In addition to being available on PC and consoles, eFootball PES 2021 is available as a free download on mobile devices, which likely accounts for a large portion of its downloads.

Konami's flagship soccer franchise is now named eFootball and it will be free-to-play on consoles, PC, and mobile when it launches in autumn.

Konami’s soccer video game, known as Pro Evolution Soccer or Winning Eleven since 2001, is now simply eFootball. No PES, no numbering. It’s also now free-to-play. And it’s developed in ...

Going free-to-play isn't the only new addition, as Konami is adding a new motion-matching animation system that allows four times more animations than the previous PES games.

The PES series has been renamed eFootball, and it's becoming a digital-only, free-to-play platform, with no more paid annual releases.

PES is now known as eFootball, and it's adopting a free-to-play model with new content coming after launch.

eFootball is coming to PS5 and PS4 in Fall 2021, Konami has announced, and will be completely free-to-play.

In its quarterly earnings report, Konami shares that PES 2021 has surpassed 450 million downloads worldwide.