u/OppositeAspect9497

This post is not about ranting on current situation of the game right now but rather on what awaits in the future.

That being said here I have 3 main points to discuss on whether the game is even sustainable or not:

1. The Development problem--

Since 2021 Konami has genuinely stopped making major, ground-up football gameplay R&D effort, I genuinely don't know how long it can last before it falls so behind that it gets unplayable.

2. The Gameplay problem--

Konami is slowly destroying the one thing that made people fall in love with it. It's not about ai, smart assist or network problem we are talking about, (which are big discussions on their own) it's about slowly stripping away the techniques of playing efootball with p2w skillsets. Their pattern is simple. At first, they locate the most used techniques like long range shooting with curl, finesse dribbling and then nerf them deliberately so that they can introduce skills like blitz curler or magnetic feet. They have been doing it for a long time but in recent update when they introduced snap shot, it genuinely scared me, because if they strip away the most basic functions of the game it would be impossible to even replicate anything close to football.

3. The content problem--

There has been not a single day efootball has become interesting as a game aside from being an online arena. It feels like a mix of weekly cycle that keeps rotating. Everyday sign in and play daily games for engagement rewards and weekly play events for free coins and potw packs. And each week it's the same cards as in the pack opening due to lack of licencing. It's beyond interesting anymore.

Look licencing costs a lot of money but not game development to produce more content.

After saying all these I really don't know if efootball can even sustain itself at this point. Does the company have any genuine interest on keep developing the game for the next decade or efootball has become a quick cash grabbing before quitting the market?

Please let me know your thoughts that if spending time on this game even remotely useful or not.