We review the team and league licensing battle that each year the two main soccer games for this generation fight.
Licenses have always been a subject of debate among soccer video games. It is so true that FIFA has been ahead for years in this field as that for some time, PES managed to break through in South American football and get some flashy clubs, such as the exclusive Juventus last year and that remains in this edition. Konami has been working over the years with clubs and editions designed for fans, getting names like Bayern or Barça to join its football saga.
For all this, in Meristation we are going to review how the issue of licenses is currently, with eFootball PES 2021 already on sale as a Season Update that we talked about in our Reviews, and with FIFA 21 that opens its doors in EA Play this week and has an official departure date for next October 9. How is the license market for this season?
FIFA 21 Licenses
The loss of Juventus as a team that was renamed Piemonte Calcio, something unprecedented in European teams in the EA Sports franchise, continues this year. Although the series already thinks big and when it managed to take the license of the Champions and Europa League from PES, it took a heavyweight. The situation remains quite stable in the case of FIFA 21, with most of the leagues that it had remaining fully licensed (teams, fields, etc.) although there are certain exceptions. We leave you with the official list that has the title of EA Sports to date:
Inter, exclusive to FIFA 21
Licenses for eFootball PES 2021
PES is in a somewhat more complicated situation, because the licenses of the major leagues are still far from their hand and that causes the teams – yes the templates – are not real. Despite struggling to have certain exclusives with some teams, such as Roma and Juventus, the great hook of PES 2021 for this year is that it maintains the Eurocup license, which was delayed due to the Coronavirus and therefore remains a year more in the hands of Konami. These are the leagues that Konami’s game has, yes, some leagues are not complete due to the lack of some teams, in the case of Serie A the two of Milan and in others, such as the Spanish, the great most.
In any case, if you want the official kits and even entire leagues like the Bundesliga, which is not in the game, you can follow our tutorial to install the Option File where players update the game data.
