Next gen = Next generation.
The new era of consoles (Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Wii ) brought
a new era of games,of significant changes and enhancements, esp at graphics and at gameplay too. The difference is so vast that splitted apart all the new games that come out in the market now, to conventional and next gen. This commercial, console trick, has also affected the pc market.
The WE/PES series in pc was just a playstation 2 port, slightly enhanced
and while the gameplay still the remains the best, its progress and improvement has halted the last 3 years(along with the progress of playstation 2 version due to its limited hardware capabilities) .
Playstation 2 and pc owners practically played the same game the last 3 years, while FIFA football games, slowly but steadily has approached,
covered the gap and started to threaten PES gameplay, with extra-ordinary graphics, manager moves, much more options, the scent of originality and improved gameplay.
This year though, its seems to be the payback time for the PES pc owners,
i ve played the new FIFA 2008 demo on pc and i can see almost no improvement
and i m informed that PES 2008 will greatly improved, since it will be ported from the next generation consoles
That would mean that from the PC gamers point of view, the war is over,
since next gen games are better in every way!