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Mortal Kombat has quietly left the chat. 😂

The monetization for SF6 felt like a kick in the balls

I've been playing both games so far, and I'm not disappointed, they both have their own unique combat and I'm just grateful to enjoy it 🙂

I wish they would bring back bloody roar 😢

this video is aged like fine milk

Mk1 is sweating bullets in the corner

On an aesthetic note, SF6 had some dramatic redesigns and changes in art style from all the other Street Fighter games. The changes aren't for everyone to say the least. Tekken 8 looks like a more advanced version of Tekken 7 with all the returning characters coming back mostly better than ever. Fans of the series can feel right at home with Tekken 8 right away but fans of SF had a lot to get used to from SF6.

In Street Fighter 6 you can purchase costume 2 for each character with money, same as the costume 3, but the difference is, the Costume 2 you can actually get 4free with the World Tour mode, you simply have to get the bond level of the Master on max level, and you get costume 2 for free

I miss the days where Fighting Games had complete Rosters or unlockable Characters instead of just being Season Pass Waiting Games

I still prefer Street fighter simple for the gameplay, but Tekken is cool too. I played hundreds of hours of Street Fighter over the 6 months it was out before Tekken, and got burnt out, so Tekken is just a new thing for me to waste time on.

This is obvious in SF6, crossover costumes are only for Avatar Creations in World Tour Mode, while Tekken 8, we can do anything to make our own crossover collab with the current roster using Costume Edit. 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

Just wait till we get Tekken 9 *AND* Street Fighter 7, the we're gonna get true competition!

This aged like milk

SF6 has x2,5 more players than T8. This video is fake

Tekken 8 is quite possibly my all-time favorite fighting game. And it's only going to get better overtime. They outdid themselves with this one.

Ive legit been playing both games side by side, aint everything gotta be a competition, hopp in tekken ranked, cool off with some street fighter 6 world tour (more familiar with tekken, but i will be doin Sf6 ranked aswell once i learn more) and they've both contributed greatly to making me fall in love with the fighting game genre (if not being the soul reason) and can see myself playing both these titles for hundreds of hours for years to come

Hi TopHatGamingMan, any thoughts on tekken 8's fallen player count on steam? Last I check tekken 8 has 30% less player than SF6 on steam for the past 24 hours with no major update going on for both games. Is tekken 8 in trouble?

I've been playing Tekken 8 for a month, I haven't touched SF6, still SF6 netcode is superior I already know I will comeback to the game once Ed launches

A buddy of mine works at BN (coordinator for the marketing team). He told me that they knew the game would do well, but not as well as it did right now. They were afraid with not many next gen consoles being available they would take time to make more sales (3 million copies in 6 months I think was their goal). That said, Max possibly hit the hammer on the nail perfectly, sf6 had to bring back players after they didn’t like 5/MVC:I. Tekken had to prove itself after TTT2. 7’s player base grew over time (had a pc port) and translated over to 8. Either way, loving T8 right now, but want to spend some time on SF6 when I have more time. ❤

So how is the microtransactions now in tekken 8? I heard a lot of fans crying right now.😂

Spoiler: It's not and this is a garbage clickbait title.

Tekken 8 just looks like a blockbuster game with a big budget, I bought a copy for console and pc

Capcom: YOU WANNA GO BRO...HUH?!! Namco: LET'S GO!!!!!! Conclusion: Street Fighter X Tekken 2 Infinite Combat

Tekken 8 destroying sf6 at bad netplay

3 months later Sf6 46k players 24-h peak and going up Tekken 8k players 24-h peak and going down

Virtua Fighter is the most virtuous of them all

At first I hated tekken coming from a mk player I didn’t like how hard it is to do a move I hated how hard every character was. But decided to stay a bit it’s bin 5 days and now I’m having a time of my life I love playing Jin and its just so fun I might go to kazuya once i master Jin Btw I play every mk game and never touch tekken before lol

Coming back to this video, how much Street Fighter 6 actually took it from Tekken 8. The more you play Tekken 8 the more you realize that it’s braindead and for newbies.

its not, it already has less players than sf6

Steam chart says that SF6 has more recent players than Tekken 8. It could largely be because we're coming off the Capcom Cup hype, but it's still something that needs to be said

This aged like milk 💀

Tekken has more characters at launch, more variety to deal with.

