Don't play games with my heart, OP ;)



No, I jest, this is both wonderful and interesting news if it pans out. I loved the version Sports Interactive did for Vita and been secretly pining for a Switch version. Last time I spoke to Miles (SI's head) I was joking about doing a Vita version but he was (knowingly) putting me off the scent. I'm sure he wouldn't be against doing a version for a format which has a bigger audience and is more powerful, even if its not the mobile version.



The main obstruction to console FMs since the (generally good) Xbox 360 version was that SI felt FM wasn't a 'TV game'. It's not one you take over the TV for, nor is it a visual, big screen experience title - comparatively, it's long, intricate and very solitary. Hence no console versions since, but lots of mobile ones.



Switch is the perfect bridge between this problem - the flexibility means you can have the TV screen as a bonus to the intimacy of the game's more natural portability, without (potentially) sacrificing the depth like FM Mobile does. Gets FM into more homes, too.



My only question is why it would be the 2018 edition when a 2019 one will almost inevitably be created later this year. A 2018 edition would mean it would have to be announced very soon and launched way before the announcement of the 2019 edition (they tend to be around late summer) as not to seem too dated straight off the bat. Unless they just remove the year (like the Vita version) and use 2018 data. It's a world cup year, too, so dropping it in April to July would make the most sense.



One last curious thing. Anyone remember that really fake 'datamine' leak that was doing the rounds last week? Football Manager was one of the games mentioned. Now, yes it appeared to be a 'wishlist' of sorts, but I thought it was a very strange addition, personally - I mean, as popular as the game is in some Euro countries I can't imagine it being the most obvious of titles to include. Hmm.