This Year’s eFootball PES 2021 Will Release as an “Affordable” Update
Konami and developers PES Productions has announced that rather than release a full eFootball PES 2021 this year digitally or at retail, instead it will release as an update to the already existing PES 2020. Personally, as someone that loves to invest my time into Master League and MyClub, I think this is a great move, because it means that all our progress will carry on until at least 2021.
So rather than releasing PES 2021 as a full game this year, it will be released as a “season update” at an “affordable” price and will come with several bonuses. While those bonuses are not detailed here, recently in PES 2020 via the in-game message board, it informed players that a “Veteran’s Bonus” will be rewarded to players with this year’s next PES title, which we now know will be via an update.
The Veteran’s Bonus will be judged on the amount of Iconic Moment and Legend players you have, number of matches played via Matchday mode, as well as being a returning player. Depending on your in-game milestones, players will be rewarded with Special Agents. So I would assume that this would at least be part of the “several bonuses” mentioned in the PES 2021 update.
PES Productions also revealed in the statement that the next-gen version of PES aims to release next year, you can read the statement in full below. While we have no details on pricing or release dates, are you happy with this news? Let us know across our social media channels.
However, the sheer scale of everything we are aiming to achieve for our next-gen debut has made it necessary to pare back our efforts in other areas of development. As a result, we have made the decision to launch this year’s PES as a streamlined offering in the form of a “season update”. That being said, we are still extremely confident that this year’s game offers fans more than enough thrills to tide them over until our next-gen title is ready for launch.
As the industry stands at the precipice of an exciting new generation of consoles, we believe that now is the perfect time to share some of our plans for the future of the PES franchise with you.
To that end, we are excited to announce that we are hard at work on a next-generation football title that aims to truly embody our core concept of “The Pitch is Ours”.
This title is being developed with an updated engine that will enable us to dazzle you with staggering improvements to all areas of the game. Expect more realistic player models and animations, enhanced physics, photorealistic visuals, and much much more.
We recognize that many of you are enthusiastic for new MyClub and Master League content, and we are also excited to share that large updates are in the works for both of these modes
However, the sheer scale of everything we are aiming to achieve for our next-gen debut has made it necessary to pare back our efforts in other areas of development. As a result, we have made the decision to launch this year’s PES as a streamlined offering in the form of a “season update”. That being said, we are still extremely confident that this year’s game offers fans more than enough thrills to tide them over until our next-gen title is ready for launch.
This year also marks a quarter of a century since the very first PES title was released. To commemorate this important milestone, and more importantly, to show our gratitude to you, our loyal fans, we are pleased to announce that this year’s PES will launch at an affordable anniversary price and will also come with several bonuses.
Currently, we aim to begin testing of our next-gen title sometime in mid-2021, with an estimated release date later in the same year.
Until that time, we hope to see you back on the pitch in this year’s season update.
Look forward to more news regarding our next-gen project closer to release.
The PES Development Team