I'm still having a blast with SFIV. I play it on both the 360 and PS3. It plays better on 360. Why? Because PS3 owners that haven't installed the game are annoying. The match start up time on PS3 is pain. Most people on-line do pick Ken in my experience but that's fine because I can beat them 90% of the time. I use Gouken, Cammy, and I'm starting to use Guile a lot. Ryu is one of my favorite characters but I've made it a point not use him. I'm tired of people not trying to learn new characters.
In my experience, maybe it's different from you all. The best on-line players pick less popular characters. Part of it is their skill level and the other part is not knowing their tactics in and out like I do Ken players. I've run into a excellent Rose player, a couple of good El Fuerte's, and the biggest shocker was a guy that actually use Seth. Unlike the Boss version, the playable version of Seth is quite weak. He has the less hit points in the game and he has the lowest stun points. So he takes ton of damage and he is easy to dizzy. To top it all of he hits for low damage.
I don't see a ton of Akuma players, one of my best friends is an Akuma player. He is very good, he can actually land the Raging Demon. Of course he doesn't telegraph it like Akuma scrubs. As for Ryu, I may try to learn him after all because I seem him less than Akuma. Ken and Sagat seem to be who I run into all the time.
