If all the signs are to be believed, the Football Manager series is finally going to walk out onto the field known as Nintendo Switch. A recent listing on a Korean retailer first broke the news, then franchise director Miles Jacobson took to Twitter to make an Eric Cantona-esque cryptic tweet.
Now, according to a source close to the project at SEGA, as reported by Engadget, the Football Manager port really is in the works for Nintendo's handheld. There's no news on which version of the game we'll be getting (in other words, will it be a version based on the 2018 edition or one using the as-yet-unreleased 2019 edition). I guess we'll have to keep playing FIFA 18 to get our fitbaw fix on Switch...
At this stage, it's pretty safe to assume the Football Manager series is finally coming to Nintendo Switch, but we'll keep our fingers crossed until a proper official announcement is made. What do you make of the news? Would a Switch version be enough to convert you from other platforms? Share your thoughts below...
[source engadget.com]
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Given how addicted to this game people already are, I can see a handheld version ruining a few marriages. Can't wait.
Best piece of news I'll hear this week!!
I have enough Excel at work, thanks.
c’mon guys “edition” not “addition”
If this game comes out on Switch my life is over.
Social & Family Life over.
I love the ps vita version. But the database always seemed to crashs after 7 seasons or so. So stop playing it.
But would love to play on the switch. Bigger screen. Hope its a 2018 release.
That’s good but the addiction is real
Brilliant news! I used to be a FM fanatic but lately found that family/work commitments meant my time driving the Toon to European success became harder and harder. I bought the Switch to get my game fix around all of that and this news is just what I needed to hear as I love that game with a passion. Played it on the Vita and loved that format but Switch will be the nuts!
Take all my money
Switch is hybrid console! Switch is hybrid console! Switch is hybrid console! Switch is hybrid console! Switch is hybrid console! Switch is hybrid console! Switch is hybrid console! Switch is hybrid console! Switch is hybrid console!
I'm sure you're asking yourself, when will I stop with this? The answer is: Probably never, because it pisses me off, that the Switch is labeled as a handheld when it cearly isn't (just)!! 🙄
@MrBlacky woah dude
Calm down.. don't take it so personally. If people want to call switch a handheld it's fine. Just like if people want to call it a hybrid console.
Both definitions are correct
@MrBlacky Switch is a handheld.
@brendon987 I think I managed to get to 3 seasons before giving up, I found the interface slow and cumbersome and much preferred the PSP versions of FM, I always thought they were more streamlined. To be fair though they did put out seven of those so they had time to improve it plus when they were first coming out there was still some competition from CM, whereas with the Vita they just put up that one version and called it a day. Hopefully the Switch version is better, I'd think if they base it on the 19 version it will be better than putting the one from this year out now
What a brilliant tweet!
@MrBlacky does it matter how people call it?
NO
Calling is a hybrid console is maybe legit, but also confusing, calling it a home console is again a bad idea because people will start comparing it to PS4 and XBO.
For me it's a handheld you can hook up to a TV, because in essence it is the case (or is PSP out of nowhere also a "hybrid" because you can connect it to a TV? Answer is again NO)
Uh oh... 😂
Ditto to all the “my life/marriage is over” comments!
But but but framerates....power etc etc...
OMG 😱
@daveyhall I think it becoming harder and harder to lead the toon to European glory might have more to do with increasing levels of realism in the game...
Mirroring other comments, that's my social life over.
"fitbaw fix"?
Haven't played Football Manager since 97 edition on PC, when I got Scunthorpe United (Come on those Irons) to be top of the league
@MrBlacky Some people are slow on the uptake and set in their ways. Gaming has always been portable or home. So you have to forgive people not being able to learn a new word and choosing one of the comfier existing ones. It's just semantics. We all know what the Switch can do Calling the Switch a handheld is far from an insult!
Like OMG, we don’t want any of that sports ball rubbish on our console please. The Switch is for gamers, not dudebro’s with an obsession for picking up women at bars. Please think this through Nintendo, you only need to cater to us.
@StuTwo Ha ha! Can't disagree there.
@HydroTendonMan I love the fact that you can't wait to see other ppl marriages get ruin....cute.
Still playing championship manager 93 - love footy mgt games!
@Bunkerneath Listen to David Beckham say the word.
@TheMONADO36 Why does bringing more games make a difference to you surely the larger the install base the more games that will come and the more we all get to play.
Also, this sounds amazing it was great on the vita, this could be the end of my social life lol.
"(in other words, will it be a version base on the 2018 addition on one using the as-yet-unreleased 2019 edition)"
*based
*edition
*or
@Dom You have to be trolling us at this point... right?
Let's hope it's a proper football manager with 3d math he's and not the terrible mobile port
I hope that it will be FM Touch that is released on Switch and if that's the case it means I can all but get rid of my iPad which is all I use it for at the mo.
My only issue with it would be how it would translate to the smaller screen of the switch for the touch interface.
Smaller screen does make me think that it might be the mobile version that gets ported over.
Its official and has been released today
@StuTwo "I think it becoming harder and harder to lead the toon to European glory might have more to do with increasing levels of realism in the game..."
Amazing!!!............... Im a palace fan 😯
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