At what point in history did western devs stop trying to make fighting games that are not Mortal Kombat?

>>11812563 (OP)
Did they?

>>11812563 (OP)
>WWE all stars
>terrordrome
>divekick
>skullgirls
>injustice
>killer instinct reboot
>that upcoming invincible MvC/DBFZ clone
they never did.

>>11814016
All of those excluding the last one are over 10 years old.

Why were there so many different and experimental fighting games in the fifth console generation? By contrast, the sixth generation has fewer fighting games, most of which belong to famous franchises.

>>11814052
5th gen was at the tail end of the arcade life cycle. 6th gen was after it died.

>>11814052
Fighting game craze blew over.

>>11814041
>terrordrome got a sequel with non-copyright OCs
>injustice got a sequel with a rumored third game on the way
>skullgirls still gets updates
>KI got updates until 2023
you wanna try that again?

>>11814016
>>skullgirls
I feel like I'm reading OP's question wrong and therefore don't get your point, because Skullgirls is obviously aiming to be an MvC clone

>>11814069
None of that changes what I said being true. Want to try that again?

>>11812563 (OP)
It's a shame this game is permanently stuck on the original Xbox. The limb system was a neat mechanic.

>>11812563 (OP)
Is that really a fair screenshot to use? The game only exists because John Tobias got lured away from Midway.

>>11812563 (OP)
You're posting a game that was literally made by an ex-Mortal Kombat developer.

Also, when did Eastern devs stop trying to make fighting games that are not Street Fighter?

>>11812563 (OP) (OP)
You're posting a game that was literally made by an ex-Mortal Kombat developer.

>>11814016
>the KI reboot is older than KI was when the reboot came out

Fighting game franchises only really matter when
1) they had at least 1 game back in the arcade days
2) they've had at least 1 modern game post SF4

The west literally only has MK and KI