Why Tekken 8 Is Destroying Street Fighter 6 !?

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.
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[@TopHatGamingManChannel]

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[@greenkoopa]

The conflict in your comments gives me life 😫😫

[@b3nt0t]

Asking for support while your video is misleading and spreading false info. Your just an ignorant fanboy.

[@b3nt0t]

asking for a support while your video is misleading and spreading false info. you're just an ignorant fanboy.

[@Alicia_Tomoko_5x]

I mean no disrespect. But why do you purposely post false and misleading videos? Are you proud of yourself?

[@princegroove]

Mortal Kombat has quietly left the chat. 😂

[@Thepunisher90thGaming]

MK is crying in the corner, asking why no one wants to play. 😂

[@smananderson09]

🤣

[@khdmhd2947]

Hahahahaha 🤣

[@cajunbatman]

Yet neither has reached mk1 sales numbers

[@princegroove]

@@cajunbatman Yeah, back in the 90’s before you were alive, kid. 😂

[@Rough_Estimates]

The monetization for SF6 felt like a kick in the balls

[@Huskasin]

Wait till the tekken shop drops

[@TexasHollowEarth]

If you supported SF5 during it's life-cycle, then this would NOT have taken you by surprise. Capcom mostly fucked us Day 1 SF5 players. Most fans then praised Crapcom for pandering with those 4th and 5th season characters and changes, which I completely hated. This is predominantly why I skipped SF6. I've also skipped the last 2 Mortal Kombats due to woke pandering and mobile-style game-design. I DID buy Tekken 8 and it's post-release, cash shop is a back spinkick to the nuts 👎👎

[@MansMan42069]

And the reason Tekken babies are throwing a fit over Tekken Shop. They no longer have something to hold over Street Fighter.

[@ADreamingTraveler]

Don't worry the Tekken Shop is coming soon

[@yelowninja]

​@@ADreamingTraveler4$ dollar skins in a game with costumization? its still not looking good for sf

[@BriskoeDaKid1987]

I wish they would bring back bloody roar 😢

[@ronselporter4739]

who's ur main

[@BriskoeDaKid1987]

@@ronselporter4739 Yugo,Gado, and Bakuryu. Wbu?

[@llamabot9889]

Primal Fury/extreme are the best fighting games and way ahead of it's time. Bakuryu was a boss, both Shenlong and his brother were amazing, but Shiva was my love

[@jonathantyner171]

Ubisoft should’ve make a 3D fighting game as well

[@ronselporter4739]

@@BriskoeDaKid1987Buzusima

[@machothemrvn348]

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 🙂

[@systim30]

Exactly. Sf6 and T8 are great. Mk1 is pure garbage

[@Notactiveatalllll]

@@systim30thank you bro

[@hjblacdes61]

Love them both. I can't decide which is better than the two but I wouldn't be mad if anyone else did

[@hammondclarke942]

The political correct RESPONCE

[@theHedgex1]

Mk1 is sweating bullets in the corner

[@greenkoopa]

With them damn $15 turtles 😐

[@theHedgex1]

@@UDontCare0 exactly

[@TexasHollowEarth]

They're WAY more worried about their DEI/ESG score. Have you seen who's running NRS? It's (Janet Cage) 💀

[@ryanm.8720]

Such wasted potential.

[@volktol4432]

@@greenkoopathat was for avatars, that stuff doesn’t matter

[@dony2852]

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.

[@pablocasas5906]

The thing with Tekken is that it was one of the first 3D fighting games and, while some characters did look kind of stylized in earlier games, that meant that the characters look more natural in a realistic rendering. On the other hand, Street Fighter debuted as a sprite-based game and had a more anime/cartoony look and some of their designs don't translate well into a more realistic style

[@dony2852]

@@pablocasas5906 I think that is more to do with the trend that 3D games have gone with than what they could have done. Pixar, Dreamworks, Illumination, etc do nothing but cartoon animation and Mario games have transitioned quite faithfully to 3D afterall. Tekken in particular took a lot of inspiration from Virtua Fighter which strove for the highest degree of realism. The series simply iterated from there.

