Football Manager 2022 Announced, Release Date November 9 - Day One on Xbox Game Pass

[Steve_OS]

Sports Interactive has announced Football Manager 2022, scheduled to release on November 9 for Xbox, PC,...

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[SVCbearcat10]

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I wonder if there will be real media outlets in the game. Not sure if I should be reading into the Athletic being featured in the trailer.

[Cod]

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The Athletic currently has an official podcast with the developers, producers, etc.. Also, one of The Athletic's offices are in the same technology park as Sports Interactive. So there could very likely be a partnership.

As for real media outlets, I believe there are some custom databases out there that include real media outlets, beat writers, etc.

[Suntan Superman]

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As for real media outlets, I believe there are some custom databases out there that include real media outlets, beat writers, etc.

There's a few really good ones in fact, As much as I love FM, I tried to play FM without mods and realized how the rumors recently of them closing the game off to mods means that I might lose my favorite game franchise. Customisation just does so much for me.

[Cod]

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There's a few really good ones in fact, As much as I love FM, I tried to play FM without mods and realized how the rumors recently of them closing the game off to mods means that I might lose my favorite game franchise. Customisation just does so much for me.

Did those rumors ever come to fruition? Should I hold off on preordering?

[Suntan Superman]

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Did those rumors ever come to fruition? Should I hold off on preordering?

It would seem as though thankfully nothing will come of it, the Man Utd lawsuit got settled, and nothing seems to have changed or even come close to changing last year.

[RoyceDa59]

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It would seem as though thankfully nothing will come of it, the Man Utd lawsuit got settled, and nothing seems to have changed or even come close to changing last year.

I was about to preorder this but than noticed it is coming to Game Pass. Do you know how mod friendly this is for the Game Pass version?

[Suntan Superman]

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I was about to preorder this but than noticed it is coming to Game Pass. Do you know how mod friendly this is for the Game Pass version?

you can change logos/kits, but names and things like "Zebre" are not moddable.

[RoyceDa59]

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you can change logos/kits, but names and things like "Zebre" are not moddable.

Thanks that's a deal breaker guess I am picking this up on Steam.

[Zac]

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Actually you can use the real name fix.



The files for it are located in C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\appdata-local-packages-SportsInteractive(with a lot of random numbers)-Localcache-Local-Microsoft-WriteablePackageRoot-data\


If you are on a Mac, no clue.


From there its just like the steam folders for installing the new files.


HOWEVER. The GP version has some funky DRM in it. And it is slow as crap. Its constantly checking something, and processing breaks take forever. It seems fine in the first season. And then you really start to notice it late in the second season. And then the third is just nuts. Even playing games things would hitch real bad. And I've seen people say the same on reddit about 20 and 21. And it seems to softlock a lot, but is actually just being super slow. I hated using it. So I haven't used it since the 2019 version on GP.



Its a usable version. But one I would not recommend anyone use if they can afford to buy a steam copy.

[RoyceDa59]

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Actually you can use the real name fix.



The files for it are located in C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\appdata-local-packages-SportsInteractive(with a lot of random numbers)-Localcache-Local-Microsoft-WriteablePackageRoot-data\


If you are on a Mac, no clue.


From there its just like the steam folders for installing the new files.


HOWEVER. The GP version has some funky DRM in it. And it is slow as crap. Its constantly checking something, and processing breaks take forever. It seems fine in the first season. And then you really start to notice it late in the second season. And then the third is just nuts. Even playing games things would hitch real bad. And I've seen people say the same on reddit about 20 and 21. And it seems to softlock a lot, but is actually just being super slow. I hated using it. So I haven't used it since the 2019 version on GP.



Its a usable version. But one I would not recommend anyone use if they can afford to buy a steam copy.

Thanks that is good to know honestly even with that knowledge that does sound annoying last thing you want to deal with is unnecessary hitches while dealing with this games UI.

[Cod]

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Thanks that is good to know honestly even with that knowledge that does sound annoying last thing you want to deal with is unnecessary hitches while dealing with this games UI.

Football Manager is the type of game I find worth the full price of admission because I know I'm getting a complete game. DLC won't be shoved down my throat, no season pass, etc.. Developers like SI deserve to be supported. I hope Gamepass brings them new players that will turn into revenue sources later to help the game become even better.

[Suntan Superman]

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Actually you can use the real name fix.



The files for it are located in C:\Users\[user_name]\AppData\appdata-local-packages-SportsInteractive(with a lot of random numbers)-Localcache-Local-Microsoft-WriteablePackageRoot-data\


If you are on a Mac, no clue.


From there its just like the steam folders for installing the new files.


HOWEVER. The GP version has some funky DRM in it. And it is slow as crap. Its constantly checking something, and processing breaks take forever. It seems fine in the first season. And then you really start to notice it late in the second season. And then the third is just nuts. Even playing games things would hitch real bad. And I've seen people say the same on reddit about 20 and 21. And it seems to softlock a lot, but is actually just being super slow. I hated using it. So I haven't used it since the 2019 version on GP.



Its a usable version. But one I would not recommend anyone use if they can afford to buy a steam copy.

huh, never found that folder before, i looked high and low as well before I uninstalled it and just kept using the Steam version.

[Zac]

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Looks like I was partly wrong. Starting with 21 and moving forward, SI agreed to remove this folder and the ability for the modding on the Xbox/MS versions. MS wanted it gone for it to stay on the platform. So if anyone was thinking they were just going to get 22 on there and mod it, you wont be able to. I just confirmed this by trying on 21 and I can't mod it. But it worked on 19 and 20. The MS DRM is nuts also. Just trying to test around with modding on 21 and holy **** is that version insanely slow. Would not recommend GP for FM.