Konami is sceptical of the adoption rate of the next-generation consoles, and will focus on the current-gen development of Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 as a result.<\/p>\n
Konami marketing executive, Manorito Hosoda was questioned about the lack of PS4 and Xbox One announcements for PES 2014, and Hosoda explained that Konami “wants to make a good game” before jumping to next-gen consoles.<\/p>\n
“We’re not sure how quickly the uptake of the next generation will go”, Hosoda said.<\/p>\n
“The fan base is with the current gen, and before moving on we want to make a good game with the new engine.”<\/p>\n
Even though Konami\u2019s football game rival, EA’s FIFA is heading to Xbox One and PS4, Konami believes that the install base for current-gen is much more important at the moment than the next-gen, which will be extremely small at launch.<\/p>\n
“We’re kind of damned if we do and damned if we don’t,\u201d said Konami\u2019s Jon Murphy. \u201cI think we’re in a slightly different position [to FIFA], because we’ve been criticised in the past about producing a ‘next gen’ version when we weren’t ready”.<\/p>\n
During the emergence of the PS3 and Xbox 360, Konami struggled to port its current PES engine from PS2 and Xbox to the next-gen, and they don\u2019t want to encounter the same problems.<\/p>\n
“We can’t get away with producing a version that isn’t absolutely s***-hot on next generation.<\/p>\n
“I think we want to be confident when we do bring something out and not in a position where people are criticising us for producing a sloppy, second rate port. We’re going to produce something that puts us back to where we should be in terms of quality”.<\/p>\n
PES 2014 runs on Konami\u2019s Fox Engine, and is scheduled for a release in late 2013.<\/p>\n
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