[@mkeonine]

Tekken 7.5. Same animations. Same character templates. Easier to reproduce. Just more polished.

[@Lucaribrix]

@@mkeonineeither you play on low budget equipment or you play blind faithfully. There’s a massive difference within look and style in Tekken 8 compared to Tekken 7

[@watersports1381]

tekken has alwaus been like that, street fighter changes with every game, tekken is more of an update than a real change also, tekken is harder to learn competetively but its more casual friendly SF is harder fot casuals evem with modern controls its 2 different games that cannot be compared to each other

[@zambino229]

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

[@Dyrhos]

this video is aged like fine milk

[@Vidyadude]

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

[@inksword6029]

real, t8 already has less concurrent players than sf6 and its been like 2 months

[@b3nt0t]

Yup. He's clearly just a tekken fanboy.

[@fiedermanngergely4962]

@@inksword6029 On steam. But majority of the gamers from the FGC are on console. which is 10x times bigger. Tekken 8 has more concurrent players than SF6.

[@inksword6029]

@@fiedermanngergely4962 where are the numbers for that? I took longer to find matches with cross play on Tekken (with terrible net code) compared to Street Fighter 6, I play in Europe, even then, most competitive players play on PC as far as I know, before crossplay PC players were known to be better compared to console, along with differences between servers with Japan almost always being the best

[@Seattlefan77]

​@@b3nt0tI don't think you watched the video. He only said that the beginning sales numbers favored Tekken but didn't say anything after that about which was more popular. But I will tell you that Tekken is clearly more popular and should be

[@Dnxxftw]

as a tekken player this aged like milk

[@SirBitingBen]

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.

[@hammondclarke942]

Tekken is for a more mature crowd street fighter is easier to play and for kids

[@victordang4730]

​@hammondclarke942 You say that but tekken got way less evo entrants than sf6. Goes to show tekken was just bigger for the casuals and kids

[@b3nt0t]

​@@hammondclarke942your wrong though. Tekken 8 and mk1 is for kids and casuals like you.

[@nunyabizwacks6711]

while maybe hard to master, tekken is 100% more appealing for casuals, and it has always been that way. Its a mash friendly game.

[@nyrva2876]

Lol tekken for mature players... Most of them rage quit during matches or don't rematch. Typical kid behavior. I went back to Sf6 after T8 and man does the lobbies feel nicer, people actually talk there instead of dead chibi world no one cares about because everyone is in training. You can play several characters at the same time in Sf6 because it's easy to get into, while in tekken there's so many moves you just play one. Trying to play a side character feels like a waste of time. I stopped Sf6 for almost a year and I feel like I didn't forget much and matches have been more fun and chill than in Tekken where you only play versus broken characters like Lilly, dragunov, eddy, the Chinese guy, Xiao Ling and a few others I probably missed. By the time you master the basics in Tekken (movement, defense, how to get up, how to break throws... with one character) you probably could have played all Sf6 characters in ranked while having fun. Labbing is not what I call fun in a fighting game.

[@jamesthomas89112]

Tekken 8 destroying sf6 at bad netplay

[@greenkoopa]

I laughed when I saw this 😂 I play the sf anniversary online and it plays just fine

[@ResidentNotEvil5]

Currently popular tournaments SF6 capcom Cup,red bull Kumite,ceo,UFA,SF league,world league,the prize money 2 million what tekken or mk1 has offered nothing 😂

[@dat1faclesdude]

​​​@@ResidentNotEvil5what does that have to do with anything?and why is it funny?

[@TopHatGamingManChannel]

​@@ResidentNotEvil5If there needs to be a large prize pot to get people to play a game, does that not actually reflect poorly on its quality. Being paid to play it!?

[@ResidentNotEvil5]

@@TopHatGamingManChannel SF6 release Ps5,PC sold 3 million copies while tekken 8 release all consoles you can't expect same success as tekken 8 and what you benefit spending multiple hours grinding at least capcom giving everyone a chance to be millionaire

[@Dan-di4jw]

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

[@afrikasmith1049]

I'd prefer Tekken X Street Fighter. I would love to see what the other Street Fighter characters could do in the Tekken 3D engine, especially with Tag.

