User blog comment:ShinnyShin/The Problems with the S-Class Tier/@comment-36.232.130.178-20160402074529/@comment-27980511-20160402200128

I'm afraid that this free-to-play business model is the one that game developers and the industry are adopting these days. There is such a thing as growing too big for one's own shoes, and Gameloft, sadly, have gone and done that at the expense of their players and fans.

It probably would have been better if we paid one flat price for the game to buy it once or at least get licence like with most PC games for example, but I don't think it would have been a viable option for Gameloft's revenues.

Like you, I truly hope that the next game has more of the fun and enjoyable, and also fair elements that brought all of us together to have a great experience. They need to stop making profits such a priority that it eclipses everything that's good about the game.

I did see this article though, seems more like an April Fools joke than anything : http://asphalt.wikia.com/wiki/Asphalt_9:_Shockwave but I do hope that if there's a new game, it's taken in a better direction. I'm also trying to download Asphalt 7 to try it out after I heard so many good things about it