IGN: "We missed the mark"

[justin987]

After the American site posted a 2/10 Worldwide Soccer Manager 2009 review (Football Manager to you and me) the internet went a bit mental. And rightly so. The reviewer seemed to totally miss the point of the world's greatest football (not soccer) management game.

But the site has pulled its review and replaced it with an apology.

We missed the mark -- that's the only way to explain why we've pulled the U.S. review of Worldwide Soccer Manager 2009 off our site.

After seeing the community feedback and having more editors look at the title, we agree with the readers that our original review didn't give Worldwide Soccer Manager 2009 a fair shake. Unfortunately, our critical analysis of WWSM '09 focused more on what the author wanted it to be rather than what the product actually was.

We review games at IGN based on their own merits, and agree that it was unreasonable to compare WWSM '09 with action-oriented sports titles like FIFA or Pro Evolution Soccer. Because of the unfair comparison, we have deemed the review unacceptable and have removed it from the site.

We extend our sincerest apologies to both SEGA and our readers for the mistake and confusion. Look for an updated and more accurate relation of IGN's view of WWSM '09 sometime in the near future.

Jeremy Dunham
Games Editorial Manager

[need Tos]

IGN US editors have publicly apologized over their review of Sega’s Worldwide Soccer Manager 2009, a PC title. While the UK component of IGN gave the title a 9.1 out of 10, the US site only gave it a 2 out of 10.

[SecRecy]

As with Hilary Goldstein in his review of Unleashed, there were calls for the reviewer to be fired over his take on WWSM ‘09. With evidence on the surface that Goldstein may not have even played half of Unleashed, and now the appearance that the problem with IGN is not isolated, and you have to wonder if more corrections could follow. We will certainly follow this up if we get any new information.