Posted by Peter Willis in PES 2008 News on Thu 29 Nov 2007
Konami’s PR representative for Europe has spoke to our friends at PC Action.
In online gaming there are hundreds of components you have to consider. There are too many complicated factors you have to take into account when get involved in online gaming. And we are working hard to get rid of these problems.
Read the full statement here.
Posted by Peter Willis in PES 2008 News on Mon 26 Nov 2007
The patch for Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 on the PS3 is finally. It should begin downloading immediatley upon booting up your game.
Some opinions on the patch taken from our forum…
“Pffft this is rediculous. Have just played it and it has made absolutely no diference whatsoever.”
“No difference here too, the online lag even seems worse!!!”
“Downloaded it in like 10 mins. Can’t see any difference really”
Posted by Peter Willis in PES 2008 News on Sat 24 Nov 2007
Pro Evolution Soccer creator Seabass has spoke out about his disapointment with PES 2008, and how he and his team will be going back to the drawing board for PES 2009. In an interview with PSM3 magazine (latest issue #95) he said of PES 2008…
“It’s so far from what we wanted. In fact, we thought about delaying it but different factors meant we had to [release it]. As a developer, we’ve worked the same way since the days of the SNES. We’re simply not set up for multi-platform development”.
Looking ahead to PES 2009 Seabass commented…
“PES 2009 is in development, but after hearing the criticism, we’ll be taking it back to the drawing board. It might not be next year, but it will be soon.”
NOT next year? Konami must be having a laugh. They can’t honestly tell me it’ll take more than a year to correct lag problems, sort out the weak editing mode and add the features longed for by the fans (most of the them very small - Why the hell can’t you do a league any more with a friend?!). The gameplay remains the best available on the market today, that aspect of the game does not need to be started from scratch.
Posted by Peter Willis in PES 2008 News on Thu 22 Nov 2007
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 on all console formats has been dropped by 50% off the original RRP price. You can pick up the PS3 and 360 games for £24.99 and PS2 for £14.99.
This price is available at Gamestation, both online and in-store. Students can save a further 10% in-store only.
Posted by Peter Willis in PES 2008 News on Mon 19 Nov 2007
Some of you seem to be expecting a patch today which will fix the lag issues. Can we just clarify that Konami never officially announced any kind of patch. PESForum.co.uk had posted an interview online a week or so back, in which it was claimed there would be a patch released today. The interview was, as far as I am aware, completely bogus and what was said in it can’t be trusted.
Posted by Peter Willis in PES 2008 News on Fri 16 Nov 2007
The Premier League have sent us pretty much an ultimatum. Stop posting option files with Premier League content or they’ll seek compensation.
Now, as far as I am concerned, we as a website are doing nothing wrong. The files all contain content which can be edited by ANYONE in their game if they so wished. Also, the files are hosted ELSEWHERE and not on our servers. Furthermore, PESGaming does not create the files themselves and other users post them up on the forum. I therefore do not see in what way we (PESGaming.com) are infringing their copyrights.
HOWEVER, I am not in a financial position to pursue any sort of legal action that may come against us. So with that in mind, I have no choice but request that files with Premier League material are not published here… for the time being at least until I can discuss the matter fully with the Premier League directly.
Posted by Peter Willis in PES 2008 News on Fri 09 Nov 2007
Play.com have slashed the price of PES 2008 on the XBox 360 to just £24.99. Who knows how long this price will last so grab it HERE while you can.
Posted by Peter Willis in PES 2008 News on Fri 09 Nov 2007
Guys, I have had around 30 emails and numerous comments on the blog calling me an idiot blah blah for saying buying a HDTV will fix your lag issues. Please, I urge you to re-read yesterdays article (below this) again - but this time turn on your sarcasm radars.
I am 100% aware that a HDTV with all the correct components does not fully fix the lag issues. My post yesterday was pretty much mocking Konami for their stupidity… but clear it was missed on some of you.
Posted by Don Sweey in PES 2008 News on Fri 09 Nov 2007
As a user with 4GB RAM in Vista x64, I was simply not happy to use the msconfig fix to boot up the OS with 3GB RAM just so that PES would work correctly. Thankfully, there is now a way to get the game working properly without reducing the amount of RAM available to the OS.
Firstly, download Kitserver 7.0.1 from any of these locations:
Copy the kitserver folder from within the archive into your PES 2008 installation directory and then run the setup program (in Vista, right-click the icon and select Run as administrator) found in the kitserver folder. Once the correct game executable and settings file have been picked up, click Install and it will apply itself. Once this has been done, run the program lodcfg. You will see an option allowing you to force the game to run at a particular resolution. Type one in, click Save and then run the game. It will override whatever resolution was picked in the usual Settings program. Be warned that you should only pick a resolution your graphics card is able to use. There is a help button in this program which explains all of the options.
Posted by Peter Willis in PES 2008 News on Thu 08 Nov 2007
You are going to like this. Here is Konami’s solution to the lag people are experience with the PS3 version of PES 2008.
After checking the matter we have found that the problem is primarily taking place where the user is not playing the game in high definition.
The solution to this problem is to play the game on an HD TV (high definition screen) with an HDMI or component cable and the PS3 set to output in 720p resolution or above. This should prevent the problem and allow the player to enjoy the full HD experience provided by their PlayStation 3.
So there you have it folks. All you need is a HD TV and the problem goes away! Konami saves the day once again…
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