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In an interview published in PSM3 Magazine, PES creator Shingo “Seabass” Takatsuka has revealed the recently released PES 2008 did not meet his standards and a delayed release was considered.
“We never wanted to release PES 2008 in this state on PS3,” said Seabass. “In fact, we thought about delaying it but different factors meant we had to [release it].”
The PlayStation 3 version of PES 2008 is plagued with problems, including horrific slow-down and game-breaking slowdown during online matches – problems Seabass puts down to being overstretched by multi-platform development.
“It’s so far away from what we wanted. As a developer, we’ve worked the same way since the days of SNES. We’re simply not set up for multi-platform development,” he apologetically explained.
Despite problems and a general feeling of disappointment with the PS3 game, Seabass is confident that future iterations will be vastly improved.
“Look at the way the PS2 version panned out from the first to the last game. We’re well on course to follow suit on PS3,” he said. “PES 2009 is in development, but after hearing the criticism, we’ll be taking it back to the drawing board. It might not be next year, but it will be soon.”
You can read more about the problems with PES 2008 elsewhere on VideoGamer.com.
