FIFA 17 VS PES 2017:EA Sports Hitting back with Major Signning
FIFA 17 developer EA Sports has hit back at Konami by making a blockbuster summer signing of its own, a deal with Bayern Munich in Germany. This comes just weeks after FIFA 17 developer EA Sports announced a partnership with italian champions Juventus, although PES 2017 did signed a 3-year deal with Barcelona, obtaining exclusive right of Camp Nou. Bayern Munich as an official partner with FIFA 17, which is to upgrade character models and facial scans of the team. Bayern Munich's Allianz Arena has also been faithfully re-created in the upcoming FIFA game, adding to EA's tally of official grounds.
However it isn't a piece of good news for Konami and the Pro Evolution Soccer series, as they have just shed some light on the PC version of the upcoming football game. According to PES 2017 product manager Adam Bhatti, some features the PC version of PES 2017 missed will be found or fixed on Xbox one and PS4. But Bhatti told Twitter followers that they shouldn't "expect it at the same level as PS4/XBone". The following tweet was more hopeful, explaining that while the visuals would be vastly superior, some content would be missing. "Huge difference, framerate and resolution vastly superior on PC, aside from content," he said.
PES 2017 has adopted what it describes as the "Control Reality" ethos, which supposedly adds realistic new control elements. It is said that Konami is focusing on first touch, the making and receiving of passes, adaptive intelligence and more.
PES 2017 will be available on PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC from September 15 in Europe and September 13 in North America.
FIFA 17 is based on the operation of the Frostbite Engine, which according to EA, makes it the best looking game in the series to date. A "massive" game that's been years in the making, EA Sports will also introduce a brand new story mode called The Journey.
Starring up and coming footballing prospect Alex Hunter, the story mode will take players on a journey to experience emotional highs and lows.
FIFA 17, on the other hand, will be released for PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Origin for PC on September 27.
So be await and see which game you prefer.