Moore: PES Team not to be trifled with

EA Sports boss Peter Moore has said he and the FIFA development team still view Konami’s PES Team as a force to be reckoned with, despite FIFA’s dominance in recent years.

“Our FIFA dev team certainly never thinks of them as being in the rear view mirror,” Moore told MCV. “Seabass [PES exec producer Shingo Takatsuka] and the team in Japan are an excellent outfit and they were a really strong leader in this space just four or five years ago, so they’re not a team to be trifled with. We take the competition seriously, we enjoy it and they make our job a lot more fun.”

Moore also insisted that FIFA’s position at the top won’t lead to complacency.

“This year, the last time I looked, we were, I think maybe seven or eight Metacritic points ahead of them, which is pleasing, but no, there’s no question of relaxing or feeling comfortable – that’s just not in our nature.”

While FIFA 11 is, in our opinion, easily the better of this year’s football titles, the game doesn’t offer any one major improvement over FIFA 10. Meanwhile, PES 2011 has at least made a big step in the right direction, but another leap will be needed if the gap in quality is to be closed next year. Moore’s comments suggest EA won’t be giving up its crown easily.