Idk man both are good games in their own right

I love how MK is just out of the conversation

Street Fighter 6 each character have a serious dark story and Tekken 8 each character kind become a comedy if you ask me😁

I bought Tekken 8, I like it, but its 3D so I'll just play it from time to time. KOF XV, SF6, Samurai Shodown, UNI2 is the rotation right now.

So which game to buy? Which one has more content/story etc.?

I don’t know from where are you getting your info, SF6 is extremely popular and one of the best SF ever released with amazing gameplay/ style.

I like both for different reasons. Kinda hard for me to judge who is better until the honeymoon period is over for both. God bless and Jesus loves you, my guy.

A bit off tangent. But has the rumored Tekken X Street Fighter become vapor ware? I thought with Akuma crossing over in Tekken 7, that TXSF would actually be on the horizon.

New to Tekken at a more competitive level but I'm a long-time 2D fighting gamer. I dabbled with Tekken when I was younger as it was just a cool title to have with all the features and cutscenes. Now I switched over to T8 as my main game as the 3D fighting just feels more fluid and intuitive for me. Also it's much easier to pick up an alternate character in Tekken compared to SF, as chars same some universal traits.

TO BE FAIR Both games are dam good I've only been able to try the demo for Tekken 8; but I've played (nearly) all of them, since Tekken 1 - & Tekken 8 does not disappoint - like every entry in Tekken; a series that continues to evolve, improve, & most importantly, builds on what has When you have something good; You don't cut corners, you don't water it down, you don't strip out the good stuff - you build on it But there's something about Street Fighter 6; that scratches a particular itch - that I hope Tekken 8 scratches; like its previous entries - the fighting What I loved most, about say; Tekken 5, was this 1 Mode, where you fight 1 CPU Opponent after the next, going through Ranks like Kyu & Dan In Street Fighter 6, World Tour; this Mode is dangerously addictive - with its grindy RPG mechanics, & ability to fight... Pretty much everyone (& everything; including roombas), Similar to Yakuza & Like a Dragon Another example; Virtua Fighter 4; Kumite Mode. Soul Calibur 5 - this uh, Mode; Where you fought randomly made Characters, from everyone's Create a Soul Now - what gave these fighting games such replay value, to me? What 1 feature; was the most satisfying? The fighting. The fighting itself - which you could do, back to back, almost nonstop It's like Free Hunt; in Monster Hunter, or the Guiding Lands in Monster Hunter World - where you just hunt, to your heart's content Simply just being able to fight, With as little down time between fights, in this way, made a game like Street Fighter 6, a new favorite; the fighting - as much as I want, until I've had my fill

1 month and didn't age well lol

A buddy of mine whose not in to these games normally always favored Tekken over Sf. I think part of it is characters, ease of play, and story. Same buddy got really tempted to get a stick just cause of Tekken. Sf6 on a lore or story perspective, nothing really kept me personally hooked aside from why does Ken look homeless, only to find out not much moved on that story beat. Simply put, on the casual side of thing I think Tekken 8 has more stuff to offer meaning more chances for those casuals to be converted to invested players.

I dont understand this video theyre fighting games but the gameplay is so different from one another. some days i play street fighter some days tekken. this video makes it seem like tekken is easy to get into haha, i have a few thousand matches on tekken 7 and a few hundred on tekken 8 and i will tell you Tekken at high levels is much harder than Street Fighter there is so much more to worry about

If only sf6 didn't have all those micro transactions and characters people don't give a shit about like where's my girl sakura

more like they destroy mk1 rather than sf6

Tekken 8 story is far superior. First you play as a main character not a created bullshit character. Two the end of Tekken 8 is satisfying, while SF6 end is a fucking insult, even the Villain pointed out the case.

