Pro Evolution Soccer (video game)
2001 video game
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Pro Evolution Soccer, often abbreviated as PES and also known as World Soccer: Winning Eleven 5 (Japanese: ワールドサッカー: ウイニングイレブン 5, Hepburn: Wārudosakkā: Uininguirebun 5) in Japan,[1] is a football sports simulation video game released in 2001. It is the first installment of Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer series.
Norikazu Miura
| Pro Evolution Soccer | |
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PlayStation 2 cover art for the game | |
| Developer | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo |
| Publisher | Konami |
| Composers | Michiru Yamane Norikazu Miura |
| Series | Pro Evolution Soccer |
| Platforms | PlayStation 2, PlayStation |
| Release | PlayStation 2
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| Genre | Sports game |
| Modes | Single-player, Multiplayer |
World Soccer: Winning Eleven 5 Final Evolution was also released in Japan after the release of Pro Evolution Soccer in Europe.[2] PES was succeeded by Pro Evolution Soccer 2, which was released in 2002.
The cover of the Japanese version of the game featured Shunsuke Nakamura.[3]
In-game content
In the English version of the game, Chris James and Terry Butcher provide commentary on the matches,[4][5] while in the Japanese version the commentators are Jon Kabira and Katsuyoshi Shinto.[6]
Reception
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| GameRankings | 91.69/100[7] |
| Metacritic | 93/100[8] |
Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating in the 0–100 range, calculated an average score of 93 out of 100 ("Universal acclaim/Must-Play") for the PlayStation 2 version.[8] Japanese gaming magazine Famicom Tsūshin scored both the original and J.League versions a score of 34 out of 40 (85 out of 100 for online version),[12][13] while the Final Evolution version received a lower score (33 out of 40 printed, 83 out of 100 online), all on the same console version.[14]
According to Famicom Tsūshin, Winning Eleven 5 for the PlayStation 2 sold a total of 505,694 copies, the Final Evolution version sold 315,732 copies, while the J.League versions sold 77,225 copies by the end of 2001.[18][19][20] In Europe, the game grossed €21 million or $19,000,000 (equivalent to $35,000,000 in 2025) in 2001.[21] In the United Kingdom, the PlayStation 2 version of Pro Evolution Soccer received a "Gold" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA),[22] indicating sales of at least 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom.[23] Pro Evolution Soccer was the 26th best-selling game of 2001 in the United Kingdom.[24]