I don't think it's something that will be changed in a patch. Who knows if they could do it, but they have many other things to worry about first.
It can be done. This wont be the first game to add animations in a patch. Usually in game slow dribble is a blend between jog and sprint but football has ball touches so they might need to include a jog dribble animation 20-30mb at most the problem would be how the ai uses it. It actually seems like the lack of middle ground affects the AI as well by limiting their options in both attack and defense since they can only overshoot or understeer their targets. Deft touch system was a waste of the R2 button and PES is the only major sports game out there that has a digital analog stick it is either 0 or 1 . Really really stupid. I think most of these problems show Kei Matsuda's teething problems in building an engine all from scratch cos some of the small attentions to detail have been completely lost from the game. Shame seabass was disposed of without seeming to pass down any of his tricks. (Thats why the game has no PES feel to it). Branching out. I think the reaction problems for the AI are better in +2 speed would be nice if that was the reaction for all speeds.
Opinions are so different this year.
Good points sinistermephisto... I just got the full game and now giving it a go!
I really dont se why some people actually like it. I just scored 5 goals with an overlapping center back (albeit in the Chilean league). The match ended 8-1. half the goals were near post howlers or me dribbling the whole cpu team get to the penalty spot, tab shoot very lightly while aiming for the far corner. Scores everytime. This was on super star