[@jettiful]

Capcom still has some differences that needs to be settled with SNK and then, let Tekken X SF happen. CVS3 shifting to Tekken X SF should be in 1 universe; Geese did try to take over Mishima Zaibatsu business territory

[@permanenthaze6050]

We are still waiting for tekken x street fighter

[@fryguy1133]

😂😂😂😂😂I Can't wait 😂😂😂😂😂

[@babadook1283]

@@afrikasmith1049look no further than Akuma in Tekken 7.

[@saltbaker8683]

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

[@TexasHollowEarth]

Ultra woke, drip-fed, censored trash for low-standard gaymers 💀💀

[@rumblebird9888]

Nah, wait till you see the sleeper Giant that is Virtua Fighter 5.9

[@Mintcar923]

I’m a little behind.. Just got Ultra SF IV on Saturday lol I do have Tekken 7 & SF V however.. Gonna try DOA 5 Ultimate in a few minutes

[@cellP8]

lol

[@Sho_Ryu_Ken]

​@@rumblebird9888 yes!!! Hype

[@Yaiba4869]

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

[@TheGOAT-hj6sl]

Don't forget the simplistic gameplay, mediocre soundtrack, lame roster selection, and lame graphics/art style.

[@MansMan42069]

​@@TheGOAT-hj6slYou're allowed to be wrong, but you're abusing the privilege.

[@TheGOAT-hj6sl]

@@MansMan42069 Facts can't be wrong, tr0ll.

[@MansMan42069]

@@TheGOAT-hj6sl And the fact is what you've listed are your opinions. Try again.

[@TheGOAT-hj6sl]

@@MansMan42069 But they're facts, tr0ll. Just because you don't like them doesn't mean you can change reality.

[@eduardobrigas4177]

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

[@nathanbalazonbautista418]

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. 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

[@MansMan42069]

Lmao you conveniently forgot Avatar Battles in Battle Hub. You can do more than what Tekken offers.

[@TheDumontShow]

You can even customize the color of the costume down to the hue. Tekken's customization is light years above SF6. Nobody has the same looking version of their character in Tekken

[@watersports1381]

why? do you play fighting games for the cosutmes? SMH

[@666slateran666]

​@@watersports1381because drip

[@Notactiveatalllll]

@@watersports1381 yeah idk it’s kinda weird to flex about having better costumes when they don’t really mean anything, it’s not like they enhance your game either I never really cared for the costumes

[@NeoKokoro20]

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.

[@Pikachu-qr4yb]

I just wish they tone down the Heat damage and meter a bit. The game would be near perfect then

[@djb5255]

I never played Tekken in any meaningful capacity before, but I tried the demo on a whim and got hooked. Now I'm at Vanquisher! I loved SF4 and MVC3 back in the day and meant to commit to SF6 but never got around to it.

[@boogiekimx2722]

Tekken 8 is the new Fighting game benchmark, the optimisation is perfect

[@inksword6029]

has the honeymoon phase ended yet

[@nunyabizwacks6711]

​@@inksword6029yea. As i predicted when Tekken released, once the honeymoon phase ended that SF6 would be the winner in terms of playerbase in the long run, and that has already proven true. SF6 is just a fresher experience than Tekken 8, plus the world tour and battlehub really drew in alot of extra gamers that dont generally play fighting games. Maybe some things about gameplay ppl prefer in older SFs and what have you, and yes the monetization is lame....but still, as an overall package SF6 is the best fighting game of all time

[@RyuNoZero]

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

[@TheGOAT-hj6sl]

What's worse is not doing complete editions

[@nyrva2876]

And not having staple characters in the base roster... Akuma only dropping in a few days. In the next SF, we'll have Ryu as a DLC character. Same for Tekken, no Heihachi, no armor king, no Bruce, Eddy as DLC...

[@belgianheskey]

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

[@hands-ongaming7180]

Xplay exists so why?

