Are you serious about SF4 Nyanks? SF4 is not niche, if you watch what Capcom has done compared to previous SF you'll see niche is the last thing Capcom has in mind.
SF4 will bring in more new players to fighting games than any fighting game before besides Street Fighter 2. The graphics in SF4 are pulling in a lot of people, they're colorful, the characters have too much muscle, and it's the flashiest street fighter by far. Compared to previous SF the amount of effort into wowing and woohing new gamers is significant.
Also the cast of characters, a lot less of new characters like SF 3rd Strike and a lot more of characters that they knew players would want instead. Gouken, Sakura, Balrog etc, why are Alpha characters going to a main Street Fighter series game? The gameplay mechanic has always been stressed as Capcom wants a game easy to pick up and play, yet difficult to master.
Take a look at prices for their arcade sticks, the mere fact that they have the balls and gall to sell a 150 dollar champion arcade stick and the fact that it sells and gets sold out is ridiculous. NO ARCADE STICK in the history of fighting games until now HAS EVER HIT that price point. When fighting games were bigger the most expensive arcade stick cost around 70-80 dollars. You can easily build your own stick for around 40 dollars and some soldering skill. A 150 dollar stick is just plain ridiculous and I doubt it could be better than the one I'll be making.
They even had a podcast, a group of fighting game champs sit down and train a fighter in SF4, SF4 is big. Personally I don't even like the game and won't be picking it up. Still believe SF4 is niche? It'll be the biggest thing to happen in fighting games for a while and I can easily bet you that SF4 can keep up with KZ2 sales.
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