"Football Manager 26" developer: The decision to cancel the previous work is very correct

2025-09-23 22:18:35|Myriagame |source：minecraft skins

Before the unexpected cancellation of "Football Manager 25", the "Football Manager" series had launched a new work every year for 19 consecutive years.Sports Interactive Studios firmly believes that the cancellation decision is correct and that the quality of Football Manager 26 will prove that the additional development time spent on this new work is worth it.

However, studio head Miles Jacobson said in an interview that although "failure to release" of "Football Manager 25" has triggered some negative voices surrounding the series, "Football Manager"'s popularity has actually reached an unprecedented level.

“Five or six years ago, we first saw a milestone of 2 million players,” Jacobson said. “We later actively embraced the subscription platform, and since I didn’t use social media, the data has not been updated for a long time… When I last checked, the total number of players had reached 19.09 million, of which 7.5 million players had more than five hours of gaming.”

The login platform of "Football Manager 2024" covers almost all devices you can think of: previous generation hosts, current generation hosts, PCs and mobile devices.In terms of subscription services, Football Manager 2024 has been launched on Game Pass, PlayStation Plus, Apple Arcade and Netflix platforms.

Jacobson revealed that if all players who "run away after only one hour of playing", the average game duration of Football Manager 2024 is 118 hours; if these players are excluded, the average duration will be significantly increased.

“Since joining the subscription platform, our number of players has increased by 9 times and revenue has increased by 2.5 times,” Jacobson explained, “so we are very happy with these partnerships.”

Jacobson also believes that these subscription platforms have not eroded the core sales of Football Manager.The “diversion effect” of subscription services on physical/digital buyout sales is a major concern in the gaming industry, but Sports Interactive Studios are not troubled by this.

Currently, the studio is preparing to launch "Football Manager 2026" on November 4, which is the longest development cycle of the series.At the same time, the game engine will also usher in a change - switching from the self-developed engine that the series has been using before to the Unity engine.

"Football Manager 2026" will also add women's football content for the first time. Sports Interactive has signed authorization agreements with multiple women's football leagues such as the England Women's Super League, the German Women's League One, and the Swedish Women's Super League.

"Football Manager 2026" will be available on PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 and mobile platforms on November 4; the Nintendo Switch version will be officially released in one month.

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