Last year, Sports Interactive moved its management simulation/obsession Football Manager over to Steam, citing rampant piracy of the game. At the time, figures the developer cited said for every one person who bought Football Manager 09, four others acquired it illegally.
How as Football Manager's Steam strategy gone? Miles Jacobson, the studio's head, told MCV that Football Manager 12 wasn't pirated the first two weeks of its release. "The extra sales that we got in that time has helped us to get the new members of staff this year," he said. In concrete terms, that was "17 or 18" new people this year, bringing the staff up to 90.
Sports Interactive has exposed more of the game’s workings to players than ever. It feels both fresh and familiar at the same time, while being the best FM has ever played at launch.
The perennial favourite Football Manager makes its debut on the Switch. Does this addictive management sim have the same allure in your pocket? In today's review, Jump Dash Roll heads to the dugout to have a few words with the referee.
Editor Paul Izod takes a look at the 2017 version of Football Manager from Sports Interactive for Zero1gaming