Poll: Is it just me or are the creators of FM13 getting greedy

I for one couldn't believe it when i paid £30 the same week football manager 2013 was released and got it home to find i needed to buy half the graphic files ect what a rip off its like buying a top shooting game to find u cant see your guns lol what a joke. Its thanks to places like these that complete that game! Dont understand why they have done this other than to make money, this game shouldnt be sold with the current title it should be sold as "Football Manager 2013 Lite" or "Football Manager 2013 WE THE CREATORS ARE GREEDY PIGS". Despite my absolute disgust and rage i still find myself at the laptop most hours playing FM lol so for that im greatfull -_-

What? Aside from the money I spent buying the game itself (though fmscout), I haven't spent anything on the game. I'm aware you can now pay for extra stuff in FMC, but that doesn't really count imo, as it's completely optional.

If you're talking about graphics such as team logos, SI don't include them because they don't have the licenses. If some websites are charging for logopacks, then that's their problem, since people will always find somewhere to get it for free (such as this site!).

Licencing issues? More like they didn't want to pay the money other top games have done in order to have the rights to display such images. Sorry if u disagree but its my opinion. What ever the reasons are im sure its not money orientated ;-) <- Sarcastic Wink

Yes it's money oriented, but it's not them trying to get more money out of the people who buy the game. It's them not wanting to pay ridiculous amounts of money to get the licenses. If the game had all the licenses for all the leagues it includes, it'd be more expensive, so if you look at it that way they're actually saving money for the fans. It's incredibly easy to download graphics from sites like this one for free, so why force customers to pay for it when they can just get it for free instead?

I honestly prefer it this way, I pay less for the game that I would have, and for a small amount of effort I have the game with all the graphics I could want. Increasing the price just to put some logos in the game just doesn't make sense when fans will make them available for free.

If it was a case of "buy the game, then pay separately for logos", even then that's not necessarily a bad thing. Say the game should cost £30 per user, and they charge an extra £5 for the logos, that means that people who go to the effort of making them themselves (or finding them online) save themselves £5. If they put the logos in and charged £35, customers wouldn't have that option. The question would be how much customers are willing to pay for the convenience. My guess is that it would not be very much, so there's no point in them adding it.

Of course they're in it to make money, but they're also in it to keep as many customers as possible. The way they do it keeps the prices down and keeps the fans happy.

Essentially you have to win licenses away from other companies. This is why FIFA has logos, kits, etc., whereas PES has the Champions League and Europa League stuff (such as music, logos) yet doesn't have the proper team names or logos.

I dont see any problem with what they have done. You bought the game, not the graphics. As it is, this game is cheaper than the likes of FIFA, Call of Duty, etc. They didn't include the graphics because the licensing would have cost so much meaning they would have had to bump the price of the game up. If you are looking for free graphics, you can download them from this site.

I think even if SI wanted the graphics for the EPL, they couldnt get them because EA Sports have the exclusive rights to them!

But to be fair, i dont buy the game to look at pictures and kits, i buy it for the depth and the experience...yes i do download the logo's, kits and player pics but thats only because its easy and free lol it wouldnt bother me one bit if i didnt have them!

Although FM is very, very addictive, it's sales can't compare to the sales of FIFA. EA Sports can offer more money as they sell more, charge more and make more games than SI. You could say that SEGA should pay but even then EA probably have more money. So if you worked with UEFA would you sell the Champions League licensing to the highest offer? Of course, and if SI got the licenses, they would have to charge more for the game so you'd be paying more as you can get graphics for free.

At the end of the day this is a business and they will get what they think they can from people. It is the same across the board on all platforms.

DLC = Mo money!