Walrus

Just a quicky...will this be two player on one machine or will it need game sharing?

Marc Vaughan

One player only I'm afraid - we'll be looking into multi-player options for next years version, the main thing for this years release is to get the gameplay as realistic and playable as possible.

Walrus

Ok. will it be possible to play two player on two PSP's?

Graeme Kelly

No, not in the first version.

Dimony

Will there be a 2D pitch?

Marc Vaughan

Brief details of the PSP game can be found on its softography section here:

http://www.sigames.com/softography.php?type=view&id=21

The aim is to make a playable, realistic and fun game - akin to our third series of football management games.

It hasn't got a 2D match view in it - this is simply because the PSP in its current form (ie. not running at full processor power because of the battery limitations) can't handle the full FM PC match simulation (you'd be talking 3-5 seconds per match simmed, waaay too slow imho).

With this in mind rather than give people an unrealistic 2D view we decided to give people a realistic match engine backed up by a strong text commentary.

This has several advantages, it keeps the gameplay nice and quick (which suits the handheld situation where you might only have half an hour to play while commuting for example) and also means the simulation times are physically nice and fast.

GingerFurball

From the above page:

"Football Manager™ 2006 will be released on PSP throughout Europe in Winter 2005."

:p

Marc Vaughan

From the above page:

"Football Manager™ 2006 will be released on PSP throughout Europe in Winter 2005."

:p </BLOCKQUOTE>

Winter 2005 includes part of 2006 remember (Winter 2005 runs from approx Nov 2005 to Feb/Marc 2006) ....

(not that I wrote the blurb on that page )

Gary Toner

Aye come on get the finger out SI, i want some FM psp action

Marc Vaughan

News on both the forthcoming console games will be released on friday.