Pro Evolution Soccer

eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer
WE-PES logo used from PES 2009 until eFootball PES 2021 Season Update
Genre(s)Sports (association football)
Developer(s)Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo (1995–2005)
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. (2006–2013)
PES Productions (2014–2020)
Publisher(s)Konami
Platform(s)Android, GameCube, iOS, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation Portable, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Windows, Windows Phone 7, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
First releaseJ.League Jikkyou Winning Eleven
21 July 1995
Latest releaseeFootball PES 2021 Season Update
15 September 2020

eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer (eFootball PES), known as eFootball Winning Eleven (eFootball WE)[a] in Japan, was a series of association football simulation video games developed by Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. and published by Konami.

The series consists of eighteen main installments and several spin-offs, including the mobile game Pro Evolution Soccer Club Manager. Listed as one of the best-selling video game franchises, the series has sold 111 million copies worldwide, in addition to 400 million mobile downloads, December 2020.[1]

Pro Evolution Soccer was regarded as a rival to the EA Sports' FIFA series;[2] it has been described by The Guardian as the "greatest rivalry" in the history of sports video games.[3]

An esports league, eFootball.Open (previously named PES World Finals or PES League), has been held by Konami annually since 2010.

As the successor to the PES series, Konami released eFootball in 2021.


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  1. ^ "Digital Entertainment Business". Konami Holdings Corporation. December 2020. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  2. ^ "A league of their own: six of the best football video games". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
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