I thought the fighting game panel was pretty good, it's unfortunate that it got cut short since everyone was giving good answers. I thought the selection of panelists and corresponding games was really great. I mean the way I think about it you have the following situations:
The most complex fighting game of the three being released in a really old, traditional method due mostly to their company's business model (Tekken 7).
The newest iteration of a series currently dominating the competitive fighting game scene attempting to jump onto the bandwagon of the game-as-a service model to seek further growth (Street Fighter V).
A newcomer with noble aspirations of enabling more people to get a deeper appreciation of the genre by reducing the complexity in the gameplay and focusing on online play (Rising Thunder).
It was interesting for me since I'm the biggest fan of Tekken out of the bunch, but I think their approach to releasing their game is the least future-proof of the three. I'm kinda worried that this next Tekken may very well be the last, especially if they don't really adapt to what people are already starting to expect based on what other games are doing.
I thought it would have been cool to get Ed Boon on the panel as well, since MK X really dominated 2015 in terms of sales. But I guess it makes sense to not include them since the book on 2015 (and MK X) has pretty much closed at this point.
Regardless, I'm excited to play the final products of all three games next year (well hopefully Tekken next year, maybe not), and I'm interested to see which game ends up making the biggest impact.
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