KONAMI'S PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 4 CONQUERS FINLAND

Recently released Pro Evolution Soccer 4 for PS2 from Konami is conquering the Finnish market with a storm.

Konami's distributor in Finland, Toptronics Oy, is reporting extremely high sell-through levels. At the present Pro Evolution Soccer 4 is selling 10-to-1 against its closest competition..

Toptronics Oy's product manager Thomas Ekström commented " Konami has done a great job with Pro Evolution Soccer 4 - the quality of the game is unparalled. Together with Konami's organisation we have been able to build a brand awarness that is totally unchallenged. Pro Evolution Soccer 4 for PS2 is at the present most sold football game in market by far. Based on the sell-through information PES 4 is selling over 10 times more units than another football game".

Konami's Kenneth Klimborg commented "The information from Europe is that 1,9 m copies of PES 4 have now been delivered , Finland are showing that they are following the same trend as rest of Europe, Pro Evolution Soccer 4 is the number one football game for PS2. The fantastic sales start in Finland could not be possible without the strength and professional work from the team at Toptronics".

"Konami is great company to work with and they employ great talents. PES 4 is so far the best footbal game I have ever seen in my 22 years in the games industry" commented Toptronics CEO, Mr. Petri Lehmuskoski

More information:

Konami, Kenneth Klingborg, e-mail klingborg@konami.com, tel. +46-8-556 0993

Toptronics Oy, Thomas Ekström, e-mail thomas.ekstrom@toptronics.fi, tel. int+358-2-2734 000