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2007 · Konami · Association football · Simulation

Pro Evolution Soccer 2008

Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (or just PES 2008) is an association football video game in Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer series. It was officially announced on 18 June 2007 and is the sequel to PES 6.

Released
26 October 2007
Platforms
Nintendo DSPlayStation 2PlayStation 3PlayStation PortableWiiWindowsXbox 360
Genres
Association footballSimulationSports
Developers
Konami
Publishers
Konami
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Non-fiction
Country
Japan
Age ratings
ESRB EPEGI 3CERO AACB G

About

Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PES 2008), known as World Soccer: Winning Eleven 2008 in Asia and sometimes called World Soccer: Winning Eleven 11 (PS2) in North America, is an association football video game in the Pro Evolution Soccer series by Konami. The game was announced on 18 June 2007. e. 07, 08), which would seem that PES was a year behind FIFA (to non-fans which had no knowledge of the previous games of the franchise); it is also the first game to use the PES title for the American market, which previously used the Japanese name.

It was released for Windows, Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and Xbox 360. 37 million units worldwide. PES 2008 was succeeded by Pro Evolution Soccer 2009. This was the first game of the series to be released for the PS3 and Wii, as well as the first game in the series to be internationally available on a Nintendo home console.

Keywords

  • soccer
  • football

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Reception

The game sold 6.37 million units worldwide in 2007. Its sales were very close to rival FIFA 2008, which sold 6.55 million units in 2007.

The PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 releases of Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 each received a "Platinum" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 300,000 copies per version in the United Kingdom. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 sold approximately 104,654 copies since its debut in Japan. It debuted at #5 in the UK game charts before moving to #3 in the second week after a 34% increase in sales.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows26 October 2007Europe · Australia 21 November 2007
Xbox 36026 October 2007Europe · Korea 22 November 2007 · Japan 22 November 2007 · North America 11 March 2008 · Australia 8 November 2008
PlayStation 326 October 2007Europe · Japan 22 November 2007 · Asia 22 November 2007 · North America 11 March 2008 · Australia 8 November 2008

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