Pro Evolution Soccer (video game)

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Pro Evolution Soccer
Pro Evolution Soccer.jpg
PlayStation 2 cover art for the game
Developer(s) Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo
Publisher(s) Konami
Composer(s) Michiru Yamane
Norikazu Miura
Series Pro Evolution Soccer
Engine RenderWare
Platform(s) PlayStation 2, PlayStation
ReleasePlayStation 2
  • JP: March 15, 2001
  • EU: November 23, 2001
PlayStation
  • EU: February 15, 2002
Genre(s) Sports game
Mode(s) Single-player, Multiplayer

Pro Evolution Soccer, often abbreviated as PES and also known as World Soccer: Winning Eleven 5 in Japan, [1] is a football sports simulation video game released in 2001. It is the first installment of Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer series.

Contents

World Soccer: Winning Eleven 5 Final Evolution was also released in Japan after the release of Pro Evolution Soccer in Europe. [2] PES was succeeded by Pro Evolution Soccer 2 , which was released in 2002.

In-game content

In the English version of the game, Chris James and Terry Butcher provide commentary on the matches, [3] [4] while in the Japanese version the commentators are Jon Kabira and Katsuyoshi Shinto. [5]

Reception

Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating in the 0–100 range, calculated an average score of 93 out of 100 ("Universal acclaim/Must-Play") for the PlayStation 2 version. [7] Japanese gaming magazine Famicom Tsūshin scored both the original and J.League versions a score of 34 out of 40 (85 out of 100 for online version), [11] [12] while the Final Evolution version received a lower score (33 out of 40 printed, 83 out of 100 online), all on the same console version. [13]

According to Famicom Tsūshin, Winning Eleven 5 for the PlayStation 2 sold a total of 505,694 copies, the Final Evolution version sold 315,732 copies, while the J.League versions sold 77,225 copies by the end of 2001. [17] [18] [19] In Europe, the game grossed €21 million or $19,000,000(equivalent to $33,000,000 in 2023) in 2001. [20] In the United Kingdom, the PlayStation 2 version of Pro Evolution Soccer received a "Gold" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), [21] indicating sales of at least 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom. [22] Pro Evolution Soccer was the 26th best-selling game of 2001 in the United Kingdom. [23]

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