From: UltimaterializerX | #330
It's actually supposed to be both. Marvel vs Capcom 3 failed because Capcom refused to listen to MvC2 tournament players.
Capcom in general is the king of not listening to fans. You want a company that listens to fans and implements what designers want? Wizards of the Coast. If the fans all say they hate something, it gets banned from MTG tournaments.
If the fans tell Capcom or Nintendo something sucks, they just make more of it.
Companies make more money selling to casual gamers than the hardcore competitive teams, though. Granted, it's not fair to compare Melee and Brawl's sales since the latter was on a much more successful console, and I have no clue how MvC2 and MvC3 have sold, so I don't really have any evidence for this claim.
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