9 players currently online, 19 players 24 hour peak

[Vakula]

ROFL with the game so dead online, they should be selling it for 90% off.

[MysteryK]

Needs free weekends too.

[Powercrank]

this game will stay dead unless there's a big price reduction or at least free weekends with big sales

[GoldenSiracha]

I got this game on sale for $15. That sale did not help.

[NyteRider]

I do believe crossplay would give it the help it desperately requires.

[VV]

competes with DNF duel for the deadest game award

[Necropants]

if this had crossplay Id buy it I had it on PS4 but that was when the netcode was complete garbage and it killed the game.

[Jacowboy]

Originally posted by Vakula:

ROFL with the game so dead online, they should be selling it for 90% off.

well it's already been at 90% off... soooo... wait for the right sale.

[Jacowboy]

oh also, if you people wanna play, you should join the discord... there's a few players who play daily there... you're not gonna find people randomly that easily, since most people play in 2 person rooms...

[Scorpio]

This game looks very cool but dead online scares me off

[0wnz0r]

its under 10 bucks rn im pretty sure.

they jus released a new update to improve online even more, improve performance on steamdeck/lower end systems, make a bunch o balance tweaks, etc.

support snk!

[smartspick]

unlike the 90's and early to mid 2000's- fighting games need crossplay to keep a casual fanbase engaged; doesn't make any damn sense why they compartmentalize the games on different platforms like this. "The code etc etc" Sure, but thats why you have programmers for. Unreal how they run these franchises into the ground.

[Q]

niche genre

PC gamers don't like fighting games that much, only console folk enjoy fighting games, reason why even SF6 arguably the most iconic and sucessful IP in this genre only reached 70k peak which tbh is a bit laughable considering that stuff like palworld or dragons dogma II got much more attention and players being an obscure half baked broken rpg by capcom

dragons dogma II = 228k
street fighter 6 = 70k... ouch!

MK1 has 1-2k average lol
Killer Instinct much less
Guilty Gear has people only cuz fanservice and borderline p0rn0 characters.
Soul Calibur VI is dead
Tekken 8 less than 10k few months after release and getting mixed reviews lately.
King of Fighters = same state as MK1 or Samurai Shodow.

Most pc gamers dont own a decent controller and when they finally get one they purchase cheap chinese stuff that breaks in few months, with terrible quality, input lag, joystick drift etc A decent reliable controller can cost over $50 bucks, without controller, playing a fighting game just with k&m is a nightmare.

[Shiroka]

Originally posted by Berries and Cream:

niche genre

PC gamers don't like fighting games that much, only console folk enjoy fighting games, reason why even SF6 arguably the most iconic and sucessful IP in this genre only reached 70k peak which tbh is a bit laughable considering that stuff like palworld or dragons dogma II got much more attention and players being an obscure half baked broken rpg by capcom

dragons dogma II = 228k
street fighter 6 = 70k... ouch!

MK1 has 1-2k average lol
Killer Instinct much less
Guilty Gear has people only cuz fanservice and borderline p0rn0 characters.
Soul Calibur VI is dead
Tekken 8 less than 10k few months after release and getting mixed reviews lately.
King of Fighters = same state as MK1 or Samurai Shodow.

Most pc gamers dont own a decent controller and when they finally get one they purchase cheap chinese stuff that breaks in few months, with terrible quality, input lag, joystick drift etc A decent reliable controller can cost over $50 bucks, without controller, playing a fighting game just with k&m is a nightmare.

I don't think GG is successful with fanservice alone. SamSho and KoF has also a good amount of those (Shermie, Angel, Shiki, etc.).

So why doesn't it garner the same amount of people playing it then?
What plays in favour for GG is, that it has Style in abundance and is still hyped up by influencers which is what imo is lacking for SNK Games.

Many new players are guided by them and its not unusual if a game as sudden spike of popularity.

I could be wrong here, but its unfair against GG since it evolved a lot since its X2 Days even if older players might not be on board with it.

[Q]

this genre thrives with people, they should lower the price and give discounts every few months to gather a healthy playerbase, else this kind of game dies quickly, also they need tournaments and hire some e-celebs to keep it relevant.

GG is funny and yeah it was hyped by youtubers and twitch streamers, the thing is that they did a good job with marketing, then you have MK1 or KOFXV... both are pretty much dead and just played by a minority of loyal fans. Killer Instinct went F2P with cosmetic microtransactions and still it doesn't have many ppl...

now dead or alive.. oh dear that one, its kinda sad to see that franchise buried and forgotten, no one remembers DOA not even borderline nudity and suggestive stuff in every pixel could save that franchise.

[Reticeo]

Selling it for 90% off does what? I thought people bought and played games because they are good, not cheap.