Update: It has now been confirmed that the game will be the 'Touch' edition.
Original Story: It has been revealed that Football Manager 2019 will be making its way to Nintendo Switch later this year.
Yes, the ultimate football simulator is coming back to Switch for another year, following in the footsteps of last year's Football Manager Touch 2018. It's currently unclear whether or not this year's game will also be a 'Touch' edition on Switch - a slightly scaled down version reserved for smartphones, tablets and the like - but it's great news for footie fans nonetheless.
As you can see, more details are expected to follow so we'll learn a little more about the game then. In our review of the 2018 Switch game (snippet included below), we praised the core aspects of the game greatly, but felt that the port was a bit of an afterthought that was never really optimised for the console. This time around, however, we'd hope that Sports Interactive will have had more time to work on the Switch build, hopefully alleviating these issues.
"Football Manager Touch 2018 is a mostly feature-complete version of the best football management game in the business. For Switch-owning football fanatics, it's perilously close to a must-buy. Yet this is also a deeply imperfect and ill-fitting port that seems to have been crowbarred into Nintendo's platform."
Other versions of the game will be hitting stores on 2nd November, whereas it appears that the Switch version will come a little later at the end of the month.
Are you ready for another dose of Football Manager on Switch? Let us know if you're a fan in the comments below.
[source twitter.com]
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I'm down if there is a retail release. SEGA were having a laugh charging AU$55 for the 2018 instalment.
I'm not surprised, for a long time the 2018 edition was very high in the UK eshop charts.
Please don't let it be a mobile game again sold for 10x the amount.
The 2018 touch version was my first time playing this type of game or really any soccer video game, aside from the Mario strikers ones, and it was a surprisingly addictive game. Excited for more info on this one.
I would have given the 2018 one a go if it wasn't for the extremely high price for a digital only title. I was interested but not that interested.
@NintendoFan4Lyf As you should. As it is a sport played, predominantly, with your feet kicking a ball. Pretty sensible name to me.
Anyway, I was interested in the 2018 version as I used to play this eons ago on the PC. I never got it however due to the high price and half the season already being over. I do have FIFA 19 on pre order, but I may pick this up as well for something more in depth. I will keep an eye on this.
@NintendoFan4Lyf it's just a sim. You don't actually get to play football. You can watch 3D highlights if you want to as the game is going on. But it's basically just organising your team, buying players, training etc.
I’ll stick with FIFA, thank you
@PuppyToucher I singlehandedly almost failed high school back in the day because of this game, although it was called Championship Manager then. So stoked for this!!!
Never been a fan of football, so aren’t really a player in tv games.
Sensible Soccer is as football‘y as I get. But who wouldn’t!?
As a fan of "fun with spreadsheets", though, I’ve always enjoyed the Footy Manager games. (Although I haven’t played one in decades!)
I’ve often wondered what other none-sport things might work well as a spreadsheet-manager game, but have yet to come up with anything better than football.
Football really does make this game what it is.
The FM 2018 Touch was the first time I played the Touch version. It wasn`t bad, I played 200 hours. So I`ll get FM 2019 day one. I`m sure if we keep buying and asking they`ll eventually port the full version =D.
Touch version. Nah I'm good.
Dope! The full version is never gonna be released on Switch.
Doesn't matter as the touch version is great
The 2018 was way too fiddly on Switch for me. I prefer the Mobile version played on a tablet.
This must be that third amazing party support everybody here is talking about. Another mobile port.
@BigKing it's available on PC also. It's developed for PC, tablets and switch.
More whining. A good game is a good game. FM touch is a recognised good game.
Touch edition is 9,99 euro on app store. Even with "Switch tax" more than 15 euro/$ isn't a nice way to treat your customers.
@kobashi100 who plays the touch version on the pc?
Those Nintendo fanboys. So delusional.
@BigKing To be honest, the touch version is nowadays the better version
the full featured FM is way too complicated for it's own right, touch version has enough.
@Faruko I almost completely agree with you. The touch version lacks some interaction Manager/Player. The Staff part really needs an improvement as well.
@dimi It's £22 on Steam with plenty of microtransactions as well.
@BigKing everyone who buys the PC version also gets a copy of the touch version which a lot of people prefer since it allows you to cross-save and continue playing on your tablet. It's also a different version compared to the mobile one. Try harder next time and spare us your tears.
@NintendoFan4Lyf Spreadsheets: The Game. 2019 Version
"It'll be the Touch version; the Switch's size restricts us from incorporating the full features. "
Yes, because DOOM, Wolf 2, Fortnite, Diablo 3, Zelda, and Minecraft all had to be pared back for Switch.
#ILikeHashtags
Loved championship manager but couldn't get into the 2018 version. Prefer champ man 93!
@gortsi which tears? People like you crack me up. Defending a free give away on the pc that gets ported to the Switch. Day one purchaseeee!!11
But I guess you will love it because the real Football Manager is too difficult for you.
@BigKing you couldn't tell what a football is even if it hit you on the head. Been playing it since it was called CM but you were probably not conceived yet so I understand why you act like a 12 year old
@MarioFan02 do you understand how much data they cram into that game each and every year and how complicated processing all the different leagues, stats, and all features of the game is? You can't compare FM to any of the games you mentioned, the horsepower is not needed for graphics or FPS but for the background work which is massive and that's why you can only play three leagues at once in the touch version
@BigKing We've got a real (and incredibly niche) tough guy here.
@cmk8 96/97 with the Italian league update
Splendid. Still confuses me seeing third party stuff like FM on a Nintendo system. Like we’re in some kind of parallel dimension.
@NewAdvent just have Alan commentating on every game
Long time Football Manager fan, first time playing Touch, didnt enjoy it.
I wish they would add mouse support and just sell the regular version...
I love FM Touch 2018. How will 2019 be any different though?
If its just updated stats then I'll probably wait for it to go on sale before buying it.
I don't like football and I know nothing about it but for some reason I like playing football management games. The first one I played was Football Manager on the ZX-81! I stopped playing over the last decade or so as they've become so complex. The FM Touch is just complex enough for me. I bought FM18 in a sale and don't need that latest stats to enjoy the game (I wouldn't know if the players were accurate or not!) so I probably won't be getting this one.
@gortsi everybody was playing CM back in the day, you ain't nothing special, just old. Gotta admit I haven't touched FM in years, but I'm pretty sure Touch isn't the definitive edition. Unless you have kids or something.
Fm 2018 is my most played game this year. Love it. Took a couple days to get use to the controls. But it a great experience. I prefer the touch experience, as i like to keep the game simple. The full fm game has too much to control.
I upgraded to fm 2019 at some point.
@BigKing you haven't touched it in years yet you have an opinion. I might be old, but I ain't no fool, unlike you
The game sounds boring. You Europeans need to stop liking soccer/football so much...
@penamiguel92 Well there's a reason its the most popular sport on the world for the last 100 years.. Its the USA that should consider why rest of the world don't care about Baseball or American Football
Wow, these comments feel like a Kotaku thread.
@dimi You made the assumption that I like any sport. Did you consider that I may not like any of them at all? Football is the most boring and bland one of the bunch, hence the reason why I waste my time bashing it. Though, you're correct in assuming that I'm american.
Spreadsheet Manager 2019 Edition. I hope we get a better FIFA this time.
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