Danny Murphy and Diouff were still on Liverpool's books, for example (and please excuse all the reds-related chatter your correspondent makes no secret of his allegiance), but we were assured everyone would be in the right place in time for kick off. Some players were still in the wrong place. As you may remember, PES3's debut at ECTS last year saw very few changes besides the introduction of David Beckham in a Madrid jersey - that summer's big transfer - but the Game Stars build had Michael Owen on Madrid's books, Edgar Davids away from Barcelona, Alan Smith in a Man United shirt and Djibril Cisse plying his trade for Liverpool amongst others. Peel-Off TransferĪs it was, PES4 on the show floor had a certain amount of the more obvious summer transfers in place. We understand that the PS2 version of PES4 was submitted to Sony in early August just a couple of weeks - or perhaps less - after Winning Eleven 8 shipped in Japan, and a Konami spokesperson on the show floor was happy to confirm that the publisher has already done an initial submission, and probably has another fortnight or so to finalise the teams and player line-ups in the game. On the surface, the answer to the second question is "not a lot". The mass of PES4 units at Game Stars also gave us a chance to see how the Xbox version handles under the influence of the Controller S, and to work out just what has changed since Konami's Tokyo development team released Winning Eleven 8 - the last iteration of the PES codebase - in Japan at the beginning of August to record sales and critical acclaim. As far as we know, the PS2 and PC versions will not be playable online. According to Konami, the full game will feature real-time matches, a ratings system and support for mini-leagues. However, this Tuesday afternoon, Konami of Europe has officially confirmed reports that Pro Evolution Soccer 4 will be playable over Xbox Live, after senior sources at the publisher and elsewhere indicated to this site last week that it was definitely the case. And Konami did its utmost not to comment one way or the other. As soon as Konami announced the Xbox version, there was this sense that Live support was inevitable, and that PS2 Online - which Konami has no proven experience developing for - would likely miss out. In making the jump to Xbox Live, the Pro Evolution Soccer series proves once again that it's good at mimicking real life football drama - in this case, backroom shenanigans. What was surprising was that it took so bloody long for everybody involved to own up to what was going on. So when the big money offer came in from Manchester United, it was hardly a surprise to anybody. It was utterly inevitable, wasn't it? Ever since Euro 2004, when Wayne Rooney proved to be far more interesting than anybody else playing for England, you just knew he wouldn't be wearing an Everton shirt for much longer - or again, in fact.
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