Oooh, how jealous are we? Very. Etwasietsmet has let us know that a retailer in the Netherlands broke the PES 2008 street date a few days back and here is the proof - PES 2008 being un-boxed.
This Is My Joystick NEW Celebrity Games Columnist OJ Borg Laments The Death Of The PS2.
The power of the PS2 was the social aspect; that dragged Gamers in. Nowadays we don’t need to see, smell or entertain our friends as we have Xbox Live and the shabby PS3 online thing, but back then, we used to have to be in the same room to play these games. This wasn’t a new thing, but the games just made it all-encompassing.
Games like Tekken Tag Tournament were great for a night of lazy boozing and gaming. Track and Field with a Multi-Tap was where we would give different names to the competition, depending on who was there (“AAA” if it was the poorer player’s, right up to an Olympics once every four weeks). We even had a little drugs scandal, when we decided to ban the use of socks on fingers to help mash the buttons.
The PS2 was a once in a lifetime machine, but honestly I hadn't seen a new one available here in the states in almost 5 years. The news that they have ceased production worldwide is basically symbolic.
The epic fight between the two soccer giants Pro Evolution Soccer and FIFA has been going on for over 10 years now. Cynamite takes a look at the scores from both games and shows, at which point PES overtook the FIFA series.
PS1/PS2 - PES by far
360/PS3 - FIFA by far
I can't see that changing until the next generation of consoles.
2000 - 2005 -> PES dominated since the PS1 days but then it came PES 2006 it was a major letdown
2006 - NOW -> Fifa started to show its quality on this current gen and it evolved year after year while PES was still way behind.
A shame that games like "This is football" just vanished during the PS2 days
pes2011 is much different from any next gen pes, this is really a huge improvement
Its funny to read or talk to the FIFA fanboy they cant accept the true and hate PES.
If you go to the FIFA forums they talk Bs. About pes and they hate it.
In the Pes forums they respect Fifa and many will be getting the two and we aré confidente that PES11 is better and the kind is back
Boomtown writes: "No rivalry in the world of gaming is fiercer than the one between competing football franchises. It almost mirrors the strength of feeling people have for their club. Crossing the divide to support another franchise is a relatively rare occurrence. There are two major derby matches in the football gaming calendar and they feature a bitter enmity which has built up over the last few years. The first is Pro Evolution versus FIFA and the second is Championship Manager versus Football Manager."
it still astounds me that the rest of the world LOVES SOCCER and good ol USA can give a rats A$$ about your little sport
America also loves Nascar, Baseball and Basketball, three sports the rest of the world couldn't give two sh*ts about.
For the record, I'm not European, I'm Canadian and yes I know you Americans aren't to fond of Hockey but at least some countries in Europe share our love for the sport! :-)
aside from being envious of the dutch people. i have to say NBA is fun but baseball and the NFL put me to sleep(just an opinion).
long live football(soccer) and manUNTD.
a lot of hate going round i am an American but is my choice of sport so important? A side note i hate nascar its really boring. The guy who made the article may be a stupid person but that can be said in any country
Sam Fisher wow you completely showed them how wrong they were to say those things about Americans it really shows in the great example you put forth. Sarcasm speaks volumes in my opinion.
I can't stand it when one individual tries to make himself feel better about his likes and dislikes by trying to degrade someone elses. your opinion is fine but it doesn't change others. And that stupid thing about America being a House is just stupid