Lots of people having trouble with Football Manager 2009 DRM

Posted on Friday, November 14th, 2008 at 3:02 pmShare this post

We’re noticing a large number of complaints on various forums about Football Manager 2009’s DRM (Digital Rights Management - an authorisation system that attempts to block piracy). Apparently people are having trouble getting their copies of Sports Interactive’s football management sim authorised. The official F ootball Manager forums are currently down, as is the official website, presumably due to thousands of people queuing up to complain/ask for advice. We’re not sure if this is because people are putting in the wrong codes or if the authorisation servers are overloaded, but we’ll keep you posted. Should’ve bought it for the PSP…

EXTREMELY ANNOYED, HAVE OWNED EVERY FOOTBALL MANAGER SINCE 2006, AND PLAY WHENEVER I HAVE FREE TIME, SO I DECIDE TO FORK OUT 30 POUND FOR THE GAME AND I CANT EVEN PLAY IT, HOWEVER MY FRIEND ALSO BUYS THE GAME, YET HIS WORKS AND HE DOES NOT NEED TO ENTER HIS CODE IN SOFT ANCHOR, SPORTS INTERACTIVE YOU HAD BETTER STEP YOUR GAME UP OR BE PREPARED TO LOOSE MASSES OF CUSTOMERS, ME BEING ONE OF THEM

elliott on November 15th, 2008

its funny, all thoose who have bought the game are having trouble becuase of si’s drm, but all thoose who have illegally downloaded the game have it working fine, without the need for activation.
as with all DRM it wont stop the pirates ,but it will piss off a lot of genuine customers.

madmonkey on November 15th, 2008

its funny, all thoose who have bought the game are having trouble becuase of si’s drm, but all thoose who have illegally downloaded the game have it working fine, without the need for activation.
as with all DRM it wont stop the pirates ,but it will piss off a lot of genuine customers. shamefull

madmonkey on November 15th, 2008

just downloaded warez version

works perfectly

thanks SI!

Scottmichael on November 15th, 2008

All u need is to wait, tried installing it thro steam but so was every1 else and cloggged up the system, tied again this morning and was up and running in 2 mins!!!!!

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CAN I HAVE A SERIAL KEY PPLLLLLLLEEASSE!!

hsr on November 29th, 2008

game works but freezes when i get to play matches comp sez fm2009 not responding new computer quad core should work fine wots the damn problem?

boby1kanobi on December 26th, 2008

I brought the came and rushed home to play it, the moment i put the disk into my laptop it makes a loud crunching noise and it doesent get recognized, im so sad football manager is my favourite game and i can’t play it! i dont understand why its not working at all because every other disk works. I called them up and they said take it back to the shop, but i just think i will take home another new copy tomorrow and it wont work!

I might never get the chance to play it, makes me very sad. My laptop is a top of the range sony vaio. It seems there are so many problems with football manager, and they are covering it up. something needs to be done this is a disaster.

Luke Davis! on December 29th, 2008

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh im going mental, please if there is a god up there let me install this game and i will continue ignoring you like i have done all my life.

Luke Davis! on December 29th, 2008

someone can give me the product key

zahid on January 2nd, 2009

code works, playing… i get to the first friendly more than most people, not responding… furious

Mel Mahon on January 4th, 2009

BUY CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER 2009 WHEN THAT COMES OUT BY FAR THE BETTER OF THE 2 END OF DONT WANNA HEAR IT FM2009 IS LIKE A PS3 WHERE CM2009 IS LIKE AN 3XBOX 360 ELITE

me on January 4th, 2009

Wot an absolute joke!!! Why mess wiv a classic,ive brought new ram cards,new graphic cards and it still wont load.sort it out!!!

Martyn on January 15th, 2009

im soo pissed off fm 2009 shit i advise not to get it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

none ur bussiness on January 27th, 2009

can sum 1 please give me a product code for football manager 2009 or tell me where i can get 1….

wardy on February 2nd, 2009

what a load of bollocks!!!!!!
why wont it load?

nick on February 18th, 2009

Plz can anyone Give me the Football manager 2009 Product KeY… PLZ!!!

Zama on February 27th, 2009

loaded the came up on my home desk top and surprise surprise it didnt work. so then loaded it on my laptop it worked fine but the farther i got the slower it got. so i used the product recovery disk to wipe the laptop and now the game installs but when you go to play it theres an error very very pissed off…..

Dermy Mc on March 7th, 2009

FM2009 runs fine on desktop with XP
Now have a laptop with Vista -
Loads in ok - when submitting team for the first time - have the football pointer - but total lockup too - have to do a Ctl/Alt/Del to get out of it
Same disc used on both pc’s
Can anybody help - have looked for answers elsewhere to no avail
Thanks if you can
Mel

Melv on April 6th, 2009

everytime i load up my game it comes up with XML passing error please help me i love this game but i cant play it

CD91 on April 14th, 2009

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP ME
Works fine on my desktop with XP - but not on laptop with Vista.
Seems to load ok - manager wizard and club selection ok - but as soon as I go to submit team for the first match - everything locks up
The only way out is a Ctl-Alt-Del - and lose everything and do a complete reboot up
CAN ANYBODY PLEASE GIVE ME AN IDEA OF HOW TO SOLVE THIS
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME
REGARDS
MEL

Melv on April 19th, 2009

mine works fine try changing game time out to 10 seconds and lowering display settings in preferences hope this helps.

boby1kanobi on April 21st, 2009

tried but made no difference - but thanks for trying
Have been in touch with sigames - waiting for reply
Thanks again
Mel

Melv on April 21st, 2009

Sigames resolved this problem - super service
In case it helps others - heres what you do
Start FM2009 - go to preferences - click on display and sound - under display mode section in the main menu click on the drop down box and select “Windowed” - click confirm
Hey presto - all works well

Melv on April 22nd, 2009

Football Manager 2009 sounds good but when I bought it both second hand and brand new it never worked it installed ok but just will not load or play can any1 help?