[@jettiful]

prolly saving the physical media of a masterpiece in this chaotic capitalist era

[@sloesty]

Consoom

[@hands-ongaming7180]

@@jettiful it’s why I waited to get mine so I understand

[@quqquqqqu6406]

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?

[@Pewpewpew182]

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. ❤

[@greenkoopa]

Is ttt2 fun? I'm gonna buy it for wii u but I'd rather buy a game that's fun to play

[@Pewpewpew182]

@@greenkoopa it’s very good, it’s my favorite of all the games besides 8. I think what killed it was there was so much entertainment happening all at once in 2012. Avengers, Dark Knight Rises, Prometheus, Sinister, Resident Evil Retribution and many more films. 3 x Resident Evil games, 3 x Silent Hill games, SfxTekken, Ssf4:Ae 2012, kid Icarus uprising, Fire Emblem Fates and many more games. Please get it, the game is so deep that I don’t think anyone has scratched the surface of it still (12 years later). Enjoy when you get it 🥰

[@umwhoalol]

​@@greenkoopauhh not really, it doesn't have that many modes and all the extra stuff like Tekken ball, it's mostly about the competitive aspect of the game, cus ttt2 has a butt load of extra hidden moves etc. The online experience is that ttt2 is the single hardest game ever made, and offline just isnt much content, even on the Wii which got a little more stuff

[@tuipulotulavaka1757]

​@@greenkoopaTag 2 is prett fun imo. Countless team variety, and endless death combos to be found. That game still hasnt been fully figured out, so there's still some cool tech and strategies to be found there

[@ssppeeaarr]

lol. thats the main reason. glad everyone is over the hype of sf6... no sf3 love. smh. and ya waitin on the akuma dlc tho. last to drop to save the day. lol. 😁@@LeonJohnson-yi3hg

[@123mathtutorabc4]

Virtua Fighter is the most virtuous of them all

[@greenkoopa]

It knew when to quit

[@ssppeeaarr]

THAT needs to comeback. ...asap. 😞

[@pablocasas5906]

That reminds me that the Virtua Fighter anime was called "El Peleador Virtuoso" (The Virtuous Fighter) in Spanish-speaking America for some reason

[@123mathtutorabc4]

@@ssppeeaarr supposedly a reboot is in development

[@fobo3361]

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

[@icebread123]

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

[@inixi8ocelot]

@@aledantih6524 " they reuse animations and movesets from like tekken 5 and even 3 in some cases" no, they were reanimated for the new engine. Reused is not the right word. Even Eddy now has new mocap and improved capo animations.

[@mkeonine]

Same animations. Same character templates. Easier to reproduce. Tekken 7.5 seems more fitting.

[@inixi8ocelot]

@@mkeoninelol they're not reused. It's like saying, reused animation from Adobe Animate can be reused in Toonboom Harmony. Different software or engine, means rework every animation.

[@ShadalooPlayer]

​@@inixi8ocelotyou know that you can transport animations between engines? Right? Just compare the idles and some Basic attacks, tk8 reuses animations

[@inixi8ocelot]

@@ShadalooPlayer did you even watch Harada's interview?

[@commandoghost5883]

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

[@BeautifulVoluptuousLesbian]

You hate the game being hard because you're a casual.

[@inksword6029]

its not, it already has less players than sf6

[@xTaei]

Idk man both are good games in their own right

[@EcoViolations]

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

[@kye4216]

SF6 hit 45k players when Ed released. That’s only 5k less than Tekken 8s all time high.

[@ShadalooPlayer]

​@@kye4216but someway in those people minds tk8 os killing sf

[@parsashirali8957]

​@kye4216 yeah but lets also take into mind that sf6 is much older then tekken. Its still impressive

[@zambino229]

Sf6 has had 24k 24 hour peaks basically every day since before tekken 7 launched. The game is doing better when it comes to player retention

[@condescending28]

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.

