“PES” and “FIFA” two football games can be described as the market leader, but just now Konami released a new football game “eFootball”, emphasizing free to play, full digital download, providing a fair and balanced game experience, and Landing on all platforms of computers, mobile phones and home consoles is a selling point. Will this new game impact the business model of sports games for many years?
“EFootball” was developed by the “PES” development team using Unreal Engine. In order to make the game display the most realistic actions of football players to the players’ eyes, the official said it uses a new technology called “Motion Matching” A series of actions of players on the court are instantly and accurately converted into animations, and all platforms that can play “eFootball” can enjoy the best visual effects.
In addition, the game hasn’t announced too many gameplay details. According to the official description, it is basically not much different from the traditional “PES”. As soon as the news came out, many players worried that because the game was launched for free, the game would eventually affect the strength of the players due to the amount of money drawn, and it would be difficult for free players to compete with the “class leader”.
By the way, after the game was released, the official renamed all “PES” related Youtube Channels to “eFootball”, which made many players speculate that “PES 2021” would become the last game, but according to the official explanation, “eFootball” “Is the sequel of “PES”, because this new work surpasses the old one, in order to welcome the new era, it was decided to directly change the brand name.
“EFootball” was launched on the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows 10, and Steam platforms in the world this fall. The iOS and Android versions are scheduled to be launched in the winter, achieving full platform login at the same time, Support cross-platform play.