eFootball has been an utter fiasco. The game hasn’t been up to snuff and has let down a lot of fans. I know it, you know it, and well, Konami does, too.
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Six months after launch, the game will finally get a major 1.0 update next week. Konami says it’s been hard at work addressing issues and making improvements. The 1.0 update was originally planned for last fall, but was delayed, they say, to meet players’ expectations.
Konami has already apologized for the eFootball launch, but in the patch notes for the 1.0 release, the game company acknowledged that, yeah, eFootball deserves the criticism it’s received. “We entered what would eventually be a two-year period of development for eFootball™ 2022,” writes Konami. “However, we were too focused on getting the game out on time that we lost sight of the most important thing—quality.”
“Naturally, we were met with critical reviews from rightfully disappointed fans.”
At release, eFootball 2022—a rebranding of Konami’s popular PES franchise—became the most hated game on Steam, and was saddled with an “overwhelmingly negative” rating. The game has been very bad, which was a shame as the PES series was very good.
