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EA: FIFA Manager 14 fails, series shuts down

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Infernotoni

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Just a warning if you want to get it. Nice move from EA to discontinue the series after their last 40€ database update called "FIFA Manager 14". Also they won't patch the new version, saying that they plan "no further play and database updates. It lies more in the hands of the fan sites, whether they publish another database updates."

So they failed with a game that has almost a monopoly in its genre?! Well played, EA.

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Cheeseburgermafia

Agreed. I've never even heard of FIFA Manager until following OP's misleading link.

This is just EA failing at competition again.

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Deiru

You should change the title to FIFA Manager, not EA Football Manager. Football Manager is a different series entirely, and one which is thriving, IIRC.

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zeus9860

^this, missleading title.

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Infernotoni

Sorry, I translated the German title didn't see that they have another name in RoW.

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Deiru

No worries, Just making sure people aren't confused!

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francyboy

"almost a monopoly" are you serious? Never heard of Football manager series by sports interactive?

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irfoland

they are probably taking informations from origin lol

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Infernotoni

Well for Germany it's a blocked by EA and the DFL, so it's a full monopoly. And they say that Germany and UK makes almost all their customers.

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antoniossomatos

I would guess it's for the same reason that the Bundesliga is the only league in Europe not playable in Football Manager, no? Something to do with the rights (can't be arsed to look it up :p)?

Anyway, it certainly doesn't have a monopoly on the genre on a wider scale: I know dozens of people that play or played some iteration of Football Manager. I've never known a single one that talked to me about FIFA Manager.

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Infernotoni

Maybe I overestimated the power of EA to make people play crap, but from my buddys nobody knows about the SEGA FM. :D (and I'm too lazy to wait for fanmade language packs for it, so I'm not getting it too)
Maybe the studio makes something new or EA finally allows SEGA to sell the FM.

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antoniossomatos

Yeah, I guess it's comprehensible that a football game that does not feature the German leagues and national team is not exactly an hit in Germany XD (though I would bet that early versions of Championship Manager probably were)

It's a shame, too. Finest footie management simulator known to man :D
Anyway, as far as I know, Football Manager is, by a large margin, the most popular of its genre in most countries, which may go a long way explaining why EA dumped FIFA Manager.

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AtzeMD

it's not only "not exactly a hit", it's forbidden to be sold in whole germany thx to those fuckheads at EA...

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antoniossomatos

People can still buy it from outside of Germany, though... But yeah, that makes it even less likely.

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dirtySanchez

well but you can purchase it from other sites and activate it (like i did) and there are fanpages that hook you up with original names, roster, pictures, everything.

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AtomicWoodchuck

^ This.

FIFA Manager vs Football Manager is Cyrix vs Intel.

Being one of a handful of players in a market with few competitors isn't the same as having a "near monopoly"...

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blindio

is everyone forgetting the original thats competitor premier manager, i looked on wiki and theirs even one for 2013 admittedly i assumed they were long gone but no theyre still being made :)

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dirtySanchez

football manager is much better anyway

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Nikot

+1

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matiasm15

I must be one of the few who actually liked this game. It is a shame that more is not developed.

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AtzeMD

and like no one outside of germany and uk cared^^

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Xiangming

+1 xD

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BackburningPyro

Put Fifa on hiatus as well while your at it.

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whitdemon

FIFA Manager 14? who plays that? well NO one NOW xD

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doctorofjournalism

Did anyone ever really play this over Football Manager?

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