Why isn't this more like OOTP?

[iamKarl]

The immersion, the stats, the UI, everything in this just seems half azzed thrown together, OOTP is polished and I have nearly 2000 hours playing it, this game is almost unplayable. I bought this game because I couldn't find any good management simulation games besides the aforementioned OOTP and playing this game I see that my search still continues.

[SmellyWrestlingGeek]

Because 1. It's a completely different sport 2. Completely different developers

[Starshock101]

playbase, more people currently play ootp 22 than fhm 9. It's a shame, but without more players there won't be heavy investment. FHM has never averaged above 200 players for a month ( according to steam charts ), whilst OOTP 23 ranged from 900-1200 during it's cycle.

Not all OOTP/FHM players use steam obviously but it's a pretty good indication.

Hopefully the playerbase grows over time ( though, it seems pretty consistent year over year based on steamcharts ) and OOTP can justify more resources for FHM, because obviously the developers care for the series.

[SmellyWrestlingGeek]

Baseball is far more popular sport than Hockey. The same applies to FM and EHM, where soccer is massively popular compared to hockey. Hockey games are niche sports games.

[ryan]

Me and my friends have been spying out FHM for a little while now. I think we'll finally get it if and when 10 comes out but we also are hoping for improved in-game graphics (such as 3D.) I don't play sports sims as much (mostly cause the other sports dont interest me as much as hockey) but my friends do and the 3D graphics have been amazing to them.

[Silverbuu]

Originally posted by Starshock101:

playbase, more people currently play ootp 22 than fhm 9. It's a shame, but without more players there won't be heavy investment.

This feels like a cyclical trap. They won't invest time/money because it doesn't have a strong playerbase, but they don't have a strong playerbase because the game looks like they don't invest time/money in it. As it stands, that's my biggest hesitation. the UI doesn't look very intuitive at all, and instead looks very clunky. Straight out of the year 2004.

It's a shame Hockey isn't a more popular sport, because that's the argument that EA uses. There wasn't a strong playerbase for PC, so they don't release on PC. Even though that was more than 10 years ago. If it was a more popular sport, they might just risk further investment.