it just hurts forumss like dustloop neogaf and srk. especially gd board.
discord is not hurting fighting games. The games being made is what is hurting the genre. Nothing new, more rehashes of the same fighters we had over the past decades are getting the spotlight. Somehow the fgc think casuals are not aware of that.
I call bull on this.
On the matter of rehash, i think their other genres who are worst offenders (fps, sports, rpg)
But also a counterpoint.
“If it aint broke, don’t fix.”
Sure, tell that to the common casual. Fighting games are not on the levels of fps, sports, etc… As far as popularity.
Anyways, I forgot to add, the majority dont play multiple games, like back in the day, people only play Capcom or NR or Namco or Anime or Smash.
Casuals don’t help fighters so that’s not much of a point.
Indeed. Casuals wouldn’t bother to go on message boards, or to go on the Discords to begin with.