Kakadu18 said:
These three have all been significantly bigger and more popular for a longer time than Street Fighter's high in the early 90s and make much more money even relatively to today's market size compared to back then. SF2 sold across all versions less than 15mil copies with a lot of repeated buyers. SF4 didn't reach 10mil after several versions. If Smash Bros. is just an honorable mention Street Fighter shouldn't be in the top 10 either. Donkey Kong and Pacman in the early 80s were even bigger than Street Fighter ever could have hoped to be. One high point followed by being irrelevant for almost 15 years until SF4 doesn't make it one of the biggest franchises ever. Staying power is important. None of these franchises managed to stay big. |
So arcade doesn't count? Read Jumpin post. Street fighter 2 was popular for at least a decade. It also made just as much money if not more than LoL, PUBG and fortnite. In the 90s everywhere I went I saw SF2 cabinets. Laundry, grocery store, pizza place, barber , video renting store, everywhere and with a crowd of people around it. Street fighter 2 defined a genre. As for staying power street fighter is still one of the most popular fighting games today. The way you replied it seems like you don't even think Street fighter is anywhere close to top 10 or even top 20
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