Talk:Asphalt 9: Shockwave/@comment-118.151.185.66-20161227035451/@comment-188.126.94.74-20170111100548

If I recall correctly, Asphalt 7 multiplayer died within a year after the release of Asphalt 8.

Then again, A8 was an 'OMG' leap forward in terms of gameplay and arcade racing fun compared to A7 (before they ever so slowly started to kill it by implementing one money drain after the other until it became what it is today) and so it will largely depend on if Asphalt 9 is such a leap forward.

What is new this time around is that most A8 players have become skeptical towards the *major* in-game transaction schemes implemented by Gameloft. In other words, if A9 follows suit compared to Asphalt Xtreme and contains 'show-stoppers' only in terms of 'Elite' cars needing tune-up after only a few races, MP 'Tickets' and whatever else slowly destroying A8, I think Gameloft will have a hard time getting existing players to adopt A9.

What it means is that there will be mostly new players opting for A9 while the old players will continue playing Asphalt 8. In this respect, A8's MP may last for years.

These are mere speculations of course and it has to be emphasized that I personally stopped playing MP in A8 after they implemented 'Tickets'.

A game waits for me and not the other way around!