Shingo 'Seabass' Takatsuka Reveals PES/WE Future

[Korben_Dallas]

Two series stand out when it comes to soccer games: EA’s FIFA and Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer. Although EA Sports series offer better graphics and sound, all football fans all over the world will tell you that Konami’s franchise is much better than FIFA. The numbers speak for themselves. The first-day ship-out of PES 4 for PlayStation 2, already released in Europe, has already topped 1.5 million units surpassing FIFA 2005 in the UK charts once again. Oh, and we were forgetting that the game sold 1 million copies on its launch day in Japan.

This holiday season Xbox gamers will finally have the chance to enjoy what used to be a PlayStation exclusive. Developed by the legendary producer Shingo 'Seabass' Takatsuka at Konami Tokyo, Pro Evolution Soccer 4 for the Xbox will mark the first time the series will be playable online.

Speaking to a gathering of reporters during the recent European PES3 championship held in the South of France, Shingo 'Seabass' Takatsuka talked about the Xbox version of PES4 (Winning Eleven 8 in North America) the PS2 version and what his future plans for the series are.

When asked about the Xbox version of the game, Takatsuka-San said: "The Xbox and the PC are more powerful and we can implement new player motions and AI. However this time it's our first try, so we stuck to a conversion to see how it goes. But in the future we would like to try out the difference. As a team, we designed the game for PlayStation and PlayStation 2 from the first game onwards, so even though the hardware is better, it's still quite difficult to make it better than the original PS2 version."

But before you think Konami Tokyo simply developed a port of the PS2 version “Seabass” explains that: "This is why we put the online element in Xbox because there was more space. If you think of it like a glass of water, there's just more room on Xbox to add more so we decided online should be it."

When asked about the lack of online functionality of the PS2 version, Seabass responded: "Well, technically it was quite possible in terms of having PS2 online. However when you compare the two first parties' infrastructure towards online - meaning Xbox live vs. Sony's Online Network- everything is virtually there, with the game servers and services and we thought this was a better choice."

The limitations of the PS2 hardware as well as the infrastructure of the PlayStation Online service might have influenced in making the Xbox version of PES4 the only edition featuring online gameplay:

"In the PS2 service, we have to create our own game servers and that kind of thing so that's why we had to pass on this one [PES4]. However, we already have PES running in the studio on PS2 online. So we're waiting for Sony to construct a better infrastructure for PlayStation and also the users be hooked up on broadband. I'm pretty sure we're going to have [online] on PES5 for the PS2."

Next Generation Plans

But praising the Xbox superiority in terms of hardware and online infrastructure wasn’t the only thing Shingo Takatsuka had to say. He also talked about his future plans and what kind of innovations we can expect from his team in the next generation:

"We predict that we'll have many more motions, we have loads of motion capture data of movements that we want to implement but, quite frankly, in the current console, due to limitations, we can't put them in. So, you know, space is one thing. Which totally opens up our new gameplay because we'll get more variations of dribbling or passing. You will see, right away, that there's a difference because there's more movement in there. Also, AI. Right now the team members have to consider 'will the AI process in this machine.' We're really holding back ideas that we really want to implement. So, in the next gen games we won't have to hold back that little bit more. We'll be able to put in AI to make attacking smarter, or defending smarter."

If you didn’t have enough proofs of Xbox Live superiority over PlayStation Online, “Seabass” added the following comment when talking about the next generation: "Also, the obvious is online. Our team has loads of ideas for online but we can't do it because we're almost close to the limit for PS2. We don't know the specs yet, but we're hoping that the next gen will provide us with more space and more power so that we can do all this."

Fonte: TeamXBOX

PES5 para PS2 em princípio já terá online. Para PC ele não disse nada mas acho q ainda não houve anuncio oficial. Se tiverem links...

Espero que haja um PES como launch title para as consolas next-gen.

 

[FELiYCORA]

quem escreveu isso?

 

[Sadino]

PES5 on PS2 Online, PES6 on next-gen

by Tom Bramwell

Konami producer Shingo "Seabass" Takatsuka says he's "pretty sure" that Pro Evolution Soccer 5 will be on PS2 Online, speaking in an interview that appeared on Konami's official website this week.

