Update: Miles Jacobson, Managing Director of Football Manager Development, Sports Interactive, has shared a message on Twitter to clear things up. Here is his full comment:
"Most licenses have fixed dates and they sell on dates. And we have to stop selling when that first comes out. Which was earlier this week.
Original article: Last week was introduced Football Manager 2020 Touch on Nintendo Switch, giving fans the chance to pick the latest version from the Shop at Christmas time. Surprisingly, it will appear that the old models – 2019 and 2018 – have been removed from the digital store to make way for the new title.
This trend was brought to us by Nintendo Life reviewers and the wonderful founder of Chris Scullion. As you can see below, Chris has noticed that the pages of both the 2019 and 2018 games have been reduced, with the old URLs now taking you to the error pages. Here is the link in what was the Football Manager of 2019, for example.
Now, the reason for the removal is unclear at this stage so we don't want to guess Sega's intentions, but hopefully this isn't just a way to force fans to pick up the latest version. For anyone who is less controversial about getting renewed teams and more, the old, short, reduced hold makes a lot of sense; as it stands, only A way for new players to enjoy Football Manager with new purchases, wholesale prices.
We contacted Sega for comment on the cancellation of these two games and will update this story again if we hear back.
