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caffeinade said:

Jranation said:

It shouldn't be. Because Arms puts you in like a room of players. You will never be alone. 

Nintendo hires people to play the game when there is not enough people to fill a lobby in a given area?
That is what it would take to ensure a game like ARMS can reliably be played online.

ARMS didn't sell that well.
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html
https://www.nintendo.com/switch/online-service/
Now that pool of available players is going to be reduced considerably.
Anecdotally: many people bought the game, and either didn't play it much, or have stopped playing it.

Given the entire ARMS player-base aren't in one region.
It is unlikely  that there will be enough people in countries like Australia, to reliably fill a room.
ARMS matches will either be very hard to find, and/or between people who aren't in the same region.
A large distance between players, leads to high ping, which leads to a worse overall user experience.
(Assuming you can find a match)

Arms selling 1.85m is very good especially for a fighting game as with those numbers it's outsold most fighting games significantly, 1.85m is also a game selling well especially a new IP.