Champ Man boss ‘wouldn’t spend money’ on FM Live

The general manager of Beautiful Game Studios, the developer behind the Championship Manager series, has criticised rival Sports Interactive’s online MMO-style version of Football Manager, FM Live, saying the game is too deep to be worth spending money on.

Speaking to VideoGamer.com last week during a demonstration of Championship Manager 09, due out this April, general manager Roy Meredith said: "I have played Football Manager Live and I don’t really get why I’d spend money on it because it’s too deep for me to want. I like Football Manager, I like playing it by myself. Football Manager Live is just a bit too time consuming for me, and I understand there will be a market for it but not me personally."