finished they have just got to up the anti and start competing with ea on both a technical and gameplay front again,the evidence is there in pes2011,they just have to make sure the AIs tuned right and all 22 players react naturally to the ball,theyve nailed free passing,animation,graphics and tactics from what i experienced at e3.
Pes2011 resembles ISS on the n64 more then it does pes on the ps2 now,and that in my book is a good thing for all of us.