CVG - Sports games often get short shrift at E3, lost in the ear-molesting maelstrom of shooters and actioners. But the transition from one generation to the next represents a crucial time for major sports games. By being better prepared for the last jump, EA was able to put critical as well as commercial distance between its FIFA series and Konami's PES. The Japanese game has struggled to recover ever since. So with another step change in power looming, what now? There's little point precisely rendering every blade of grass, given everyone plays with the camera zoomed out.
Games Asylum: "Outdated football games are a common sight when scouring jumble sales, car boots and charity shops for bargain price video games. Entire shelves filled with decade-old FIFA and PES games spread across a dozen formats. Often they end up in bargain bins, sitting alongside unwanted celebrity fitness DVDs and seemingly random TV show box sets. But here’s the thing. Not all football games gathering dust in the likes of Oxfam are in fact worthless."
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I really want to see how it will be on the next gen consoles. I'm getting the PS4 version.