They announced a special "Barcelona Edition", along with a pre-order bonus content for digital downloads and physical disc versions.

[4] A Nintendo Switch version was not developed, but Konami have said they are open to the idea of porting future games in the series.

[5] The first data pack, titled Data Pack 1, launched on October 5, 2017, and featured 117 new player face updates, ten of the latest boots, updated backboards in Master League for Barcelona, and over 3,000 new player thumbnails.

When PES 2012 released it introduced new intelligence with the ball, positioning into space, and wingers attempt overlaps.

[15] GameSpot called it "the most satisfying football game ever made"[13] and said its excellent on-pitch gameplay gives it the edge over FIFA 18.

[28] Pro Evolution Soccer has been used as a part of electronic sport demonstration event in Asian Games 2018 held in Indonesia.