Good videos, top hat 🎩!!!

IS KILLER INSTINCT STILL PLAYED?

I enjoyed SF6, mainly the World Tour mode, but felt buyer's regret after that

I'll also contest buttons being bound to individual limbs doesn't make it easier or even appear so to most people. Gonna need to back up your opinion on that one.

Very interesting, i'm sure other factors also have influenced people, the last few years of EVO finals have had amazing moments on the Tekken side specially coming from non-asian representatives for example which historically tend to dominate the scene

Please do videos on Tekken 3, Mortal Komat 3, DOA2, & Soul Calibur 3. As well as videos on the Bazblue series, Power Rangers battle for the Grid, Pokken Tournament, the Persona 4 Arena, the Godzilla fighting games, SNK's World Heroes series, Primal Rage, Tobal no. 1, Mace the Dark Age, & Sonic the Fighters

I've played both series since the 90's and while I like both, I do see the appeal of Tekken for new players. Tekken has always been an easy to play game for beginners since you don't have to do unfamiliar joystick motions (qc, dp, etc) and you can pretty much do a lot by just tapping/mashing. It's easy to get into, though hard to master.

World tour is a far more robust offline mode than Tekken's story mode and arcade quest I've sunk nearly 70 hours into it. Super ghost battle though is just the kind of continuous mode I like to grind and it's much more fun with the ghosts putting up more resistance. SF6's biggest issue though is the stubborn refusal to do any character balancing for 9 months despite the meta being clear. The crowd at Capcom cup popped when Lily showed up for one match in group stages because she's rarely seen and in need of help. The game would have retained players a lot better if they had reigned in the likes of Luke, Ken, JP and Dee Jay and helped the weaker characters.

the discussion about which one is the best makes no sense for me, one is a 2d fighting game the other is a 3d, maybe for casual players tekken is and has always been more attractive since its way easier to just "mash buttons", but more new players go high in ranks more they will need to learn advanced movement (korean backdash), more high execution combos and whiff punishes. Both games are really good and cant be compared since the difference between 2d and 3d fighting games is massive outside of beginners level, just the speed of the games are different if you consider the fastest attack in tekken (jab) is usually 10 frames of startup, one-sixth of a second (i didnt play tekken 8 but i think they didnt change that) and In Sf jabs are usually 3 frames of startup (3 times faster), it makes you understand how different those games are. I always thought it was funny how casual players keep trying to push one game over another as "the superior fighting game" while most people who are into fighting games usually likes both games cause they are so different, its like trying to compare dragonball fighterZ with smash, one is a platform fighter and the other is a tag team anime fighter, they are not even in the same subgenre of fighting games.

I don't get it. Steam charts say SF6 has like 2x the regular online population, despite being the older game, why are we talking about Tekken 8 "destroying" SF6?

The truth of the matter, is that both sf6 n T8 r excellent fighting games. It was very much possible for both these games to end up like mk1 but unlike nrs both capcom and namco took criticism of their previous games to heart. It is true that T8 is the better saler but sales r not indicator whether a game is good or not, just if its commercially viable. If sales determine if a game is good then fortnite is superior to both these games and mk1 is a good fighting game.

One has missed plotential, the other is the last one, but better. Can you guess which is which?

14:23 Just a quick passage of transparency here: I have not yet seen just how good *Tekken 8* actually is. To be certain, I can see how epically driving the narrative is for the game, so I have yet to look into this for myself. That being said, from my observation of its trailer, Tekken 8's narrative does seem a bit more *dull* to me, what given exactly how threatening Kazuya Mishima seems to be once again, though I am absolutely sure I will see for myself how the story ends. However, especially in this case, I would like to argue one thing in defense of *Street Fighter 6:* we are only a few days close towards *Capcom's* release of DLC for Akuma [ (悪魔) Gouki, 豪鬼]. At this point..., who knows what has become of this Raging Demon? *Maybe he has trained to advance in quicker development of his fighting skills and overall strength than before;* JUST...YOU...WAIT...!

