What fighting game should I buy?

[Django95]

Is it the best game to compete (rankeds)? I'm looking for a fighting game but most of them have a poor player base

[Cat on Mars]

One of the big advantages to street fighter is definitely its playerbase. It will be going strong enough for quick online matches (in most regions) for at least 4-5 more years. The only other steam fighting game that really has that going for it is Tekken. NRS games (mortal kombat) have spikes of usability when new versions or characters come out and anime fighting gamers all hop from one entry to the next. SF and Tekken are stable in the same way Smash is.

As far as matchmaking itself - It's ok and functional. I advise people in fighting games not to care about the ranks (numbers) themselves, just enjoy the matches with similarly skilled opponents and try to win. If you don't care about the points, it's a very good system. If you do care about the points, it can get wonky.

[Django95]

thank you so much! I was thinking of buying the fighterz or the guilty gear strive but I will opt for this one

[Patrick Wayne]

SF6 is region locked. So depending on where you live you could have far worse queue times than in other fighting games.

[Cat on Mars]

Good luck! I think this game will have far more new players to learn with. Once you feel comfortable with fighting games, the skills transfer over and you can play the next sick looking Arcsys game that comes out.

[Everchosen]

In terms of games that will sustain player bases for the long haul your choices are basically Tekken and Street Fighter.

Guilty Gear:Strive has done a solid job of maintaining interest for an anime game, but I have a feeling it's about to get torpedoed by Granblue Fantasy: Rising. GBFR has a massive advantage in the fact it will be F2P.