Championship Manager 2010 for a penny

craptakular · 18 Aug 2009 at 13:39

Now's your chance to own the latest version of Championship Manager at any price you want to pay*. Simply click pre-order below and you'll be able to set how much you pay for game.
Championship Manager gives players the chance to experience the highs and lows of real football as you assume the role of a football manager at any one of thousands of clubs around the world. Prepare to take total control as the latest edition of Championship Manager propels you into one of the most challenging jobs in the world... for a price you choose...
* Pay what you want price is subject to a £2.50 transaction fee. Offer valid until September 10th, 23:59. CM 2010 will be available to download from September 11th 2009.

http://www.champmanstore.com

I'm going to pre-order it now for a penny, not played it since the game designers split up.

Rambo89 · 18 Aug 2009 at 13:48

Demo wasnt that good, but for £2.51 its a bargain, bought.

Kriist · 18 Aug 2009 at 13:59

anyone else getting internal service errors left right and centre?

Shamikebab · 18 Aug 2009 at 14:05

I bet for £2.51 it still won't be great though, I'm sure anyone that's interested in football management sims will be getting FM10

manic111 · 18 Aug 2009 at 14:43

Done; I've hardly played FM09, think I'm falling slightly out of love with football management games at the moment, and couldn't really justify buying a full price one this year. Worth it for £2.51 though!

EDIT: Hmm, I got a server error after clicking pay; the money's come out of my bank account. Is there any way to check whether the preorder went through?

Side5wipe · 18 Aug 2009 at 14:48

Yeah im getting errors, hope they sort it out soon.

Kriist · 18 Aug 2009 at 14:49

Careful, they still charge you even tho you get the error. Best bet is to email them to make sure the payment went through and your pre-order was successful.

manic111 · 18 Aug 2009 at 14:50

Actually it does seem to have gone through; if I log out and log back in, then click on "zone 3 - download area" it's in that, so hopefully it's worked!

Tummy · 18 Aug 2009 at 14:51

Shamikebab said:
I bet for £2.51 it still won't be great though, I'm sure anyone that's interested in football management sims will be getting FM10

Indeed, hopefully they'll get the message that even if you give it away, people don't want to play it.

Adsta · 18 Aug 2009 at 14:51

2.51 for a new game BARGIN !

manic111 · 18 Aug 2009 at 14:55

Tummy said:
Indeed, hopefully they'll get the message that even if you give it away, people don't want to play it.

I think they probably believe (mistakenly or not, we'll find out) that they have improved the game sufficiently so it is now a match for FM. By doing this this year, they ought to get their market share back up to an acceptable level, and provided the game is up to scratch will be able to charge full price next year and gain on Sports Interactive.

ScarySquirrel · 18 Aug 2009 at 14:55

Is it bad that I really can't be bothered with it?

FM all the way!

Fisk · 18 Aug 2009 at 14:57

ScarySquirrel said:
Is it bad that I really can't be bothered with it?

FM all the way!

Nope, you're doing the right thing! It was supposed to be 'better' this year but I looked into it a lot and it seems just as poor as always.

£2.51 is cheap though if anyone does want to give it a try.

manic111 · 18 Aug 2009 at 15:02

Incidentally there's a demo available at GamersHell. Wish I'd looked at that before pre-ordering

Adsta · 18 Aug 2009 at 15:14

meh its 2.51 its hardly a bank breaker. If its bad its bad. if its good. 2.51 well spent

Tummy · 18 Aug 2009 at 15:15

manic111 said:
I think they probably believe (mistakenly or not, we'll find out) that they have improved the game sufficiently so it is now a match for FM. By doing this this year, they ought to get their market share back up to an acceptable level, and provided the game is up to scratch will be able to charge full price next year and gain on Sports Interactive.

I don't think they'll challenge Football Manager, they haven't for since Football Manager came out, If you're serious about playing a football management game, you get FM.

Just because it's cheap doesn't mean it's going to compete, in fact nothing short of getting SI to make it, it's not anywhere near FM level.

You can polish (or sell cheap) a ****, but it's still a ****.

manic111 · 18 Aug 2009 at 15:37

I didn't say that they would (or could) reach the level of FM; merely that at this price a lot of people (perhaps those who spend slightly less time with management sims) may go for it over FM, and that then by whacking it up next year they would hopefully gain a little market share.

I was just saying that this may very well be their reasoning behind it, not that it would be a success.

TheCenturion · 18 Aug 2009 at 15:59

My uncle works for BGS, and I was going to get work experience there, but because the game is being prepared for release, I never got it.

CK61938 · 18 Aug 2009 at 18:57

altho I may never play this still cannot whinge at the price

Steve M · 21 Aug 2009 at 18:59

After playing the demo i can confirm that 1p is too expensive.

It seems likes it's a game aimed at young children. Very cheap and tacky and is waaaaaaay behind Football Manager. Avoid this.