The series producer also shed some light on the state of the PlayStation Portable version of Winning Eleven/Pro Evo, the team's expectations with regard to next-generation platforms, and the decision to include online play in the Xbox version, which is due out in Europe at the end of November.

Going online on PS2 would be "quite possible," Seabass says, however there were some things that put the developer off. "In the PS2 service, we have to create our own game servers and that kind of thing so that's why we had to pass on this one. However, we already have PES running in the studio on PS2 Online," he added. "So we're waiting for Sony to construct a better infrastructure for PlayStation and also the users be hooked up on broadband. I'm pretty sure we're going to have [online] in PES5 for the PS2."

Thinking even further ahead, Seabass described the current climate as "the end of the lifecycle for PlayStation 2," which has limited the team's planning to PES5. Beyond that though, "PES6, we're thinking of next-gen platforms so we're just constructing ideas about that." Seabass reckons that moving to next-gen will open the doors to including much more motion capture and AI data.

That's all theoretical for now though, as it seems are the team's plans for PlayStation Portable. When we saw Winning Eleven on Sony's games list in Japan, we were definitely excited. But it turns out there's not much to talk about yet. "We've no concrete specs for the PSP version that we could announce at this time," we're told. "We're not holding back the announcement, it's just that we're in the concept development stage to utilise what's best for the PSP handheld game."

Seabass did admit to some of his ideas for the PSP though, talking about the impact that LAN play could have, although 22 player games will probably have to wait for now, as "the team doesn't believe we can do this on PSP before doing it on a console," even if it's technically possible. There are other options though. "One of the points that I was thinking was, since it's portable, it doesn't have to be the action that's going on. You can take it wherever you like, and configure your Master League teams and that kind of thing. Then, when you go back to your house again, you can play the game. That was kind of the initial idea I had."

You can read the rest of the interview, in which Seabass touches on his Master League preferences, Japanese players' control preferences, and much more, on Konami's official website here.

Pro Evolution Soccer 4 was released on PS2 last Friday and is reviewed here. Xbox Live and PC versions are due out on November 26th.

Já tinha lido a notícia mas como é ainda muito à frente não postei, mas já que queres mais informação, então toma

 

[Korben_Dallas]

Tb não gosto de ficar hyped com cenas que só saiem daqui a anos mas achei que o pessoal que tem PS2 iria gostar de saber que o próximo PES deve ter online.

Alguém devia era ter perguntado ao gajo onde tão a porcaria das licenças

Qt à versão PSP o MP parece mesmo ser a parte mais emocionante mas para quantos jogos dará uma bateria?

Se desse para 4 gajos simultaneamente já não era mau

 

[Sadino]

Tb não gosto de ficar hyped com cenas que só saiem daqui a anos mas achei que o pessoal que tem PS2 iria gostar de saber que o próximo PES deve ter online.

Eles também disseram que o PES4 ia ter online, por isso pouca fé tenho :-/

 

[Sacripanta]

Mas tem que ter! Para pc.. TEM Q TEEEEEEEEEER

 

[apocalipsus]

Qt à versão PSP o MP parece mesmo ser a parte mais emocionante mas para quantos jogos dará uma bateria?

eu acho (MAS JA NAO TENHO A CERTEZA) que a psp dava para cerca de 10 horas a jogar e 3horas a ver filmes (ou ***** coisa assim ) MAS NAO TENHO A CERTEZA

 

[Korben_Dallas]

eu acho (MAS JA NAO TENHO A CERTEZA) que a psp dava para cerca de 10 horas a jogar e 3horas a ver filmes (ou ***** coisa assim ) MAS NAO TENHO A CERTEZA

Acho que estás desactualizado... a duração da bateria vai depender dos jogos e tem havido uma "bronca" com isso que espero que corrijam antes do lançamento senão vai ser mais uma Game Gear.

Os developers até já têm um emulador da bateria para verem qt tempo o seu jogo aguenta... e a Sony acho que os está a pressionar para não usarem o power todo da consola senão lá se vai a duração...

Eles têm mesmo que rever isso fast!

 

[greven]

Bem, tinha falhado este tópico por isso abri um que o korben fechou.

Mas a principal razão do tópico nem foi a entrevista... foi mesmo a imagem do gajo que faz o PES....

Reaperem bem no estilo dos bacanos é muito estilo.. e a camisola é linda!