Pro Evolution Soccer (video game)
Pro Evolution Soccer is the first installment of Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer football video game series that was released in 2001.
World Soccer: Winning Eleven 5 Final Evolution was also released in Japan after the release of Pro Evolution Soccer in Europe.
PES was succeeded by Pro Evolution Soccer 2, which was released in 2002.In the English version of the game, Chris James and Terry Butcher provide commentary on the matches, while in the Japanese version the commentators are Jon Kabira and Katsuyoshi Shinto.Reception
The PlayStation 2 version received "universal acclaim" according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave both the original and J.League versions a score of 34 out of 40, and the Final Evolution version 33 out of 40, all on the same console version.
The PlayStation 2 version of Pro Evolution Soccer received a "Gold" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association, indicating sales of at least 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom.