"In today's video, we explore why Tekken 8 is more popular than Street Fighter 6 with this not looking like it will change any time soon." already changed, tekken 8 losing popularity and having worse numbers than sf6, sad lol

$4 per Costume is Reasonable enough than $10.

as a tekken player this aged like milk

I'm of the opinion that companies should learn from each other and there are extra modes that should ALWAYS be available in EVERY fighting game besides Arcade, Story (at some point there was a split and it became the norm now), and Training. - Time Attack (Arcade with a time goal, the faster we beat, the higher the score) - Survival (Arcade with one life) - Dramatic Battle (from SFA3) - R. Dramatic Battle (SFA3) - Trials - Challenges (from SFxT, like can only win the round with 3+ hit combos, only EX does damage, etc) - Ghost Battle (Tekken 4 onwards I believe, where we fight AI ghosts of people we met online in an endless arcade and we could farm ext or the game's currency) - Shadow Battle (DLC inspired from vanilla MvC3 where an improved version would be to pay for the AI ghost of PRO PLAYERS, not everybody can go to EVO so I would have gladly payed to play Daigo's Ryu, Daigo's Guile, Problem X's Bison etc and they'd get a commission of course) - "Boss Rush" (using SFV as an example, it would have been Sagat (SF1), Shin.Bison (SF0), Shin Akuma (SF2), Seth (USF4), Max Presidentiality G and Triggered Necalli (SFV), Urien and Omega Gill (SF3) - exclusive modes per game, SFV for example should have had a "SHADALOO SURVIVAL" ( Grunt soldiers (bronze, silver, gold), then the Dolls, then 4 kings)

Because Zangief still doesnt have his back hand slap from Super SF2, all spin offs up to SF4 and then... removed!?

Never really liked street fighter much, but always loved tekken. Started playing it since the tekken 2 era and was one of my main reasons to get a Playstation, not to mention it was the first Playstation game I've ever played.

This is a really damn good assessment. I agree. Tekken always provided more to the player ever since Tekken 3. A Tekken player can comfortable play a beginner and vice versa. A SF player can't really do that outside of SF6. The story is always way better than Street Fighter. Tekken has a long history that follows all the way back to the first Tekken with the Mishimas. Street Fighter's narrative (especially it's timeline) is all over the place.

Tekken 8 is a 10 from me

Tons of people are playing both. Also, competition is GOOD.

Yeah I think I’ll make an response video as soon as I figure out KZfaq 💯

This video is a good reminder that bells and whistles are important in modern games. Even the most dedicated fan will get tired and need a break from the main game mode.

Capcom does it to themselves. Releasing Street Fighter 5 at full price with basically 25% of what it would eventually contain was foolish & insulting. If this was possible back in the 16 & 32 bit days, it wouldn't have been surprising if Capcom did this with Street Fighter. Instead they did the next best thing they could do. Made complete games at full price, then released a revised version with minor gameplay tweaks & some new characters also for full price. Can't forget they did the same thing with Street Fighter 4 & all its "sequels" too. I didn't even bother with SF 5 until it became much more affordable & had all of the content. It's a very good game but for me personally, it falls behind SF 2, SF 4 & SF 3 (in that order) in terms of gameplay & enjoyment. Haven't played 6 yet & if I do purchase it, won't be until like 5 it has all its updates, tweaks & content on offer & of course nowhere near the launch price.

But did they add back in Team-battle in tekken, if not i will still be dissatisfied, it was the most used mode when me and my buddies had game night.. - with everyone being into the game and having some main characters - it was the funniest way to fight it our and see who was the top champ of that night... It also seems so simple to create - i till this day still have no idea why they would ever drop such a simple feature :(

6:28 me cryimg when i was 6 yrs old

Glad all fans have options I prefer SF6 for the solo content my life is hard I enjoy my games manageable lol and to stay offline with them....but this is ME not you if you like Tekken then excellent glad you have a fighting game for you also the SF6 dlc is a joke but lucky we don't have to support that trash I enjoy the variety we have in the genre at the moment...we can all be happy

Well SF has ALWAYS been Ninty to me so i'm getting SF6 on the Switch, and ofcourse tekken 8 on PS5. Erm can you still get cool armors in tekken 8? Or is it just all mainly stylish outfits now?

