I'd be more inclined to agree with you if we weren't given bad news every week from SI. We're taking away this, we're taking away that, we're not releasing the game at all for another 5 months, etc. Unless FM25 comes out and blows everyone away, I'm skipping this version and will continue to play 24 and older versions.
They could have gotten a lot of good-will if we could have bought an updated database or, more crucially, a summer 2024 start date (I was never asking for it to be free). Aren't saves compatible from 24 to 25? Isn't the database mostly done by this point anyway, if the game was released on-time?
I don't know, I guess I've just soured on them. I appreciate the open communication, but if all of the communication is negative, I'm more inclined to move on (or, more accurately, move backwards to older versions!)