Pro Evolution Soccer creator Shingo "Seabass" Takatsuka has revealed that he"s gone back to the drawing board for PES 2009 following the criticism of the 2008 edition on PS3.
"It"s so far from what we wanted", Seabass said of PES 2008 on PS3 in an interview with PSM3 magazine in its latest issue (#95), echoing words said to CVG in October. "In fact," he continued, "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". But, asking us to look at the way the PS2 version panned out from the first to the last game, Seabass reassured that the development team is well on course to follow suit on PS3.
However, the criticisms levelled at PES 2008 on PS3 have forced the series" creator back a peg or two with PES 2009.
"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", Seabass explained.