retired_cacuna

Thats fair enough and I can well understand that.

Thats partially a commercial decision I'm afraid - portugal was definitely next on the list of leagues in line I believe and we'll do our best to ensure that next years version contains it (and hopefully a few others ) ...

retired_missy5580

Vads I think you'll find that in champ/fm the English and Scottish leagues have been sort of a package deal for many years. This is a British game and therefore it follows that many of the players will be Scottish and would rather manage Hibernian than Belenenses.

retired_magwat

I am Portuguese and i cant help but agree with Vlad,i am F.C.Porto fan and the only team that i enjoy playing FM is Porto,i have the pc version but i find this very shocking,how can you let out of the game a league that in the last 3 years has won 2 major european trophys and was in the final of another?
I am talking about F.C.Porto(won uefa cup 3 years ago and champions league 2 years ago) and Sporting(was in uefa final last year)
I know that we are a small contry but in football terms we are not so little.

retired_magwat

retired_rhill84

Yes I am also very very disappointed that the Portuguese League wasn´t included. Its ranked by Uefa as the 5th best league in Europe (see below) and with some really top top class players in it I just cant understand why it wasn´t included. Quaresma (you´ll see him at the WC, much better than C. Ronaldo, FM attributes need to be updated), Lucho Gonzalez, Pepe, Assuncao, Hugo Almeida, Mccarthy, Helton, Luisao, Diego, Ibson, Lisandro Lopez, Anderson (FCP), Anderson (Benfica), V. Baia, Simao, Nuno Gomes, Moutinho, Liedson, Manuel Fernandes, Moreira, Petit, Nelson etc etc etc

While I understand this from a commercial point of view, from a football one its ridiculous.

Official Uefa Rankings (as of today)

Spain 52.8 pts
Italy 50.3 pts
England 48.8 pts
France 41.7 pts
Portugal 33.8 pts
Germany 32.7 pts
Holland 30.4 pts

retired_kushal

Thanks Marc, that was the answer I was waiting for.
And I understand it: you (SI) are not making this game because you like to write code and program software. No, it's all business.

But for now, SI won't get any business for me.

What is the release date for FM2007 handheld? I won't mind paying double for it, just to be able to play with a Portuguese team...

Ah, on the other hand, could this business reason not be a lie? Aren't the SI employees maybe not just a little ****ed off from all the Portuguese power lately over English football (England EURO 2004, Manchester's elimination from the CL, Liverpool half way the elimination of the same...)

retired_cacuna

Strangely we are making the game because we enjoy it (to be honest the games industry pays much lower than most areas of computing contrary to popular opinion none of us have flashy motors, heck I can't even drive - so we must love it, or be mad - your call which it is ) ...

But it is a business at the end of the day and if SI don't make enough money to stay in business then we'd have to go out into the real world, experience sunlight and various other things which might not agree with us

retired_2symonds

Not everyone at SI are English though. Probably only around half at a rough estimate!

retired_rhill84

[quote]Originally posted by Vads:
Oh thats nothing to do with it...Get a grip.