Well seeing what you are typing here and being unknown by the job Asim did it makes perfect sense about some of the reactions here. Asim DID those official PES channel posts, He was in charge of all those official pieces to set them up correctly.
This was his full role at Konami. He worked around the clock to make that all more accessible for us with more info pieces than before and promotions like the 50 years Konami Promo he was very proud of setting up for example.
The worst part about that job is you need certain communication with the studio itself as they are the ones making the game but sometimes its just so hard to do that, so lets say, he promotes a piece through officialpes. Or makes sure this nice promo is out or website showcasing the features they receive for next years game. And something is incorrect with it..... On that position you would also want clear communication with the studio.
Him also using the info on his personal account to give the info was a mistake for him as people will look to him AS PES.
He will be the one people would shit on, which is absolutely ridiculous. Lets say for dynamic time. That is part of all the info they have to spread over PES website / Social channels etc in a nice way. And then suddenly Konami can't finish that thing or finds out something is wrong with that addition. People ask YOU as a Brand manager why thats not in the game? or why they ''lied''? And you need a clear answer to give to people, so you inquire to the home studio, to japan as of what the next steps are into telling what happened. They don't respond, but you get shit on in your role as you are the public person and you need constant damage control. In one direction you get shit on by community / fans. In the other way you feel like you don't get enough support from the studio. That is a constant uphill struggle and battle.
Chuny said above here that we wont miss Asim as it was coming from his mouth this dynamic time thingy.
But if someone else worked in that role... Then it would come of that persons mouth. With or without him it wouldnt make any difference. The person on that role would put the info out they receive from the devs and they would be the ones getting shit on.
There are people on the internet believe that it is all Adam Bhatti his fault (when he was on that role basically) as a forefront person or Asim's fault now that ''the game is shit''
But in truth, you are not attacking the person who can do anything about it. You are attacking a scapegoat.
I see this happen with some other game studio's and PR people and its just so mentally challenging to be in that role.
And then add this extreme low effort in communication in the studio itself and japanese culture. Feels like a hellhole sometimes to me.
From what I recall yeah, Not sure if they ever went through with that though.
I'm really curious to see how quickly this medieval studio will transition with a new guy doing as good as a Job as Asim. It might hinder us getting lots of great news pieces as in my opinion, for PES2019 the amount of news / gameplay / promotions etc we have received was way more then we normally have gotten a few years ago.