This game was released in 2007 and came along with versions for Windows PC, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and DS, and PlayStation Portable or PSP. Therefore, we can appreciate how the playability was improved regarding the year 2007 as well as the graphics, standing up to Electronic Arts' version to offer a video game based on the most popular sport in the world from an arcade point of view.
There's a quality leap in many aspects that was definitely forced by the pressure put on by the game saga developed by EA, which also gets better year after year. Something similar happens in football games: FIFA and PES need each other to improve their features year after year and so happened with version 8 International Demo of World Soccer. When Cristiano Ronaldo is asked about Messi, without saying that he's directly better than him he does say that that competition makes him a better player, and vice-versa.
Konami's franchise was called World Soccer Winning Eleven in the USA until that year, and in Japan it's still called Winning Eleven. The Pro Evolution Soccer saga, also known as Pro or PES, didn't have the same name in all countries until 2008.
