HonkyDick

A better idea would be to buy the game every 2 years. I have been going to do that for years but I just can't help myself.

Starr_Man5

Agree with you there reece1973 :thup:

FM08 is still awaiting a "Final" patch (8.0.2?) which won't be available until the new year sometime.
No sooner is it released that the beginnings of FM09 will be touted around.
I've said it before and I fully agree with the OP - I don't understand how SI think they can do it, releasing a new game every year only to be bombarded by "whining threads" on here and for countless bugs to be discovered.
I know it's a seasonal game, but they really only need update the database one year, then release a new game the next year (a game where they would have spent TWO years developing the match engine alone).
All the new features are pointless if the main course - the Match Engine - is so obviously very flawed.

But of course, they won't do that, not a chance, which pretty much renders this particular thread totally pointless.

Starr_Man5

Meant to say - the first CM/FM i played was FM05 and I played that on and off 'til FM07 was released, and I'm still on '07 now (almost constantly, I might add) because my PC won't run '08 - by the time I get a new, more powerful PC, FM09 will be just around the corner so I might as well wait like I did between '05 and '07.

starvin marvin

Meant to say - the first CM/FM i played was FM05 and I played that on and off 'til FM07 was released, and I'm still on '07 now (almost constantly, I might add) because my PC won't run '08 - by the time I get a new, more powerful PC, FM09 will be just around the corner so I might as well wait like I did between '05 and '07. </BLOCKQUOTE>

This is exactly the same thing i am doing.

Bluejacket

Agree with you there reece1973 :thup:

FM08 is still awaiting a "Final" patch (8.0.2?) which won't be available until the new year sometime.
No sooner is it released that the beginnings of FM09 will be touted around.
I've said it before and I fully agree with the OP - I don't understand how SI think they can do it, releasing a new game every year only to be bombarded by "whining threads" on here and for countless bugs to be discovered.
I know it's a seasonal game, but they really only need update the database one year, then release a new game the next year (a game where they would have spent TWO years developing the match engine alone).
All the new features are pointless if the main course - the Match Engine - is so obviously very flawed. </BLOCKQUOTE>

As long as the game sells they keep milking the cow. EA does the same with FIFA/NHL/NBA etc, but at least on their releases the essential features work as intended on the released version.

PETER CASSIDY

eventually it will get to the point where weve had enough

for example...like most of you probably are im a pro evo fan and have been for years....but this year im not buying it because my current console is a ps3 and iv heard it is rubbish due to bugs

Tom L

Good thing about the ps3. You can download patches to it.

Ackter

Not financially viable, so will never happen.

SirWhale

Essentially, you think that they should come up with poor-quality versions like FM08 every year just to keep their financial heads above the water.

SmurfDude

All it means is we get to test out the half-arsed unfinished features until that work is completed. FM08 is a fine example of that.