Street Fighter vs Tomb Raider: which has more impact?

[d21lewis]

Crazy tablet quoting!

Anyhoo, as a child of those days, I have to say that by the time Killer Instinct released, a lot of gamers were burned out on Street Fighter (SSF2 got mediocre reviews from some even though it was the best of the bunch.  It was just " more of the same).  Meanwhilr, Killer Instinct was a gameeople wanted for the Ultra 64 that got watered down gor the dying SNES.  It's just a weird comparison all around.

ICStats said:

padib said:

Fusioncode said:

Are we back in the 90s now?

He said that there was no substitute for SF. I disagreed, KI competes with SF in terms of excellence, style and competitiveness as a franchise.

But to be honest I didn't play much of the most recent one and what I did play was really not so fun. I just disagree that nothing competes with SF as a franchise.

I think it's more accurate to say KI "competed" with SF, like 20 years ago.  It's been dormant for a long time.

I don't know how to find arcade sales figures, but here's SNES sales figures.

Pos	Game	Platform	Year	Genre	Publisher	North America	Europe	Japan	Rest of World	Global
1	Street Fighter II: The World Warrior	SNES	1992	Fighting	Capcom	2.47	0.83	2.87	0.12	6.30
2	Street Fighter II Turbo	SNES	1992	Fighting	Capcom	1.42	0.51	2.10	0.07	4.10
3	Super Street Fighter II	SNES	1993	Fighting	Nintendo	0.52	0.16	1.29	0.03	2.00
4	Street Fighter Alpha 2	SNES	1996	Fighting	Nintendo	0.00	0.00	0.17	0.00	0.17
Total	4.41	1.51	6.42	0.22	12.57

 

Pos	Game	Platform	Year	Genre	Publisher	North America	Europe	Japan	Rest of World	Global
1	Killer Instinct	SNES	1995	Fighting	Nintendo	2.26	0.72	0.12	0.10	3.20
Total	2.26	0.72	0.12	0.10	3.20