''Pro Evolution Soccer'', often abbreviated as ''PES'' and also known as ''World Soccer: Winning Eleven 5'' in Japan, is a football

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video game released in 2001. It is the first installment of

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Pro Evolution Soccer ''eFootball'', formerly known as ''Pro Evolution Soccer'' (''PES'') internationally and in Japan and North America, is a series of association football simulation video games developed and published by Konami since 1995. The series consists ...

'' series. ''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-game content

In the English version of the game, Chris James and

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provide commentary on the matches, while in the Japanese version the commentators are

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and Katsuyoshi Shinto.

Reception

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, which assigns a normalised rating in the 0–100 range, calculated an average score of 93 out of 100 ("Universal acclaim/Must-Play") for the PlayStation 2 version. Japanese gaming magazine ''

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'' scored both the original and ''J.League'' versions a score of 34 out of 40 (85 out of 100 for online version), while the ''Final Evolution'' version received a lower score (33 out of 40 printed, 83 out of 100 online), all on the same console version. According to ''Famicom Tsūshin'', ''Winning Eleven 5'' for the PlayStation 2 sold a total of 505,694 copies, the ''Final Evolution'' version sold 315,732 copies, while the ''J.League'' versions sold 77,225 copies by the end of

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. In Europe, the game grossed or in 2001. In the United Kingdom, the PlayStation 2 version of ''Pro Evolution Soccer'' received a "Gold" sales award from the

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(ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom. Pro Evolution Soccer was the 26th best-selling game of 2001 in the United Kingdom.

References

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* {{Pro Evolution Soccer 2001 video games Association football video games Golden Joystick Award winners PlayStation (console) games PlayStation 2 games 1 Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Michiru Yamane