Football Manager Handheld (PSP)

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No longer was it about simply managing the tactics and transfers of your fantasy team, but handling egos and fretting about media relations and dozens of other micro tasks that ultimately distract you from the things that you enjoyed most. Out of necessity and hardware limitations, SI has been forced to have a rethink on what core features really matter to players, and as such has ended up with a product that has far greater mass appeal than it would have had otherwise - a point Jacobson repeatedly qualifies. Continuing improvements to the 3D match engine also help drag it kicking and screaming into the present, although it's still a long way short of FIFA Manager in that regard. It has more or less all the leagues you could conceivably wish for, a simple, uncluttered interface, all the transfer and strategic depth you need, and just enough media, player, staff and board interaction.

If you decide you want a little more depth, then there's a modicum of boardroom, player and media interaction that you can get involved with, but it has been tucked away a little.There is no way you can become the most sucessful manager if you're limited to 4-4-2, 3-4-3 and so on. Along with fully up-to-date transfers and manager moves for the 2011/12 season, and all new competition rules.

Trust me a lot of love and care is put into the handheld games - however we have a very small team (was 2 programmers - up to 3 this year) working across a number of platforms in comparison to the PC/Mac team which numbers vastly larger (for comparison purposes there are more than 2 times the number of people working on the 'match' area of the PC code than on the entire handheld team). Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).Despite that minor disappointment, Football Manager Handheld is looking every bit as essential as anyone could hope, giving Sports Interactive's legion of fans even more excuses to feed their addiction.