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Football Manager 2009: Not on Xbox 360 due to joypad

Football Manager 2009: Not on Xbox 360 due to joypad

By: Daniel Chubb | September 4, 2008 | 16 Comments

You would never think a game could be too complex for the Xbox 360 but work fine on the Sony PSP, but there is one.

Today we hear that Sports Interactive game developers have said that Microsoft’s next-generation games console will not be getting the latest FM 2009 because of “troubles encountered transferring the complex PC interface to the system’s joypad”.

On November 14, Football Manager 2009 will become available on the Sony PSP, Apple Mac and PC. This was confirmed at a London press event last night. This is strange considering games like Take Two’s Civilization: Revolution does just fine on the 360.

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  • Andy

    The fact that FM 2009 won’t be released on the XBOX 360 is a massive disapointment, I have been solidly stuck into FM 2006 for the last 3 years and when I heard about the new watchable games and updated gaming options I was set on buying it!

    I guess I’ll have to make do with PES or FIFA, think Sports Interactive have really dropped the ball on this one and hope future versions are brought out on more formats!

  • kyle

    wat a let down

  • Leroy

    WHAT!! i only got a XBOX for football manager let downs

  • Unknown

    What ashame! Looking really forward to buying this game on XBOX 360. Im sure microsoft can produce Football Manager 2009 on Xbox there not trying hard enough!

    Very bad news.

  • Adam Hall

    How the hell can it not work? How many have been on there already? 3 so why the sudden change? looks to me like they just cant be bothered!

  • Gazza B.

    bloody hell, this is a HUUUUGE disappointment. I have this for the PC but was very keen on purchasing it for the 360 also.

    What could be too hard about configuring the joypad? all you use is a damn mouse/keyboard for the pc………………very disappointed.

  • james

    i think this is disgarceful if they are having difficultys they should just get rid of 3d for the 360 or make other arrangements because the last couple of 360 footy managers seemed to work just fine and to be honest they were never as good as the pc version but they did the job and that was good enough

  • Ad

    Did anybody actually (attempt to) play the 2008 version on the 360. It was an absolute mess.

    RTS games and Footie Management games are best reserved for the PC, I’m pleased they didn’t just port a broken and impossible to control piss poor version of a game onto a format that couldn’t handle it.

    And if you think the PC game has simply been ported to the PSP then frankly I laugh at you, can you not think that 2 versions have been developed by teams dedicated to making games for the PC and PSP

  • jamie

    shame. Been an SI/Champman/Fooballman fan for years, like the idea of having this years on console as the 360 is far faster than my laptop…

    i understand though- what is really needed is a keyboard/mouse option for the 360, similar to that on other past consoles. fm2008 demo for xbox did show me a great deal of clumpiness in the control, ut i thoug ht they should have used a similar setup to that with cm02-03, etc. on the original xbox, using a mouse like curser with the joystick and using the d-pad for quick tab-to-tab navigation… why they went for just tab-to-tab i don’t understand… the new interface looks crap too!

  • Chris

    discusting, im terrified

  • Paul

    Has anyone thought that this could be to do with SONY????
    They have brought 3 out on the 360 and now can’t do it!! But it works on the PSP!!!
    This sounds fishey to me!
    I have just got my 10 year old son into Football Manager, he will not be pleased by this!

  • http://fdgsfg@hotmail.co.uk alex c

    This coming from Microsoft, considering they made the xbox 360 ( Which is really a PC )!!! If you plug your keyboard into your usb slot on your xbox……… it already works!!!!!! As would i assume a mouse would. Not a excuse in my eyes.

  • john perrott

    this shows they dont care about what the customers think after we spend our hard earned cash on there products. and shows they cant be as good as other producers of xbox 360 games, what a let down

  • jean

    gutted been waiting for it to cum out all year its a joke

  • Martin

    Microsoft aren’t the publisher of this game, it’s Sports Interactive. Why are you all so quick to blame Microsoft?

  • Ricky

    I can’t believe it’s not coming out on the 360. It would be like one of the biggest selling games. People would easy pay top dollar for it.I don’t get microsoft they create all these hi-tec things but can’t even do a football manager game DISGRACE