Football Manager: integrating women’s football will not reduce news to the next installments of the saga

“Some people will complain no matter what we do. It is impossible to please everyone.”

Sports Interactive , creators of the Football Manager series , took a bold step in July by announcing that they are bringing women’s soccer into the game . It is a courageous decision, which will give more representation to women in sport without providing them with an immediate financial benefit . And it’s also an additional effort for the studio as they work on the series’ annual installments – the latest was Football Manager 2021 . At 3DJuegos we have recently interviewed Miles Jacobson, studio director , who has told us about this decision.

One of the issues that all annual games, sporting or not, must face with each installment are the comments of their most loyal fans in the presence -or absence- of news . And since part of Sports Interactive will now focus on implementing women’s football, we have asked its director if he fears a negative response from fans who believe that this could detract resources from the development of Football Manager 2022 . His answer was quite clear.

Those who work on graphics and those who work on adding links are different peopleMiles Jacobson” With every decision we make , with every new feature we announce, with every new game we announce, we get a negative response from a small minority of people who are yelling very loudly that they would want something else in their place,” says Jacobson. “Someone asking for graphic changes to the game instead of adding a new league, without ever thinking that the people who work on graphics and those who work on adding leagues are completely different people, with different skill sets.” In other words, having people working in women’s football is not something that takes resources away from other areas of the next game.

Some people will complain no matter what we doMiles JacobsonSince it does not prevent the rest of the departments of the study from continuing their work as usual. And regardless, SI will always make the decisions they deem correct no matter what this noisy minority of fans may think . “During this time, our audience has grown each year, our average gaming hours have increased (and are among the best in the industry) and we are very proud to offer games that are great value for money. If people don’t trust on us and our decisions after 30 years offering the best football management games on the market, then there is little more we can do about it. “

” Some people will complain no matter what we do – and we’re used to it as developers. So it’s impossible to make everyone happy all the time. If they don’t like the games we make, they won’t buy the games. That’s always been the case. ” . The Football Manager saga will integrate women’s football in future installments, still without an approximate arrival date . As part of the interview, Sports Interactive has also defended that it is necessary to encourage the arrival of more women to the video game industry , a hot topic after the recent accusations against Activision Blizzard .