Football Manager devs basically just update the database and add some minimal patch to the previous version and then charge €50, and then people complain that they're paying full price for a patch but then pay it anyway because it's the only real game out there of its genre.
There's surely money to be made so why doesn't anyone else want to develop a football management game?
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There was a new one I saw on steam the other day called "we are football" but it seems to have fairly middling reviews.
The market for football management games is probably still fairly niche and FM have such an inbuilt advantage with their network and brand awareness that most companies have probably decided it's not worth the effort to try and take them on.
During the 2000s there were are fair few but FM just pushed them all out in the end.
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Gee I wonder why Liverpool Club Football isn't still going strong?
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The game had lots of clubs, they just did themed covers
Including the best
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I blame the police.
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I suppose there's also the explanation that it's actually not that simple to make a football management game that you can't just find the glitch that wins every match. Even Football Manager has that problem with gegenpressing to victory
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!macacos
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Hulk
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Remind me why we let
onto the internet?
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To spy on the continentals
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loicensing probably?
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yeah that's probably not cheap though tbh I'd be willing to play one with entirely fictional teams at this point
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They should give them names like 'kidneypool' and 'womanchester divided'.
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Wolverhampton Stand Stillers
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Tottenham jewish chads
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Manchester Aborted.
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Manchester? Pity.
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There was a German football management series called Anstoss that mogged the frick out of FM.
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There's probably a massive upfront cost to developing the simulation engine and building the initial player database. With how risk averse investors are nowadays I understand them not wanting to invest into it.
It's a shame though because FM sucks in so many ways.
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What is your purchased copies of FM to purchased copies FIFA ratio?
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I only buy the management sims
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So mr legal speak, what do you play
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mostly roguelikes
but I get your point that the ones that innovate are the ones where the money's at
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That wasnt
my point. 
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I thought i was supposed to say that
what's your point then?
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I buy the same games. Was going
to flame 
you if you deviated.
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