I'd love to release a console version that would work but this is not the game. Strategy games don't work on console and this is a strategy game.

The experience I've had on that, I think EA had that Lord of the Rings strategy game, I don't like Lord of the Rings as a franchise but the game itself on PC was immense. I thought it was brilliant. They released it on Xbox 360 and it stiffed.

I don't think people want a game you've got to think about too much on a console. They canned Command & Conquer on PS3, EA I think spent 5 million on it and just said no thanks, which I think is the right decision.

I'm not saying no, but at the moment I haven't got a solution for it on console. People want reactive, fast action things on console. This is a statistical game, it's a strategy game, it's a game you have got to put a lot of thought into as a football fan, as a football manager.

At the moment it's not exciting enough to be warranted as a console release in terms of dynamic action. If we can get to it, it would be wonderful, but I haven't got the solution at the moment.

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