Honestly outside of the original Street Fighter 2 series,Alpha, STF 3 series, Capcom vs Snk and Marvel vs Capcom are really good. I haven't liked Street Fighter since 4 came out.

street fighter 2 (hsf2) will always be the definitive street fighter game to me, but since tekken 2, it has mostly been consistent and when tekken tag 1 first arrived, that’s when I’ve been a fan of the series. both street fighter 2 and tekken series are forever my fave fighters

As a big SF fan, I've been following you for quite some time but now you've earned yourself a sub for not dxck riding sf6. 😏It absolutely has great netcode and more options than any other sf, but it never felt like real Street Fighter to me and I agree with your recent, more critical vids (Ed anyone? lol). It takes balls to take such a less popular stand but you always come across as a sincere guy and I like how you present your arguments. Keep it true! 😑👍

Sf6 has more consistent players now. Wait till games are out for a little while before saying one destroyed the other.

Street Fighter does have one advantage in that it lets players play online without having to be a PlayStation Plus member or whatever premium subscription services available on your platform

I’m a MK fan and I can’t wait to play Peacemaker but I don’t see Street Fighter VI doing bad I think it’s should be going well other there.

@SF6, No one bleeds paint. So give us the option to turn off Splatoon.

I think Tekken 8 looks better than Street Fighter 6 (not talking about avatars since both look awful). I do play 2D games like Guilty Gear. I don't care enough to play Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8 has a lot of good out. I do prefer other games but I rather play Tekken 8. I wish Virtua Fighter was on PC and that Dead or Alive and Soul Calibur wasn't dead by their respective companies.

Still think the best way to gauge which is more popular is to release them both in the same month and see who has the most users after 3 months have passed. In terms of overall franchise sales, Street Fighter has Tekken beat by a longshot. But Capcom has been skimping where they shouldn't lately and they stand to lose the crown if they continue the trend.

Both games are great. But SF6 is ALL TIME GREAT! But Tekken’s aesthetics have always had greater appealed than SF6. Same goes for the controls. Casuals do not like circle fighters (pad input special fighters). How do I know this? Several casuals gamers have told me and I’ve seen this statement online for years. Most casual are not going to buy a stick and just use a controller. There’s a reason why Mortal Kombat has been the king of fighting game sales. The aesthetic is unmatched and the is essentially the only 2D fighter to use the limb controls similar to Tekken. With all that being said. Tekken 8 is great. But SF6 an All Time Great game. Tekken 8 isn’t on that level. And that’s coming from someone who prefers Tekken, but you’d be lying to say SF6 isn’t the greater game, it just does so much!

I'm not really sure how much research you did for this video, but here are my toughts: Both games are best games for this generation, Tekken for 3D and SF6 for 2D. Both games are trying to be less complicated than they were in their previous entry. While Tekken has more linear story, you play as Jin for 70% of times, and you won't learn game just by doing story mode alone. For this you have arcade. SF6 has story mode where you interact with each Fighter and you learn their moves as part of your journey. Nevertheless, I have never met anyone who plays fighting games for story. They should be wacky and funny, but if you want story driven game, you picked wrong genre buddy. Good thing you mentioned mini-games, since they are good learning tool. In Tekken, you have Tekkenball, while in SF6 you have Basketball minigame that test you parry timing, the breaking borads game where you test your understanding of Low, Medium and High Kicks... SF6 has "Modern" controls that allows you to perform supers with one button, while in "Classic" it would take you at least 10 buttons for same action. But Modern controls are not popular at all because, as you said, SF6 is 6 button game, and with Modern Controls you lose 3 buttons and can't perform combos you can with Classic. My final though is that both games should be viewed with active player base. You did that, but keep in mind that 3m copies sold doesn't mean this is active playerbase. Those people bought games to play with friends on game nights and won't spend time or money as hardcore fans. You should compare viewership on livestreaming services, such as Twitch. You can see that, at some normal period of day, both games have more or less same viewership.

