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No Konami Code to help Resell Pro Evolution Soccer on PS3

Pro Evolution Soccer features a lock on your copy of PES08 to your console.

With sports games getting a new version every year, most tend to just go to GameStop with the last version and trade in for credit to help ease the cost on the new version, why Konami or Sony would try and stop that is really confusing.

HeartlesskizZ6021d ago

I dont get it. so PES08 can only be played in one console?

unrealchris6021d ago

don't computer games do this so what the big deal im surprise people purchase sports game early in a consoles life they all stink same crap every year
they should just make one game and continue updating with download able content

wageslave6020d ago

No they dont do this. The keys are recoverable.

Konami is selling you one key, for one user / console combination only.

Its practically criminal. I expect their to be lawsuits over this eventually. Right-first-sale issues come into play, there are laws preventing Firms from stopping you from selling what you rightfully own.

Totally in-line with Sony's behaviour though... no surprise really.

Lightning Mr Bubbles6020d ago (Edited 6020d ago )

They are basicly making sure you're stuck with the game once you buy it.

Crap? Is this game that bad they think everyone will just want to sell it right away? And also remember no demo till after the game was released. Weird

socomnick6020d ago

So sony and konami are not allowing you to borrow the game with a friend. So the game wont work on a friends console.

Snukadaman6020d ago

This is just plain ridiculous...every console owner should understand that when we buy a game we should be able too sell it after or when we want too..this just kills gamestop for selling used games anymore...but whats weird is why just the ps3....

wageslave6020d ago

No, not really. Sony filed a patent some time ago to do this. At the time, I remmeber people being surprised -- and the usual flaming and apologies from Sony fans.

It is Sony's intention -- based on this game testing the waters, and this patent -- to undermine the used game market by preventing re-sales.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsS...

Zor6020d ago

Hey wageslave, can you point on the doll where the bad PS3 touched you? :D

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Goodbye Youth - The End Of The PS2.

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.

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Jek_Porkins4124d ago

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.

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PES vs. FIFA detail comparison: 10 years of rivalry

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.

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Cheeky Gamer4958d ago

PS1/PS2 - PES by far
360/PS3 - FIFA by far

I can't see that changing until the next generation of consoles.

presto7174958d ago

Fifa 10 was good, but have you seen Fifa 11? NOt that much of a step up from 10. Pro Evo 2010 was not that good, but so far, what I've seen of Pro Evo 2011 blows anything and everything Fifa out of the water.

Pro Evo is back to reclaim the number 1 spot.

ad4mb4958d ago

just because pes has improved alot over pes 10 dont mean much, its still the same robotic game it has been for a while. and if you have played fifa 10 then moved to 11 its improved on a lot on what was already a great game.

Anderson84958d ago

agreed, pes11 is an improvement on last yr but it still lags way behind fifa at this point.. all the same issues that make it bad are still their

nix4958d ago

PES 11 is the Demon's Souls of soccer. and I LOVE IT!

Samus HD4958d ago

pes was good till 2011
it's a fail - they tried to change the gameplay for good but they ruined it

Cheeky Gamer4958d ago (Edited 4958d ago )

It's a shame that people such as yourself are still stuck in the dark days, clinging onto the hope that PES will be what it once was.

I was a huge fan of PES back in the day - as big as you could get, really - and I still believe that PES 5 and 6 are the best football games of all time. But I played the PES 2011 demo and deleted it after two games, because it's just horrible. Passing is decent, but that's about it; the player movement still borders on robotic, shooting is way too floaty and the presentation is mediocre.

If you really believe that the 'King' is back, then you must have a very short memory. PES this generation has absolutely nothing on the old games, nor does it have anything on FIFA this gen either; its rival is superior in almost every way.

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hennessey864958d ago

to its awsome best, therefore alot better than fifa arcade football 11

Jamaicangmr4958d ago (Edited 4958d ago )

It's actually a step down, they ruined the Fifa 10 formula and this is coming from a Fifa player. Am not a PES fan so i really don't know if the new one is good or not. My angle is the fact that EA messed up Fifa 11, i have spoken to many diehard fifa fans that feel the same way. Some are considering to just stick with 10 and see what 12 is like.

Cheeky Gamer4958d ago

FIFA 11 is superior to FIFA 10 in practically every way, without a doubt. I find it laughable that anyone could think any different.

FIFA 10 was a great game, but it had way too many flaws. FIFA 11 is a much more refined experience, and is all the better for it.

e-p-ayeaH4958d ago

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

ELite_Ghost4958d ago

pes2011 is much different from any next gen pes, this is really a huge improvement

AKA4958d ago

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

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Boomtown Editorial: Football Rivalries

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."

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