@alioli @Sound_Demon maybe you're new or something, but champs used to go for 6.3k flat. 4.8k was also a more recently introduced price point, riot said they were excited to use it but ended up only using it for about 3-5 champions.
not everyone can play as much as you, and not everyone wants to be limited to a very small amount of choices to start with. dota 2 offers something LoL does not, free 100+ characters to choose from the get go, no time or money investment required. LoL has a lot more high tourney usage champs with big price points than they do small, dota eliminates all controversy and gives them for free.
this post isn't trying to argue which one is better. but i thought i might want to explain how large the difference is in prices between the games. there are very few words to describe how much more Dota 2 is accessible in terms of playability than LoL, learning curve aside, of course.
i completely understand sakurai's way of thinking, but i still think there's room to throw the competitive scene a bone. smash is just such a huge deal already, it's almost guaranteed that anyone with a wii u is going to buy it. under these circumstances, you could say the same that the competitive scene doesn't need to be catered to at all, but still, i'd like to think that sakurai could do better in pleasing the competitive scene while keeping the way casuals see the game the same.
it really isn't hard to level up in fighting games. eventually you fight someone really strong and you're wondering how you could do the same. a quick google search and soon you're regularly visiting shoryuken.com or testyourmight.com for some tips and tricks, it really isn't hard. probably the only hard thing about it is buying your first joystick, but even then, games like injustice and smash bros. have no such requirement, and can therefore to everyone be very easy to jump into. smash is still going to be played at parties whether you cater to competitive or not, so to that end, i see no reason to completely neglect, while a niche part of the community, still a part of the community IMO has some meaning.
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