Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PES 2008), known as World Soccer: Winning Eleven 2008 in Asia and sometimes called World Soccer: Winning Eleven 11 (PS2) in North America, is an in the series by . The game was announced on 18 June 2007. Its title is different from the other Pro Evolution Soccer games in that it is of a year and not a version; this was due to ' naming their titles with two digit numbers (i.e. 07, 08) and in conclusion would seem that PES was a year behind FIFA (to non-fans which had no knowledge of the previous games of the franchise). It was released for , , , , , , And . The game sold 6.37 million units worldwide. PES 2008 was succeeded by . This was the first game of the series to be released for the PS3 and Wii, as well as the first game in the series to be internationally available on a home console