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Winning Eleven 8 kicks off one million

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sharkman

Reserve Team
Konami's PlayStation 2 soccer game sells a million copies on its first day of release in Japan.
TOKYO--Konami announced that its latest installment in the World Soccer Winning Eleven series, World Soccer Winning Eleven 8, sold a million copies on the first day of its release in Japan on August 5. Konami aims to sell 1.5 million copies of the PlayStation 2 game in Japan within the year, a first for the series. Since the first release in 1995, the popular soccer series has marked accumulated sales of 16 million worldwide. Today's announcement means that the World Soccer Winning Eleven series has sold a million copies for three installments in a row. The previous game, Winning Eleven 7, took three weeks to hit the same milestone


http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/08/06/news_6104286.html
 
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V-9

Senior Squad
And I bet a million or more have the game through other means..

If Konami wants to sell more copies in Europe, invest the money on getting more official licenses like the EPL, Bundesliga and Ligue Une along side with La Liga, Serie A and Eriedivisie.
 
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Tashan

Club Supporter
Originally posted by V-9
And I bet a million or more have the game through other means..

If Konami wants to sell more copies in Europe, invest the money on getting more official licenses like the EPL, Bundesliga and Ligue Une along side with La Liga, Serie A and Eriedivisie.
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Yeah everyone i know who buys fifa insted of pro evo or winning eleven says they would by winning eleven insted of fiffa if it was offical
 
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TristanAbbott7

Starting XI
So Konami sold 1 million on the first day but are aiming for a year total of 1.5 million!!!

Personally I'd set my hopes a little higher. That's like me saying, I can run a mile in 4 minutes and I'm hoping with training that I can run 2 miles in 180 minutes!!!

I don't think Konami realize just how many more copies of their series they'd sell if they went for a worldwide release of the series like EA do with FIFA (cough, spit.... vomit!).

Waiting for up to three months to play the game in Europe is pushing people's patience a little far and waiting over 6 months in the USA (where the majority of homes have broadband connections) is like getting the fox to guard the henhouse!

Wise up Konami, you could double or triple your sales if you do things correctly.
 
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V-9

Senior Squad
Originally posted by TristanAbbott7
So Konami sold 1 million on the first day but are aiming for a year total of 1.5 million!!!

Personally I'd set my hopes a little higher. That's like me saying, I can run a mile in 4 minutes and I'm hoping with training that I can run 2 miles in 180 minutes!!!

I don't think Konami realize just how many more copies of their series they'd sell if they went for a worldwide release of the series like EA do with FIFA (cough, spit.... vomit!).

Waiting for up to three months to play the game in Europe is pushing people's patience a little far and waiting over 6 months in the USA (where the majority of homes have broadband connections) is like getting the fox to guard the henhouse!

Wise up Konami, you could double or triple your sales if you do things correctly.
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I know what you're saying Wolf. Konami should set one worldwide release date. Have it at the same time that PES4 will be released. That way, the transfers will be updated.
I think the official licenses has a lot to do with how well WE8 have sold in Japan. Imagine if they had put Beckham on the front cover. Man, that another 500K units more easily given how much the Japanese worship Beckham.
But Konami should definitely invest in the EPL license if anything else for PES4. Heck get the lower divisions in the UK as well. Imagine how well the game would be sold.
 
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TristanAbbott7

Starting XI
Yeah, exactly. Even though we're like 3,500+ miles away in the USA, EPL licenses would boost the sales of the game here massively. As nice as playing with some Dutch first division team I've never heard of is, I'd still rather have the correct uniforms, names, etc. for Manchester United and Arsenal!!!

Still, this is a good step forward for Konami. At least they've got 3 whole leagues licensed now. Hopefully next year they'll have all of them sorted. The EPL is definitely the big one though.
 
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fifa2004_00

Youth Team
yes i hope that konami can set one realese date for europa usa and japan

i'am waiting for pes4 because i don't have ps2
 
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Maxinator

Club Supporter
Well aparently Henry will be the face of PES4. Makes sence as he's a big PES fan. So Thierry, if your reading, leave out of that va-va-voom for Arsenal please :crazyboy:

But with him on the box, if they could get EPL, every single one of my friends would get it. Full Stop
 
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Torrie425

Senior Squad
Originally posted by TristanAbbott7
Yeah, exactly. Even though we're like 3,500+ miles away in the USA, EPL licenses would boost the sales of the game here massively. As nice as playing with some Dutch first division team I've never heard of is, I'd still rather have the correct uniforms, names, etc. for Manchester United and Arsenal!!!

Still, this is a good step forward for Konami. At least they've got 3 whole leagues licensed now. Hopefully next year they'll have all of them sorted. The EPL is definitely the big one though.
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hehe don't forget all the Dutch fans Tristan ;) I can't wait to play our league! And many more Dutch football fans will buy this game.
 
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sharkman

Reserve Team
Originally posted by Maxinator
Well aparently Henry will be the face of PES4. Makes sence as he's a big PES fan. So Thierry, if your reading, leave out of that va-va-voom for Arsenal please :crazyboy:

But with him on the box, if they could get EPL, every single one of my friends would get it. Full Stop
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Henry was on fifa2004
 
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WEWEWE

Youth Team
one thing for sure...
I'll buy PES4 when it comes out here...

although I have WE8 now by "other" mean..:mrpimp:

but anyway..yeah... I wanna support the company that do the right things every year...

at least I'd be making some jap friends happy..heheheh... filthy rich bas.tards..
 
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MichelChristian

Club Supporter
Correct me if im wrong but dont they have the rights for the 2004/2005 season in Italy, Holland and Spain in the upcoming release. PES4
 
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WEWEWE

Youth Team
they claim they do have those licenses but didn't indicate what season...

anyway.... I think ppl who buy football game based on the licenses are the very same ppl who buy computers built by Dell or so...

how stupid can u get?... in this forum alone, there are millions of posts about patches for PES3 for real leagues and such...
I'm pretty sure u can do the same thing for PES4...

if u play for the leagues but not the gameplay...y don't u just tape the "real" games and watch it over and over?

save ur money for something else..... that much money could save 3-4 kids in africa for 1 year ... waste money on fifa... :f***: :f***: :f***:
 
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MichelChristian

Club Supporter
I already do you dumb****!!! I sponsor one in Brazil and ive sponsored 5 more already!!! And dude it jsut seems stupid that youll be playing a game not out of date beause its old but brand new with features that licences sont match. Imagine watching Milan-Fiorentina on the weekend and wanting to play it on PES4 and the aint not Fiore!!! thats not FUN
 
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