[@Streetfighter1977]

UNI 2 is dope....love that game

[@TexasHollowEarth]

All current fighting games NEED to STOP snubbing the legacy community. SamSho and KoF15 have some horrible dlc selections. Both had a good 1st season, then just couldn't stop pandering to weebs and fake fans. SF6 kept only base 8 WW roster and added woke trash designed, new characters (per usual). ALL SF6 dlc characters are fucking terrible-looking 🤮👎

[@GODLIKE99KINGZ]

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

[@smananderson09]

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

[@Xion_Toshiro]

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

[@rinaldo7618]

more like they destroy mk1 rather than sf6

[@nayyabmughal1123]

Nope both. Tekken going to outsell sf6 in few weeks . Already over 2mill.

[@aznswordmaster1458]

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.

[@XxROBATOxX]

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.

[@DragonthornX]

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.

[@blairwich1935]

Really? This confuses me as Tekken characters all "act" so different.

[@KanesakiHyudou]

@blairwich1935 They play differently yes cause that's part of their personality per character, But universal rules like, Counter Hit low to launch, 10 frame generic Jab that gives plus frames, Crouch Jab that gives you a turn, 15 Frame Punishers that Launch, and the Low Mid High game is still the fundamental of tekken. Not only that, Each character has their noticeable weaknesses which makes matchups more interesting. In a fundamental level every character is similar yet different cause T8 did their hardest to establish the character's personality and uniqueness through their playstyle.

[@lastsunofkrypton7950]

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.

[@CaptGrout]

I love how MK is just out of the conversation

[@nvidiapowah4581]

Tekken 8 is a 10 from me

[@shaunmatthewcpoetry]

Me too! As long as they don't start blocking mods.

[@yelowninja]

​@@shaunmatthewcpoetrythey might do it for legacy costumes nothing else

[@TexasHollowEarth]

Nope. Been playing Tekken for almost 30 years. This game is censored, massively simplified, and will have a paid MTX shop added soon. You think all this nonsense = a 10!? 🙄👉🤡

[@tontimmy45635]

​@@TexasHollowEarth I'm inclined to agree ttg2 did it best imo. The biggest reason why it would poorly was because it released way too soon. It released at the peak of sf4. Alot of other games bit the dust as well at the time ggsign kof13

[@untitleddragon7322]

This aged like milk 💀

[@DayFul]

Clicked on the video to post the same thing. I took a break from fighting games for FF7 Rebirth and picked SF6 back up for the Akuma and balance update and I'm having a blast. Tekken killed my interest with the weak sauce character lineup for season 1 and awful ranking system.

[@untitleddragon7322]

@@DayFul OMD ... THATS EXACTLY WHAT I DID🤣🤣🤣🤣 I got sf6 and ff7, loved world tour, need to play ff7

[@inksword6029]

"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

[@pauldoake6188]

Shadowloo is missing big time in sf6

[@RushianRichard]

I agree Shadaloo *wink *wink is missing. Still waiting for Sagat...duh.

[@ryanm.8720]

They must've had Amnesia.

[@ssppeeaarr]

ya fr. JP and ED aint shadaloo or hype... gimme the kings back. or at least sagat lol.

[@dreamcastdazia4753]

They're out the story

[@pauldoake6188]

@@dreamcastdazia4753 I know but that's what is missing

[@onlyBanz]

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

[@condescending28]

& stop trolling the community with this "The King Of Fighters" attachment to 1 of these Games. There's only one King Of Fighters & the company you hate, SNK makes it.

[@AureliusRuiz]

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.

[@markkipanga1933]

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.

[@rxzero00]

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.

[@icesnake90]

Lol Tekken 8 doesnt destroy Street fighter 6. The steam charts say otherwise. I guess it was a mistake for bandai namco to not make a tournament for Tekken 8 with its release

[@ActionGamerAaron]

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.

[@debo2189]

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.

[@cualestupedo1]

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.

[@qcfx2a]

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.

[@edgelord121]

If by do a lot you mean staying stuck in the lowest ranks then yes, it is easy.

[@qcfx2a]

​@@edgelord121 Thing is, majority of fighting game players are in the low ranks, and they're mostly just casual players looking for fun.

[@blackskullinc.5450]

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...!

[@TheALVINtaker]

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

[@majorlazor5058]

I was disappointed with World Tour mode. Very repetitive and bad AI. Tekken 8’s ghost battle is just amazing.

