"Fighting Genre" Games this Generation, Will It Decline Again/Stay About Flat/etc in terms of Sales?

Fighting games use to be pretty big, especially back in the SNES/N64 era, but once gen 7 started a decline from almost all fighting type franchises were notable.

Will we see it decline yet again? Stay about the same? What?

MK/SF/Tekken/etc! 

I think they'll rise for a time, but fighting games will never regain their prominence if they continue to mistake their value. I think that the Killer Instinct model is the most forward thinking one so far. Create a platform, and continue on from there. With a big name like Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat doing this, it can reduce the barrier for entry without dumbing down the mechanics.

One of my favorite genres!
But I doubt that it will make a comeback this generation, fighting game sales were terrible in the last generation and nothing is new in this generation. Sales will sadly be even more down this generation!

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Did fighters really decline in gen 7? I know they weren't as big as they were in the 90's but to me it seems like they were much bigger during gen 7 than during gen 6.

they will increase they are cheap to produce but real 3D fighters will decline. I think its only tekken and dead or alive,now nothing else except wresting and mma or what ever EA comes up with

I feel like fighting games are booming right now actually. Millions of players have downloaded KI, Mortal Kombat X will surely have a big release, and Street Fighter V has big hype behind it being a console exclusive. Then Smash Bros which is receiving much better feedback from FGC than Brawl.

With people like Maximillian around promoting fighting games, itll have a community.

If we are talking about just the Hardcore community instead of sales, Fighting genre is definitely getting bigger.

The 2 things i know is...

KI is f***ing huge now, it was a good thing this game is free and many people jumped on it. Hearing only good things from it too.

SSB: Well how should i put this, SSBM is still getting bigger,a community grwing 13 years+. Already at Evo its 1k fighting in both Melee and U. Also SSBU is definitely getting huge, despite Melee fanboys (gives me a headache as both are big but they only want just Melee to live smfh). Then also there is Project M which not as big as U+Melee but its definitely bigger than 75% of other fighting communities based off of pro players/etc.

SF is always huge despite the major decline from its peak(i mean i feel like they are #1in the community, with Melee being #2)

I dunno about MK and i hear tekken is casual (i dunno)

i use to play Soul Calibur, fun as hell especially 2.

Oh yeah, another potential huge hit, could be (if coming to WiiU) is Pokken Fighters, i dunno. I see it not being as hardcore obviously with its gameplay mechanics...... BUTTTTTTTTTTT ITS F***ING POKEMON

I say stay flat. I'm avoiding fighting games, till the 4th version is available. Capcom did that to themselves.

I say it will stay flat or even decrease slightly.