lol then these devs should accept the abysmal sales numbers
sfv hasnt sold a copy since last year lmao
I mean, if the community is small then sales are going to be small. I feel like the complaints are sort of part and parcel to the whole genre. Maybe I'm talking out my ass, but obviously they are catering to someone because the genre hasn't died yet.
Smash (regardless of your thoughts on it) draws in hundreds of thousands of people a year at EVO and Apex. That proves that it's not the genre, but rather the people who play it. Most people just play Smash because it's fucking fun, first and foremost.
You mention "fun" in any other FCG and they'll go "hurr durr Practice mode and learning to git gud isn't fun for you?!"
Fair enough. Also, don't assume I hate Smash. They are super fun games.
I think your second point, though, sort of proves that the fighting game community is asking for games like that. They are also incredibly acerbic.