[@ajikothman]

meanwhile sf6 has 38k online players as of now (steam only) and tekken 8 only has 15k active players

[@krebyrocks77]

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.

[@Kongo-Ken]

One of a games most valuable qualities is how fun it is. Trying to master Tekken 8 on ultra hard is an enjoyable challenge but lvl 8 Street fighter feels like more of a cheat than a challenge

[@sosamanotf642]

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!

[@sosamanotf642]

Also, no. Tekken 8 does not have anything with more content than World Tour.

[@dat1faclesdude]

​@@sosamanotf642tekken has a story mode that both casuals and pro players enjoyed! same cant be said for world tour mode

[@DillFill-oi7hc]

​@@sosamanotf642arcade quest, story mode, character episodes. How about sf6? World tour???

[@joejoejoej9763]

I don't think there's a channel that I disliked as many videos as this one.

[@MauricioPereiradaFon]

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.

[@blairwich1935]

It is like comparing Basketball to Soccer. You might have a preference, but to say one is better than the other is just weird 😂

[@nathleflutiste]

Yeah, this kind of title is mean, and makes no sense. I'm glad to see we are a lot of people pointing this dumb competition. It's like we can't even just appreciate the games for what they offer anymore.

[@0mally13]

IS KILLER INSTINCT STILL PLAYED?

[@solidsnake434]

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

[@SalmanMalik-eo8uo]

Arslan Ash bursting onto the scene changed a lot.

[@armorbearer9702]

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.

[@rocknflip66]

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

[@Sho_Ryu_Ken]

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

[@F1ghtGam3r]

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

[@tubeyou8623]

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.

[@conradojavier7547]

$4 per Costume is Reasonable enough than $10.

[@n1hondude]

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)

[@KimSamaVideos]

Well... Tekken has always been more popular in the UK then it is in the US

[@DayFul]

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.

[@AIONBERSERKER]

Lets be real, nobody plays these games for solo content

[@edgelord121]

​@@AIONBERSERKERwrong, a lot of players actually do.

[@Ziki-P]

It’s really not, I don’t even understand why they are being compared, ones 2d other is 3d , this is like comparing basketball to baseball

[@kye4216]

T8 is a great game but to say its destroying SF6 is delusional. the launch is objectively worse than SF6. Peak player count on steam: SF6- 70,000 T8- 50,000 Peak twitch viewers: SF6- 330,000 T8- 118,000 current players: SF6 24hr peak- 21,300 ( after like 9 months) T8 24hr peak- 21,600 ( after 1 month) If you want to argue T8 had a bigger launch because of sales then we would have to say MK was much better than both, which is obviously not true.

[@figuredrawing4912]

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

[@jeremyfredenburg3827]

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

[@Notactiveatalllll]

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

[@Seattlefan77]

Dude really said a lot without saying anything. This could've been a 3 minute video describing the features of both games cause this is really not a comparison video and doesn't even touch why Tekken 8 is more popular

[@DragonsDream]

Yeah, he's stretching his script too much.

[@DieselJT]

The monetization of Street Fighter 6 is the real turn off for me. I have no problem buying costumes for the actual fighters as I always do fir Their games. But this gen of Street Fighter, having the Street Fightee bucks incorperated in the game, is a real kick in the balls for longtime fans

[@TexasHollowEarth]

Yeah but T8 is adding it in, too. Didn't you hear?

[@DieselJT]

@@TexasHollowEarth yup. And it is a shame. But the costumes for in game characters are cheaper than in Street Fighter. So I guess there is that at least...

[@MansMan42069]

​@@DieselJT Lmao have you not seen the crazy crossovers people make with Avatar Creation? and fought with them in the Battle Hub? SF6 lets you do A LOT more than what Tekken 8 is offering in terms of customisation, but requires more effort on your part to actually take advantage of the creation tools.

[@edgelord121]

​@@MansMan42069yeah but that's exclusive to that mode. We want to customise the actual chars themselves, and use them in the proper, actual gameplay.

[@MansMan42069]

@@edgelord121 Avatar Battles aren't "proper actual gameplay"? It's part of the game.

