Rickooko

Wait until the feedback is promising on the forum.

Signe

It's kinda sad that we expect every version out of the box to be bugged. If FM 09 is the first version that is totally bug free, I'm sure everyone here would snap it up before Dec.

opul

Probably pre-order

and if it is simply for collection reasons :p I got them all so far, so why stop now... even so I will be a father by then, so I probably will have other worries. Maybe I should pre-order it now already

Ter

opul - could you please stop including that addition to your posts. We have a no advertising rule of the forums and signatures are disabled

Be interesting to see how many of the people who say they are going to wait are going to be tempted when they see what the game is going to be like

andyinuk

i always buy it when it come out. it's not like it's that expensive, like buying a car for example.

chopper99

I'll be buying it when it's released. When FM08 first came out I used the time before the first beta patch came out to have a quick game and learn some of the new features and I enjoyed it. When the first beta patch came out I started my first 'proper' game with Man Utd and enjoyed that.

Then when the full 8.0.1 patch came out I started my long term carrer game with Gateshead and I'm enjoying that one immensly. I've never seen anything that I'd say made the game remotely unplayable so yes, I'll be buying '09 when it first comes out and agaion following the above format.

Ter

That's what I used to do with the demo. Use that to find some players, get a tactic and stuff sorted then I had a good starting point for starting when the game came out.

Rb

It'll be pre-ordered and I will have it for release day as always.

FrazT

I always get frustrated by the "obvious " bugs in each version, so I wll do what I have done for years and play the demo till at least the first patch is released.

Starr_Man5

ffs lads, '08 isn't even "Finished" yet (read: 8.0.2) and you're talking about '09??

Next you'll want to know when the first patch for '09 is due.

Patience patience patience....