Football Manager 2011

2010 video game

EU: 5 November 2010^[2]
NA: 9 November 2010^[1]

PSP

PAL: 26 November 2010^[4]
NA: 7 December 2010^[3]

iOS

WW: 16 December 2010^[5]

Genre(s)Sports, simulationMode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Football Manager 2011 (often abbreviated to FM11) is a football manager simulation video game. It was released for 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.

Gameplay

FM11 features similar gameplay to previous entries in the Football Manager series. Gameplay consists of taking charge of a professional^[a] association football team, as the team manager. Players can sign football players to contracts, manage finances for the club, and give team talks to players. FM11 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] FM11 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]

FM11 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]

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 FM11 was the company's third-highest-grossing game of the financial year, with the PC and PSP versions combined selling 690,000 units.^[18] Despite this, Sega called the game's sales "slow", alongside PlatinumGames' Vanquish and Sonic Colors.^[20]

References

^ FM11 also includes semi-professional, amateur and international teams

^ "Football Manager 2011 Reveals Social Media Features". IGN. 27 September 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
^ "Football Manager 2011 dated". Eurogamer.net. 17 September 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
^ Moriarty, Colin (8 December 2010). "This Week on the PSN (12.07.10)". IGN. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
^ "Late kick-off for PSP's FM2011". Eurogamer.net. 12 November 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
^ "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.
^ "Football Manager 2011 (PSP)". Amazon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
^ 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.
^ Football Manager 2011 Announcement. YouTube. 11 August 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
^ "milessi tweet". Twitter.com. 23 July 2010. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Football Manager 2011 for PC Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 3 December 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
^ "Football Manager Handheld 2011 for PSP Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
^ "Football Manager Handheld 2011 for iPhone/iPad Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
^ "Football Manager 2011". Eurogamer.it (in Italian). 5 November 2010. Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
^ "Football Manager 2011 Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Football Manager 2011 review". Telegraph.co.uk. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
^ "Test (Wertung) zu Football Manager 2011 (Sport, PC) - 4Players.de". 4Players. 3 December 2010. Archived from the original on 10 December 2013.
^ "Western Vanquish and FM11 sales". Eurogamer.net. 4 February 2011. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2018. Platinum Games' Vanquish, Sports Interactive's Football Manager 2011 and Nintendo platforms game Sonic Colours