IGN - Can Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 reclaim its place back at the top?
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Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 was March's definite winner in the Greek market since, according to the GfK Hellas charts, managed to secure four places among the top 10!
Specifically, Konami's PES 2012 which has a huge fanbase in Greece, got the first, the third and the fourth place in the software sales chart with the versions for the PS3, the PS2 (!) and the PSP respectively. The PC version of the game was placed ninth.
The Greek software top10 provided by GfK Hellas for March goes as follows:
1. PES 2012 (PS3)
2. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (PS3)
3. PES 2012 (PS2)
4. PES 2012 (PSP)
5. Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (PS3)
6. Uncharted: Golden Abyss (PS Vita)
7. Mass Effect 3 (PC)
8. Modern Warfare 3 (PS3)
9. PES 2012 (PC)
10. God of War: Ghost of Sparta (PSP)
Is there no such thing as sales tax in Greece?
That aside, it's apparently you don't understand the situation there, anyway.
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They pretty much summed up the state of the series in the opening paragraphs:
"Every year it's the same old story: "This Time We'll Get It Right". The chest-puffing hype and expectation in the build-up, the familiar promises of glory, the wistful recollection of better days, only to be found out by better organised opposition.
And just like the England football team, PES maintains a loyal, loud following, determined to stick with it through thick and thin, unflinching in their passionate belief that one day it will reclaim its rightful place at the top. On its day, we all know it could happen. We know it has the potential. Scratch beneath this dogged veneer of conviction, though, and there's a grudging acceptance that in the cold light of day it has been left behind."
I was loyal and stuck by it when everyone was moving ship to FIFA because i knew Konami had the right intentions and idea of how the game should be played but just couldn't execute them. I always thought it was a matter of time before we had another PES 5/6. But now ive lost hope, they just haven't improved enough and it seems like they cant adjust to this generation.
Go with Fifa12 or even the latest Fifa World Cup.