PES 2013 Developer Believes FIFA Is No Longer Focused on Gameplay

The rivalry between football simulations FIFA, from EA Sports, and Pro Evolution Soccer, from Konami, is well known and one leader of the PES team believes that the rivals are now targeting different audiences in order to expand their appeal.

John Murphy, the leader of the Pro Evolution Soccer team working in Great Britain, has told the Official PlayStation Magazine that, “We always focused on gameplay and that’s what we want to get back to. Maybe EA thinks they’ve gone far enough with gameplay and they’ve got other things to do – maybe they want to attract a different kind of audience with different features.”

He added, “But I’ve always thought it’s right that we should be concentrating really hard on the way you play a game against someone else, and that unique PES feeling, which is all about gameplay.”

Konami has already revealed that it sees Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 marking a return to the roots of the franchise, with a focus on how gamers can control the ball and get past opposing players and into a good position to deliver a goal.

The developers are also promising a smarter Artificial Intelligence, designed to keep the entire team in sync and allow gamers to better enjoy the football experience.

Meanwhile for FIFA 13, EA Sports is planning to introduce more “error” to its video game, making sure that the perfect passes and shots that unknown players were able to execute in last year’s installment are gone and more realism is linked to the title.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 will be launched on the PC, the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 on October 2 of this year.

FIFA 13 is also coming to the same platforms and is expected to arrive on 25 September in North America and three days later in Europe.

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