| Football Manager 2005 | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Sports Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Series | Football Manager |
| Platform(s) | |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Sports game Business simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer over Internet(TCP/IP) or hot-seat |
Football Manager 2005, known as Worldwide Soccer Manager 2005 in North America, is a football management simulation video game for PC Windows and Mac developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega. It is the inaugural entry in the new Football Manager series,[3] and was succeeded by Football Manager 2006.
Commonly known as FM 2005, it competed directly with Championship Manager 5, the severely delayed and widely slated effort from Eidos-funded Beautiful Game Studios.[citation needed]
It became the fifth fastest-selling PC game of all time at the time according to Chart-Track as well as the fastest selling game from Sega Europe at the time.[4] The Macintosh version of the game came on the same dual format disk as the Windows version, so its sales were also included.
This was the first game from Sports Interactive that was published in North America.
- ^ Adams, David (9 December 2004). "The Kick-off Begins". IGN. Archived from the original on 17 November 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Football Manager 2005 release date moves forward". Eurogamer.net. 1 November 2004. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ However the game itself was built on top of the code of Championship Manager 4 which Sports Interactive legally owned the rights to.
- ^ GamesIndustry International (15 November 2004). "Football Manager breaks SEGA sales records". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2021.