The fact that Street Fighter and Tekken are the two games in this conversation makes me proud as a fan of both. The fundamentals of both games hold steady and both are exciting to watch and play. FGC is 💪🏾

These are my 2 favorite fighting games.

The things that would make SF6 better is better balancing (big tourneys mostly consist of Luke, Ken, and some JP and though Juri just wont the biggest tourney), and customization. I don't care about my damn avatar. Let me customize my actual character a bit without monetizing it. And even through the monetization there aren't many options. I lacks a personal touch. If a 3D game like Tekken can provide all that customization then why can't a 2D game do it? Hmmmmm.

I could be wrong but SF6 have more active players on pc alone than T8, it also had a way high peak ratio on release. If you look at tournaments and prize pools, lets face the facts SF6 and CAPCOM with CAPCOM CUP and SF6 League alone is crazy, that is not even mentioning the other tournaments. The online play experience with SF6 is super reliable and stable, in T8 the connection is great, but the plugging and cheating is slow getting out of hand. While both are great in content SF6 World Tour mode which many still haven't touched because busy playing ranked is awesome. T8 indeed has the better roster selection but when consider that SF when introducing a new character has to design for 3 modules (Fighting Ground, Battle Hub and World Tour). Still a way from EVO but participants for SF6 is already at the top. They both have innovations that are really outstanding. You raised valid points but isn't a true reflection on what is really taking place. Take nothing away from them these are two really awesome games, and whatever flaws I believe they will be fixed. On the other spectrum it would be great if NRS really take their time and sort out the issues with MK1. In terms of popularity, I don't think another game captures a wider range of audience than MK. When the BIG3 perform well its a benefit to all.

I had never touched SF since the old 2d days up until SF6, cos I couldn't wait for MK1 much longer and I wanted to play something. I was very pleased. SF6 looks better than I could imagine and as a newbie to the game I felt it was very accessible. It has issues, like superficial character stories and not great world exploration mode, but the fights are exciting for the most part. Tempted to try Tekken now. I got the 7th and in general I don't like its art direction and robotic movements of the franchise, but I'm willing to let it pass and see if the game is fun. (then of course I also got MK1, and regretted it)

I actually prefer street fighter being 2D fighter as Tekken is the better 3D fighter. Tekken 8 is going to be huge for a long time as they continue to grow

Tekken recently came out that's why there's more buzz about it just wait until 5 months lol 😂😂

i have both on my SSD but i barely play sf6 because the expensive microtransaction pisses me off some overpriced convoluted tedious bull and why not just release costume pack bundles like they used to in sf4 you have to buy them one by one chipping away at your bank account to get them all..................then tekken 8 releases with 4 costumes for all 32 characters plus customizables -_-

Honestly the reason why I bought Tekken over sf6 was the feel of the game, I played both demos, in sf6 feels like attack don't connect at all, and the characters feel floaty and weird with even mashing being somewhat hard, while Tekken, feels like is more complicated technically,but when you hit the enemy you can immediately follow up with another hit and it just feels smooth,simpleoves like 121 cam be used by everyone,while in street fighter if I pres light heavy light it feels like I am doing something wrong

I've played Tekken from 3 to 7, never got into Street Fighter although I liked the world and the characters more, now I'm hooked on SF6 and occationally USF4 and Third Strike. I've played the demo of Tekken 8 and played it at GamesCom and I think I'm coming back. Tekken might sell more, that was to be expected, SF6 had a more difficult start due to the general reception of SFV, it may have gotten better but in the public view the first impression stayed and now SF6 rekindled not only the series but the whole genre that helped T8 as well. So let's see how this goes down between SF7 and T9...

I pre ordered tekken 8 ultimate edition when it was first available