Very few games can keep a strong playerbase today. Tekken is the only game to currently do so. Mk11 and samsho will likely die next year, i’ll be on the samsho train tho. Dbz falling faster than any anime game out there which is ironic, but it felt that guilty gear and blazblue had a consistent amount of players during their time. Smash is smash, it’ll have a large playerbase.
The only games that i’ve seen major success and growth overtime were sf4 and its iterations, tekken 7, mvc3/umvc3, and smash melee? But sf5 really went down fast, and i see smash ultimate maybe staying somewhat consistent. I’m happy for Tekken 7 taking the crown so far, game is hype af and easy to follow.