A while back Konami revealed that they would be renaming Pro Evolution Soccer 2020 to EFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020, but never said a reason as to why. Now thanks to European Brand Manager Lennary Bobzien, we now have an answer. Bobzien said that this rebranding is to place more focus on the escorts aspect of the franchise going forward.
Bobzien said in a statement:
“The full product name moving forward will be “eFootball: PES. For this year we’ve announced eFootball PES 2020. We want to put a bigger focus on esports moving forward. In the past we’ve already shown by having competitions such as PES League and eFootball Pro, the professional club competition. Moving forward, there will be bigger esports competitions coming up. We simply thought that by including it in the product naming, we’re making a statement and showing our community of fans, but also the wider audience, that esports will play a very big part moving forward.”
EFootball Pro Evolution Soccer releases on September 10 for Xbox One, Playstation 4, and PC.
