Kotaku
To say that I don't care for soccer would be an understatement. Seeing screenshots of FIFA makes me sleepy. Even hearing the words Winning Eleven makes me nod off quicker than a good armful of heroin, but apparently Europeans like this sport and like playing "footie" on their consoles.
It was considered quite a coup for Microsoft when they announced they'd wrapped up the next-gen rights to both FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer (nee Winning Eleven). Unfortunately for MS, their Euro soccer reign may be shorter lived than they'd like us to believe.
According to PES producer Shingo Takatsuka:
The presentation was misleading. We never said exclusive for one year on the next-gen platforms. We said this year. We were agreed that it was this year.
It seems that no PS3 Konami footballing in '06 is just a product of development time, not an infusion of cash.
Konami Calls Foul on Microsoft [1UP]
Xbox 360 Owns Football, or FIFA07 and PES6 to Sony Denied [Kotaku]
