PES 2013 vs FIFA 13

Both football games arrived in September 2012. FIFA 13 also reached Wii U, PlayStation Vita and iOS, platforms Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 did not. This page compares what the sources actually score and license. It is not a winner’s podium.

Compare ways to play PES 2013

Scores that were printed

Licences

PES carries the UEFA Champions League, the Europa League and the Copa Libertadores in the Wikipedia summary. The Premier League note licenses Manchester United and fictionalises the rest. Serie A clubs can be real while the league brand is not. Brasileirão is disputed and is not repeated as a single number on this page. FIFA’s write-up talks about 30 major leagues, 46 national teams, a full Premier League and the Bundesliga. Camp Nou is absent from FIFA 13 because of a licence gap, while the PES stadium list includes it. “More leagues” and “the European club competitions” are different boasts. Pick the one you came for.

Sales figures must not share a column. FIFA 13 is cited at 14.5 million copies by May 2013. PES 2013 is cited at 399,340 copies in Japan in 2012. One is a worldwide cumulative figure. The other is a single-country figure for a different window. Putting them side by side as “who sold more” would be a trick. I print them in this paragraph with those labels and nowhere else.

Best for, as a judgment I am willing to sign: choose PES 2013 if you want the FullControl and first-touch systems described on the “why” page and you can live with fictional Premier League names. Choose FIFA 13 if the real Premier League badges matter more than those systems. I am not assigning a winner on IGN’s 9 versus 8.5. Half a point across two magazines is not a law.