Sports Interactive and SEGA have announced that the popular Football Manager series will be available on the PlayStation 5 starting February 1st with the release of Football Manager 2023 Console.

The release was originally planned for 8 November 2022 but was delayed due to unforeseen circumstances during the submissions and approval process. As a result, PlayStation Plus subscribers will be able to redeem a 20% discount on the game until 14 February at 11:00 PM (UTC+8). This discount is consistent with the pre-order incentive that was offered prior to the original release date.

Miles Jacobson, Sports Interactive’s Studio Director, said: “We’re delighted with today’s update that we’re finally going to be able to get FM23 Console into the hands of PS5 gamers. Since the initial delay, the team at Sports Interactive and our colleagues at SEGA have worked tirelessly with Sony to overcome the issues and we’re pleased to now have a release candidate ready to launch next week.

While it’s unusual for us to release a game during a major football transfer window, our priority from the moment our initial launch was postponed was to get the game into the hands of PS5 gamers as quickly as possible. Once all the global transfer windows are closed, we will provide a data update for the PS5 edition in line with the updates for all of our other platforms.”