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MK2 brings back massive memories from my youth. Taking a step back, are fighting games popular today? I don't game much, but I haven't seen or heard of any majo

by fumar 4y ago

MK2 brings back massive memories from my youth. Taking a step back, are fighting games popular today? I don't game much, but I haven't seen or heard of any major fighting games outside of RPG style battles.

mbStavola 4y ago
Quite popular to the point where it has it's own dedicated subculture that runs tournaments all around the world. This summer's EVO tournament in Vegas had about 8k attendees with 9 featured games (including the newest Mortal Kombat, MK11), along with many side tournaments for older or less popular games. The Twitch stream had a peak concurrent viewership of 250k as well. Besides those dedicated enough to fly to tournaments and compete with the best, FGs still seem to be generally popular among the mainstream; SFV sold 6.6m copies, MK11 sold 12m, and GG Strive sold 1m. The 2010s were a total revival of the genre, which had a bit of a dead period in the early aughts.
- not_real_acct 4y ago
  It's funny reading this stuff. I played in what would become "EVO", way back in 1992. There were around 40 people there, about ten of them competing. It was held at an arcade that was downstairs in the La Jolla mall in San Diego. This was the first worldwide Street Fighter II tournament, that later evolved into the EVO tournament.
the_doctah 4y ago
Seeing MK2 for the first time in the arcade is basically a flashbulb memory for me. I had never even heard a rumor about it, it was just there, in all its glory. Seeing Reptile, the secret character from MK1, be a regular cast member blew my mind. Not to mention the much larger cast in general. Classic game.
princevegeta89 4y ago
MK has made a comeback after many years/flops in 2011 with a fresh reboot and serious plot. That was a great game. I believe they've released two more sequels to it which were still good.

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MK2 brings back massive memories from my youth. Taking a step back, are fighting games popular today? I don't game much, but I haven't seen or heard of any majo

by fumar 4y ago

mbStavola 4y ago
Quite popular to the point where it has it's own dedicated subculture that runs tournaments all around the world. This summer's EVO tournament in Vegas had about 8k attendees with 9 featured games (including the newest Mortal Kombat, MK11), along with many side tournaments for older or less popular games. The Twitch stream had a peak concurrent viewership of 250k as well. Besides those dedicated enough to fly to tournaments and compete with the best, FGs still seem to be generally popular among the mainstream; SFV sold 6.6m copies, MK11 sold 12m, and GG Strive sold 1m. The 2010s were a total revival of the genre, which had a bit of a dead period in the early aughts.
- not_real_acct 4y ago
  It's funny reading this stuff. I played in what would become "EVO", way back in 1992. There were around 40 people there, about ten of them competing. It was held at an arcade that was downstairs in the La Jolla mall in San Diego. This was the first worldwide Street Fighter II tournament, that later evolved into the EVO tournament.
the_doctah 4y ago
Seeing MK2 for the first time in the arcade is basically a flashbulb memory for me. I had never even heard a rumor about it, it was just there, in all its glory. Seeing Reptile, the secret character from MK1, be a regular cast member blew my mind. Not to mention the much larger cast in general. Classic game.
princevegeta89 4y ago
MK has made a comeback after many years/flops in 2011 with a fresh reboot and serious plot. That was a great game. I believe they've released two more sequels to it which were still good.