Watch and learn!

A statement released from the makers of championship manager:

'This morning we have announced that the launch date for the next version of Championship Manager has been rescheduled from it’s April 25th date.

In a statement to the city, Eidos announced that ‘in line with Company’s strategy of developing the highest quality games, we have decided to delay the release of Championship Manager from April 2009 to ensure we deliver the best game to our customers and maximise the potential for this franchise. As a result, the release date will move into the Company’s next financial year’

Whilst we recognize that it will be frustrating for fans of the game to have to wait further for the release, we have constantly stated that a quality game is vital to our efforts of rebooting the franchise, and is in line with the company's objectives of delivering quality experiences to fans and consumers

This next version is a major milestone in the history of Championship Manager - it's the most established and oldest brand in sport gaming, and we’re absolutely committed to ensure that the game returns to the previous benchmarks of gameplay, innovation and quality that have marked the franchise out over the years.

As such, we are not going to release the next edition until we’re absolutely ready to do so and until we’re 100% happy with it.As much as this is a tough decision to make for both ourselves and our fans, it is something we believe is in the best interests of delivering a high quality game experience for the next edition of Championship Manager

This next version includes some new and yet-to-be announced features, and both these and the new release date for the next edition of the game will be announced shortly.'

This is what SI should have done with football manager 2009 instead of releasing an absolute farce of a game. And I bet when they do release it they wont have any of this activation rubbish on it.

Perhaps SI could learn something from their rivals.

These forums are for FM discussion. I believe there is a CM thread in OTF if you wish to post about it.