![]() "It wasn't only the Steam authentication," Jacobson explained. Subsequent plays could then be done in Steam's offline mode. Steam authentication required Football Manager 2012 to be activated online at first play. "We definitely think that it's helped," he added. "But there were definitely people on the forums that were talking about a pirated version of the game who were, after four or five days, posting that, 'I can't wait any more, I'm going out and buying the game.' "Of course it could be because we've got the best game that we've ever released this year and loads of people have rushed out and bought it," Jacobson mulled. "It's started dropping down a little bit now, but certainly in the first 10 days before we were cracked, because we got cracked after 10 days (which is actually 15 days less than normal - normally we're cracked the weekend before release), we've definitely seen a sales upsurge." And yet we've got double-digit growth year on year for Football Manager," Sports Interactive boss Miles Jacobson told Eurogamer. "We're in a market in Europe where the PC is about 20 per cent down year on year. ![]() Their controversial decision was a success.įootball Manager 2012 wasn't cracked until 10 days after release. In an effort to prevent rampant piracy, Sega and Sports Interactive required Steam authentication to play Football Manager 2012.
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