{"id":28112,"date":"2013-11-25T07:25:09","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T15:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=28112"},"modified":"2013-11-25T07:25:09","modified_gmt":"2013-11-25T15:25:09","slug":"fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/11\/25\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA Manager 14 makes sports gaming history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The FIFA Manager line is ending. FIFA Manager 14 will be the last game of the football (soccer to us Yanks) management sim series from Electronic Arts. Gerald Kohler, the creator and designer of the games, posted an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fifa-manager.com\/home\/blog\/blog-article\/n\/News\/show\/offener-brief-von-gerald\/\">open letter<\/a> to fans regarding the decision to end the franchise. Kohler explained that the market for the management sim genre is dominated by one title, presumably the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.footballmanager.com\/lang\/en_GB\">Football Manager<\/a> series, and there just wasn&#8217;t enough budget to compete.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The football manager genre at this level of sophistication is highly specialised and primarily played in two countries (England and Germany), in which &#8211; on top of everything &#8211; one game has practically dominated the market in recent years. The niche market and general trend toward online and mobile games were also contributing factors. Moreover, FM had reached a crossroads at which a new engine and\/or corresponding online technology would be the only way to give the series a boost. When all these factors were evaluated, it led us to the decision to blow the final whistle.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The FIFA Manager games began in 2002.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FIFA Manager line is ending. FIFA Manager 14 will be the last game of the football (soccer to us Yanks) management sim series from Electronic Arts. Gerald Kohler, the creator and designer of the games, posted an open letter to fans regarding the decision to end the franchise. Kohler explained that the market for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1684,"featured_media":28118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[189],"class_list":["post-28112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-fifa-manager"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FIFA Manager 14 makes sports gaming history - Quarter to Three<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/11\/25\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FIFA Manager 14 makes sports gaming history - Quarter to Three\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The FIFA Manager line is ending. FIFA Manager 14 will be the last game of the football (soccer to us Yanks) management sim series from Electronic Arts. Gerald Kohler, the creator and designer of the games, posted an open letter to fans regarding the decision to end the franchise. Kohler explained that the market for [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/11\/25\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Quarter to Three\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-11-25T15:25:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/fifa-manager-14.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"431\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nick Diamon\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nick Diamon\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/25\\\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/25\\\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nick Diamon\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/12f74bb66e4067a53ee9fc77e02c27d7\"},\"headline\":\"FIFA Manager 14 makes sports gaming history\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-11-25T15:25:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/25\\\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":187,\"commentCount\":3,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/25\\\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/fifa-manager-14.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"FIFA Manager\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/25\\\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/25\\\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/25\\\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\\\/\",\"name\":\"FIFA Manager 14 makes sports gaming history - Quarter to Three\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/25\\\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/25\\\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/fifa-manager-14.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-11-25T15:25:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/12f74bb66e4067a53ee9fc77e02c27d7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/25\\\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/25\\\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/25\\\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/fifa-manager-14.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/fifa-manager-14.jpg\",\"width\":700,\"height\":431},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/2013\\\/11\\\/25\\\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"FIFA Manager 14 makes sports gaming history\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/\",\"name\":\"Quarter to Three\",\"description\":\"All games, all the time.  Except for the bits about movies.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/12f74bb66e4067a53ee9fc77e02c27d7\",\"name\":\"Nick Diamon\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/admin\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.quartertothree.com\\\/fp\\\/author\\\/nick-diamon\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"FIFA Manager 14 makes sports gaming history - Quarter to Three","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/11\/25\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"FIFA Manager 14 makes sports gaming history - Quarter to Three","og_description":"The FIFA Manager line is ending. FIFA Manager 14 will be the last game of the football (soccer to us Yanks) management sim series from Electronic Arts. Gerald Kohler, the creator and designer of the games, posted an open letter to fans regarding the decision to end the franchise. Kohler explained that the market for [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/11\/25\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\/","og_site_name":"Quarter to Three","article_published_time":"2013-11-25T15:25:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":431,"url":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/fifa-manager-14.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Nick Diamon","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nick Diamon","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/11\/25\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/11\/25\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\/"},"author":{"name":"Nick Diamon","@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/#\/schema\/person\/12f74bb66e4067a53ee9fc77e02c27d7"},"headline":"FIFA Manager 14 makes sports gaming history","datePublished":"2013-11-25T15:25:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/11\/25\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\/"},"wordCount":187,"commentCount":3,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/11\/25\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/fifa-manager-14.jpg","keywords":["FIFA Manager"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/11\/25\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/11\/25\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\/","url":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/11\/25\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\/","name":"FIFA Manager 14 makes sports gaming history - Quarter to Three","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/11\/25\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/11\/25\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/fifa-manager-14.jpg","datePublished":"2013-11-25T15:25:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/#\/schema\/person\/12f74bb66e4067a53ee9fc77e02c27d7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/11\/25\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/11\/25\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/11\/25\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/fifa-manager-14.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/fifa-manager-14.jpg","width":700,"height":431},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/11\/25\/fifa-manager-14-makes-sports-gaming-history\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"FIFA Manager 14 makes sports gaming history"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/","name":"Quarter to Three","description":"All games, all the time.  Except for the bits about movies.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/#\/schema\/person\/12f74bb66e4067a53ee9fc77e02c27d7","name":"Nick Diamon","sameAs":["http:\/\/admin"],"url":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/author\/nick-diamon\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28112"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28117,"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28112\/revisions\/28117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}