It’s been a while since we saw Football Manager on the Xbox 360, in fact it was nearly 4 years ago. Every year fans wait with baited breath to see if a home console version will be released and it looks like they’ll be waiting a while longer. Despite Football Manager “making decent money” on the Xbox 360 Sports Interactive weren’t happy with releasing “substandard games”.
They lay the blame at the control system but they are hopeful of a break through. Maybe the likes of Move can add something; I certainly hope so as every year Football Manager runs more and more slowly on my PC.
Speaking to Eurogamer Miles Jacobson said “We still haven’t found a decent control system for a joypad. We have people who are constantly looking at it. We will carry on looking at it. If we do have that breakthrough of working out how to do it then that’s when it will happen.”
Consoles haven’t been completely abandoned as there are lighter versions set for release on the PSP and iPhone but Sport Interactive are having problems enhancing the PSP version.
“The problem with the PSP version is we’ve run out of memory on the PSP. So we can only add new stuff on the PSP when we’ve done other optimisations to give us some more space. There’s a new improved skin. We’ve improved the squad selection, and there are improved graphics and bug fixes and polishing bits and bobs. Being brutally honest, there are not a load of new features on the PSP version this year because anything we want to do we can’t because it ‘aint got no more memory.”
On the plus side last years incarnation of Football Manager was the highest ever, though piracy was a problem for the PC version. “Last year piracy did hit the PC game. It was cracked earlier than normal. We do track these stats. So sales were down slightly on the PC version.” Jacobson also believes demos are the best way to combat piracy.
“It’s also my best argument against piracy. If we’ve released a free demo that’s lengthy, then there really is no reason to pirate the game.”
Source: Eurogamer
G_The_Enemy14
Not sure I’ll be getting this for PSP as like he admits, there won’t be many new features
grogy86
would it not work with move?
G_The_Enemy14
Not for PSP :p it would easily work with move surely
grogy86
sorry meant for the ps3
Mickey2010
Always buy for PC when i do buy it hated it on my old 360 and PSP just didn’t feel the same
H3O
It’s just a PC game. And it runs on pretty much every PC (with 2D engine), so if you want FM… buy the PC version. Easy.
teflon
So uuuuuuh. They won’t do it on PS3 cos of the joypad, but the PSP (with its built in buttons) they’re happy with?
So…. How does that make sense?
Anyway, just give the best joypad controls you can (considering how fast one can type using the onscreen keyboard and a joypad, I don’t think it’s that big a deal), then add Move support, oh and you might as well throw in K&M support whilst you’re there.
Now quit standing around in an art gallery “looking at [joypads]” and just release the damned game and make yourselves some money!
Squalje
Yeah, I don’t understand the joypad excuse either. I’m sure a good portion of the FM/CM fans out there wouldn’t mind playing on a joypad if it meant they got to play their beloved on the PS3. £$£
colossalblue
PS3 with the clip on keypad which also works as a touchpad. Job done.
Now give me a complete version of Football Manager that I can play in bed all night.
Thanks.
LycanGav
Erm….. the PS3 supports mouse and keyboard play, if the studio adds it. UT III had this.
hazelam
exactly, it’s a shame not many developers make use of that.
tonycawley
I don’t get it. Football manager works perfectly well on Psp, so how come they can’t get it to work on ps3? It is the same, but with an extra 2 buttons. Crap excuse.
Dybro
I don’t get his argument about demos and piracy, that doesn’t make sense in my head at all.
The usual demo they release, where you can play a half year with a limited choice of clubs, and with only one league selected wont prevent piracy at all.
What I think is that they should stop worrying that much about piracy, ’cause fact is that us who buys the game is being let down on it. I remember when they got their new piracy system back for the 09-release, it was hell to activate it.
I will happy pay money for my Football Manager game every single year, but when I receive it in my mailbox I wont sit not being able to play because they messed up some crappy piracy-preventing, which they know will be broken sooner or later.