Review Football Manager 2024 Console PS5 Lacking Console Edition Is on a Losing Streak
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Football Manager is, and always has been, the ultimate virtual footballing experience. It leans into the simulation genre much more than the other top games on the market, such as EA FC or eFootball, as it allows you to control almost every aspect of the club, aside from the players themselves. It is so effective at judging player potential in real life, thanks to in-depth scouting data, that even real football clubs reference the property's information. And until just a few years ago, the full version of Football Manager was exclusive to PC, with FM Touch being the edition available on handheld devices.
That is still effectively the case, but in 2021, an Xbox console exclusive version launched, with a PlayStation version of FM23 landing in February this year. At first glance, this is the same experience you'll find on PC, but once you dive in deeper, there are some missing features — managerial attributes, for example. At the start of a career on PC you'll be able to choose your coaching badges and stats in a number of key areas, but this is missing from the console port. As is the ability to sell players via an intermediary, which is a brand new feature in the full game, that assists with selling players quickly, albeit with the intermediary taking a cut. You also cannot speak one-on-one with your players, there are only four team talk and shout options, and talking to the media is completely absent — though that latter point may be a positive for some players.
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