[@savaget2058]

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.

[@kitestar]

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

[@TheOutlawed1000]

I can tell which one you played

[@kitestar]

@@TheOutlawed1000 I can tell what it’s not: either…at least not yet

[@david-TheRave]

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

[@Blaydtingles]

Sf6 was my first street fighter. I love the game. But I’ve been playing Tekken since I was 5, so Tekken 8 hits different

[@veemiyagimusic3892]

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 💪🏾

[@TheDumontShow]

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.

[@caustictones781]

Sf6 characters have way more diversity and personality and facial expressions, tekken8 roster sounds great but don't really care for any of them and they feel like a bland and miss matched bunch in comparison

[@thedarkwonder9954]

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.

[@kye4216]

The balance of SF6 is fine. Players trying to win are going to pick to "best" characters way more even if they are just 1% better. that doesnt mean the game is unbalanced. Ending walker almost beat the best player in the world with Ryu, a straight up worse version of Luke. Its about the player not the character.

[@travisk08]

6:28 me cryimg when i was 6 yrs old

[@UkioSf6]

This man hate Street fighter...

[@shmixedNshmooved]

Crazy cause his whole channel thrives off of it. He's just mad because he has a lot of bad takes on this genre and wants to collect clout.

[@ZuzicAnton]

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.

[@e-maestro]

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.

[@shmixedNshmooved]

It has a higher all time Peak than T8 but T8 is also still pretty new and will have more returning players for the first couple of months. After Eddie drops for T8 and Akuma drops for SF6 we will see a huge number change in both T8 and SF6. SF6 will definitely win in terms of returning players in the long run (lets face it, they hold onto the best characters for this kind of stuff), T8 pretty much has their heavy hitters in the existing cast and year 1 dlc, which is a huge plus but that peters out after the first year. Tekken 8 is a great game at launch imo but I'm banking on SF6 winning the long game overtime, since that's what the team at Capcom is best at. Edit: Actually, I may be wrong, at least on Steam within the last 24 hours. SF6 sits at 24k and T8 sits at 17.8k, obviously not concrete evidence but that's definitely a larger gap than what I was expecting.

[@e-maestro]

Still great numbers for both games and for me at least as I mentioned I prefer all 3 (SF, TEKKEN AND MK) doing well than only one or 2 of them because it gives a lot to play and more support in the long run.@@shmixedNshmooved

[@Thekinggamelon]

I guess Namco did the "going all out" first before DLC, unlike Capcom who's doing the DLC first. Well, time for Kazuya throw Ryu off a cliff.

[@alekid]

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)

[@MatMadikPCA]

Good videos, top hat 🎩!!!

[@marcbraun5342]

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...

[@jjrilla___2664]

It would great if we got a new street fighter x Tekken or Tekken x street fighter finally released but capitalism won’t let it happen. Even if it did they would probably ruin it with monetisation doubt they would do gems again. That was definitely a victim of the period it was released.

[@RushianRichard]

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! 😑👍

[@TexasHollowEarth]

Yup. I don't like SF3 either. Animation + Chun-Li look really good, but the roster is a gaggle of dorks + despite running on superior CPS3 hardware, there's no line-scrolling which was in EVERY iteration of SF2!? SF3 + SF6 are overrated trash. Clowns just jumped on that 2014 Daigo/Wong parry shit video, bandwagon 💀

[@MansMan42069]

lmao "real Street Fighter" what a nebulous non-argument.

[@RushianRichard]

@@MansMan42069 So you disagree that changing elements like roster, music, colors, effects, atmosphere, social/cultural adaptions etc. can influence someone's core experience with a game? That's fxcking weird man. It may be real sf to whole generations but that won't change my opinion.

[@ermindedic3706]

The one thing they messed up is the netplay. Compared to sf6 and guilty gear its like night and day. I genuinely need to avoid wifi players in tekken 8 to get a full smooth connection. While in sf6 you can play without problems even against wifi

[@mainstreetsaint36]

Tekken 8 is stuffed full of features, and even just the base game has really great amount of fighters.