MirrorrorriM Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 On previous versions of FM the monetary benefit of a commercial affiliate could be seen in the increased monthly revenue from merchandising. This was significant in terms of increased merchandising vs. the annual cost of the affiliate. In FM 11 I am playing as Fulham, came 2nd in Premiership last season and won the FA Cup. I am now in the Champions League, 3rd in the league and still in the domestic cups at Xmas. Finally my board found me a comercial affiliate - Toronto FC, paying £2.4 million a year for the privelage. Having watched my monthly merchandising revenue from the previous months I was recieving a total of about £140k per month. Since signing the affiliate this has only risen to about £210k - an increase of £70k per month or £840k per year. In previous FM's I would have expected an increase of at least £400k per month or £4.8million per year. So by my reckoning I am losing money now as I am paying £2.4 million a year but only gaining £840k per year in increased merchandising. Has the model been changed in FM 11? What am I missing? Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milnerpoint Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 i tend to find i make the most money from merch at the start of a season and january if i make signings, when did your affiliation start? Maybe wait till the transfer window opens and check again, also at the start of next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MirrorrorriM Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 It started at the end of July and it is now January with the highest merchandising revenue for a month being £280k - still below even the break even threshold for Fulham to sign a £2.4 million a year commercial affiliate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby_McDonald Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 How is £280,000 below a break even threshold of £200,000? Besides that, just because an affiliate has been arranged, it's no guarantee it will be a successful one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MirrorrorriM Posted January 17, 2011 Author Share Posted January 17, 2011 Because I was already recieving £140k in merchandising revenue so it is only an increase of £140k which is below the break even threshold at its maximum. For 10 months of the year the total merchandising revenue is only £210k which makes it well below the break even threshold to make signing the commercial affiliate profitable. In every single FM it has always 'been successfull' as you say - so that is why I asked "Has the model been changed in FM 11? What am I missing?". Do you know that this has been changed for FM 11...? How is £280,000 below a break even threshold of £200,000?Besides that, just because an affiliate has been arranged, it's no guarantee it will be a successful one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MirrorrorriM Posted January 28, 2011 Author Share Posted January 28, 2011 For anyone that is interested I think I have figured out how this has changed. In previous FM's the monthly merchandising revenue would increase to its maximum as soon as you signed a commercial affiliate but then not increase anymore as a direct result of the affiliate. It appears that in FM11 this is staggered. For example, in the scenario described above, when I signed the affiliate the merchandising went up by £140k per month and then when the new season started it went up by an additional £140k per month consistently. Now I am wondering if this is a continuous thing or if that is my lot... However it is I think the new model, staggered, is better as is more representative of RL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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