FIFA Manager is a mega-popular seriescomputer games in the genre of sports economic simulator. The first game of the line was released in 1997. Since then, the guys from the German studio Bright Future GmbH and the publisher Electronic Arts every year pleased us with a new part. But recently a legendary series hung a sword of Damocles. Rumors of the closure of the FIFA Manager series began to spread actively. But how is everything in reality? And what happens to the new FIFA Manager 15? This article will shed light on the current situation.
The genre of the sports manager is quite popular ina circle of football fans. Many are looking forward to the release of the new FIFA Manager 15. However, as it turned out recently, this will not happen. EA decided to close the series and stop the development process of FIFA Manager 15. The feedback from the players did not take long. Many users are outraged by this decision of the company. Nevertheless, the guys from EA, apparently, are not going to change their intentions.
In 2013, the light saw FIFA Manager 14.Simulator gave players the opportunity to visit the real football manager with all the ensuing consequences. Gamers had to collect teams, buy valuable and talented players, follow the latest football news, develop tactics of the game, etc. And football fans are quite interested in doing such things. After all, this way you can feel the spirit of professional sports.
However, the new FIFA Manager 2014 is practically nothingdid not differ from its predecessor. Among the innovations can be noticed only the updated compositions of various leagues. Nevertheless, the game received good reviews from critics. Moreover, the project sold well and brought a stable (albeit small relative to high-profile titles like Battlefield) profit.
But this did not save the situation, and 2014 becamethe last game in the FIFA Manager series. What is the reason for closing? Why did the guys from EA decide to "kill" one of the best sports managers? The answers to these questions are covered in this article.
The main reason for closing the FIFA Manager is the declineinterest from gamers. As the statistics have shown, this series is narrowly focused. The games of the FIFA Manager line are popular only in Germany and England.
In addition, in the last few yearsthere is a dominance of competitors in the market of sports simulators (for sure it is a question of Football Manager coming out under the wing of Sports Interactive). In order to cope with it, you will have to generate interesting ideas, create unique technologies and develop a new engine for FIFA Manager 15. System requirements of the game and the costs for it will increase at times, which will definitely affect the price of the final product. This, in turn, can scare off already narrow circle of buyers, as a result of which the company will suffer losses. Because of the risk, EA decided to go the easy way and close the legendary series.
It is known that the death of such large titles is notpasses without a trace. How will the closing of the series and the cancellation of FIFA Manager 15 affect the gaming industry and the genre of sports simulators in general? The answers to these questions can be found below.
The last few years, EA and Sports Interactive inFierce fighting was divided among themselves the market of sports simulators. As you know, competition is the engine of progress. In order to attract players, both companies in every possible way improved their projects - they introduced online modes, added interesting gameplay features, etc. As a result, the final product turned out to be many times better, which is good for consumers. However, now that EA is out of the race, Sport Interactive is a monopolist in the field of sports simulators. Gamers simply do not have an alternative. And this means that we are unlikely to see any innovations or innovative technologies in Football Manager. That is, the genre of sports simulators will slowly begin to degrade. And this will continue until the Sport Interactive will not have a worthy competitor.
