Pro Evolution Soccer Not XBox 360 Exclusive, Says Konami

“Note to Microsoft: You’re not special.”

Perhaps that’s what Konami should have put on a giant banner at Leipzig Games Convention. Some tensions arose during the Leipzig Games Convention as a result of what seems to be misleading PR. Microsoft announced earlier that they would have exclusive rights to both Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer and EA’s FIFA Soccer for the 360, monopolizing the soccer games for the newest generation of consoles.

Luckily for fans of football, Pro Evolution Soccer’s “Seabass” Takatsuka set the record straight on the exclusivity of their game. According to him, “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.”

Since the announcement was bound to piss off other console makers, it’s a good thing Seabass said the equivalent of “Shut yo’ mouth, foo’!” at Microsoft’s statement. Expect a non-360 version of the ball-kicking extravaganza to come out next year, and remember, “If you piss off the Seabass, you get a boot in the ass.”

“Note to Microsoft: You’re not special.”

Perhaps that’s what Konami should have put on a giant banner at Leipzig Games Convention. Some tensions arose during the Leipzig Games Convention as a result of what seems to be misleading PR. Microsoft announced earlier that they would have exclusive rights to both Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer and EA’s FIFA Soccer for the 360, monopolizing the soccer games for the newest generation of consoles.

Luckily for fans of football, Pro Evolution Soccer’s “Seabass” Takatsuka set the record straight on the exclusivity of their game. According to him, “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.”

Since the announcement was bound to piss off other console makers, it’s a good thing Seabass said the equivalent of “Shut yo’ mouth, foo’!” at Microsoft’s statement. Expect a non-360 version of the ball-kicking extravaganza to come out next year, and remember, “If you piss off the Seabass, you get a boot in the ass.”