7 Reasons EFootball 2022’s Launch Has Been A Disaster And Spells The End Of PES

7. An Extra Year Of Development

It has been two years since eFootball PES 2020, which, despite its problems, was a highly rated football title, with unrivalled gameplay. It might not have sold well, but for fans of the series it was still a really great game.

Konami made the big decision to not release a new game last year; the first time they had done this in over two decades. Instead, they released eFootball PES 2021 Season Update, which did exactly what it says. It was the same game as the previous year, but with updated teams and players for last season. This was done so the company could focus all their efforts for two years on their first title for the newest generation of consoles.

It was this that led to expectations of a really great football game this year, with most fans of the series happy to put up without a fully-fledged new PES game for one year if it meant they would get a big improvement for the new consoles.

However, the extra year has not helped Konami and left an even sourer taste for PES fans, knowing that this final product has taken two years to produce.