Football Manager 2011

Football Manager 2011 is a football management simulation video game and the eighth instalment in the Football Manager series developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega. It was released for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X on 5 November 2010. It was also released for PlayStation Portable on 26 November 2010.^[6] A version for iOS was released on 16 December 2010.

Football Manager 2011
Developer(s)	Sports Interactive
Publisher(s)	Sega
Series	Football Manager
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation Portable, iOS
Release	Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X EU: 5 November 2010[1] NA: 9 November 2010[2] PlayStation Portable PAL: 26 November 2010[3] NA: 7 December 2010[4] iOS WW: 16 December 2010[5]
Genre(s)	Sports management
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer

Gameplay

Football Manager 2011 features similar gameplay to previous entries in the Football Manager series. Gameplay consists of taking charge of a professional football team (the game also includes semi-professional, amateur, and international teams) as the manager. Players can sign football players to contracts, manage finances for the club, and give team talks to players. The Football Manager series is a simulation of real world management, with the player being judged on various factors by the club's AI owners and board.^[7]

On 11 August 2010, Sports Interactive published a video announcing a number of new features that would be included in Football Manager 2011.^[8] It features enhanced agent roles, with agents all acting differently according to their personalities.^[9] In-game press conferences received a revamp, with more in-depth questions being asked by the press.^[10] Football Manager 2011 also featured improvements to match analysis, with information regarding different plays being shown in-depth.^[11][12]

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	PC: 85/100[13] PSP: 77/100[14] iOS: 76/100[15]

Review scores

Publication	Score
Eurogamer	90%[16]
GameSpot	8.5/10[17]
The Daily Telegraph	8/10[18]

Reception

Review aggregator website Metacritic gives the game a score of 85/100, with "generally favorable reviews" based on 23 critic reports.^[13] The German website 4players.de rated the game with 87% as "sehr gut".^[19]

Sales

In February 2011, Sega announced that Football Manager 2011 was the company's third-highest-grossing game of the financial year, with the Microsoft Windows and PlayStation Portable versions combined selling 690,000 units.^[18] Despite this, Sega called the game's sales "slow", alongside PlatinumGames like Vanquish and Sonic Colors.^[20]

See also

• Business simulation game
• Championship Manager 2011

References

1. "Football Manager 2011 dated". Eurogamer. 17 September 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
2. "Football Manager 2011 Reveals Social Media Features". IGN. 27 September 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
3. "Late kick-off for PSP's FM2011". Eurogamer. 12 November 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
4. Moriarty, Colin (12 November 2010). "This Week on the PSN (12.07.10)". IGN. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
5. "Football Manager Handheld 2011 lands on the iPhone". Pocket-lint. 19 December 2010. Archived from the original on 19 December 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
6. "Football Manager 2011 (PSP)". Amazon. Archived from the original on 7 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
7. Boxer, Steve (28 August 2018). "A league of their own: six of the best football video games". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
8. Football Manager 2011 Announcement. YouTube. 11 August 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
9. "milessi tweet". Twitter.com. 23 July 2010. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
10. "Exclusive FM2011 blog with Miles Jacobson day four: new press conference questions revealed!". Mirror Football. 30 September 2010. Archived from the original on 8 October 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
11. "Exclusive FM2011 blog with Miles Jacobson day seven: How player movement analysis will make you a better boss". Mirror Football. 5 October 2010. Archived from the original on 19 October 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
12. "Exclusive FM2011 blog with Miles Jacobson day eight: 25-man squads, B-teams, Turkish playoffs and more... the latest rule changes". Mirror Football. 6 October 2010. Archived from the original on 19 October 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
13. "Football Manager 2011 for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 3 December 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
14. "Football Manager Handheld 2011 for PSP Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
15. "Football Manager Handheld 2011 for iPhone/iPad Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
16. "Football Manager 2011". Eurogamer.it (in Italian). 5 November 2010. Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
17. "Football Manager 2011 Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
18. "Football Manager 2011 review". Telegraph.co.uk. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
19. "Test (Wertung) zu Football Manager 2011 (Sport, PC) – 4Players.de". 4Players. 3 December 2010. Archived from the original on 10 December 2013.
20. Yin-Poole, Wesley (4 February 2011). "Western Vanquish and FM11 sales". Eurogamer.net. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2018.

External links

• Official website