>>515610389Grandpa.... I know this might shock you, but quality of life is incredibly important. It's like people telling you that super booty butt blasterz is the best card game in the world, but then it's only available in Chinese and Thai, you can only get it from one store in America, and it requires you to sign up with your SSN just to play in the wacky world cup.
Yeah, it could be the best shit to ever exist and make me coom my brains out whenever I draw a card, but if I have to pull out my phone to translate every card just to enjoy it, then I'm not going to bother.
Fighting games with bad infrastructure are in a similar boat. Doesn't matter how fun you think the game is if there's no easy way to play it. So it's a huge factor. The only factor for some people. You know that in some countries, there are basically no players and you have to play online? Think about other people for once. I'm sure your circlejerk of 5 guys in NYC love to play booty butt blasterz because mr hong xiao lin gives you a discount, but not all of us can be as lucky as you.