PES global sales shoot past 70 million

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 4 August, 2011

Konami reports solid figures.

Worldwide sales of Pro Evolution Soccer have shot past the 70 million sales barrier, Konami has announced.

As it prepares to launch the next game in the series, PES 2012, Konami said the football franchise continues to "uphold strong repeat sales".

The Japanese publisher saw a 3.3 per cent increase in revenue during the first three months of its 2012 financial year to 54,915 million yen (£423m). Profit for the quarter was 4,043 million yen (£31m) – up a whopping 220 per cent.

Konami will release PES 2012, Neverdead and Silent Hill Downpour in the coming months.

It plans to launch PlayStation Vita and Wii U games, too. "Amidst such a backdrop, our belief is that we can increase the number of outlets for Konami game content through the appearance of new devices by developing our business around the content," it said in its financial statement.

"We will propose ways of playing games that match the characteristics of each device."

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Comments (9) Latest comment 10 months ago

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  • xypha09 #1 10 months ago

    Football games on vita could be quite special, if they can pull off amazing visuals and great physics similar to PS3 & 360. Imagine being able to draw player runs on the back touch pad.

  • Master09 #2 10 months ago

    Never understand why people hate on COD yet PES has gone down in quality yet sales remain strong.

    At least COD hasn't down in quality, just not added much new.

    My last PES was 2008, ever since I have played the demos and they have disappointed. This game needs to be built from ground up.

  • LionheartDJH #3 10 months ago

    @Master09, cos COD is incredibly popular and it seems cool to hate on it. I would argue that the quality of the single player campagins has dropped since COD4, but the multiplayer has continued to improve.

    As for PES it's not declining in quality, it had its low point with 2008/2009, 2010 was pretty decent and started to turn things around, and PES2011 is actually really good IMO. Not up to the standard of the best of the best (PES4/5) of course, but still a solid foundation for 2012 to build on. However I too am a little surprised that PES continues to sell quite well, given how much headway FIFA has made over the past few years, becoming the football game of choice for many (not without good reason in fairness, it's undoubtedly a great game and a superior online experience). Guess us ardent fans make up more numbers than I thought!

  • HL706 #4 10 months ago

    PES has been a bit 'meh' since the brilliant PES3 imo. PES6 was the last one I enjoyed (didn't like 4/5 much) and 2007 was the last I bought.

    FIFA was brilliant from 08 - 10 but 11 was a bit 'meh'. With both games declining I'm a little worried I'm not going to have an annual football fix this year :o

    Come on Konami, make PES2012 awesome again!

  • HandOfBeadle #5 10 months ago

    There is a huge difference between CoD and PES. CoD is becoming more and more lowbrow, aiming more and more for the lowest common denominator, overtly and proudly milking the cash cow rather than at least trying to give the impression that it is trying to improve. PES by contrast is very much a hardcore title, working hard even during its darkest hours to add depth and improve the football genre, whether it's by having player traits that make a significant difference, adding manager team talks and post-match analysis for BaL, making sure that dribbling sticks to the laws of physics rather than just being a stick wiggling free-for-all, or the extremely deep formation and tactics setup they currently have.

  • dudeluvspussy #6 10 months ago

    PES is dead to me after last years horror show. Shit online, faux 360 control, rubbish licences and the same hammy animations. PES for me is like my first love. I thought it would be forever, but she started to piss me off by not taking care of herself, eventually I left her for her hot pal. He's totally rad at FIFA

  • vijay_UK #7 10 months ago

    @Master09, 10:03:

    Spot on. I would say PES has sucked since PES2007 onwards and shows no sign of improving.

  • steagz #8 10 months ago

    vijay_uk have you not read the pes 12 preview? shows no sign of improveing are you on drugs mate go and read the preview.
    u sound like a typical fifa fanboy to me

  • Ant1975 #9 10 months ago

    70 million people ripped off. Including me. :(