Your first statements would be more true if not for the fact that there were months between KOFXIII's release, and SFxT's release. That statement works a LOT better when talking about UMvC3 as it was released a week before KOFXIII. Those who might express interest in KOFXIII could easily go "yeah...but Marvel's coming out so I can't get a look". Then if Marvel disappoints, they switch to the other game that came out in that time frame. SFxT didn't really stop ANYONE from becoming interested or playing KOFXIII. More likely than not, if you weren't interested or didn't feel like playing KOFXIII within the months of its release before SFxT drops, it's not gonna change afterwards. It'd be like a Shin Megami Tensei coming out, seeing it, not being interested, then a Final Fantasy coming out 3 months later, and then not enjoying that. I don't suddenly gain an interest in SMT, just because this current game happened to suck. And if I had an interest in SMT, I had more than enough time to play it without conflicting with FF's release.
On your second point, I'll concede to you about Capcom fans calling on hate.
I never made any statement about online and what it did for the community because...honestly, other than GGPO and up until SF4's "passable" netcode, the online components for games were HORRIBLE. And they're still bad for consoles other than Blazblue which is built around it, SFxT and Skullgirls both using Rollback, and Soul Caliber V apparently, along with random games along the way (like the REALLY older KOF's for PSN). It was so bad to a point where...you can't even take online for Fighters into account until GGPO's start for PC, and then SF4 for consoles. The main way to get games was the same way you got them before.
And not ONCE did I say the "Dark Age of the FGC" was great or anything of the sort. Again, I just said, to which I will repeat, it's not as big of a hellhole as some would like to believe until SF4's release. But it taught players true commitment and desire, something seemingly lost in not just "09ers" but even older players. As it is now, people are more worried about playing games just for the chance of greatness, rather than enjoyment, or just playing for money. Players aren't just looking for the next shiny thing, they throw temper tantrums when it doesn't happen fast enough, and then throw some more when it happens too fast. Now's a time where people will bitch about how much a game sucks...but will play it anyway just because "everyone else plays it". And the worst offender, where people will only play games just because it's "good for the community" whether or not they might actually enjoy the game or not.
For the longest time, I did have problems with people saying the old days were better, but now I'm starting to almost agree on the sense that while so many things are so much better, with information retrieval, better online play, more streams to watch play, and more events in general, one major thing changed. The mindset of the community. Nothing is about enjoyment, which always bothered me. If you don't enjoy playing certain FGs then why do it? If it EVER comes to the point where I have to do things or play things I absolutely do not want to play or do in order to stay within the FGC or continue playing FGs, that is the point I leave, and I'll have no regrets.
If you had ABSOLUTELY NO ONE to play your games with back in 03-07, then I personally apologize and am sorry for what you had to go through, I'm sure it was a tough time. If you did, but couldn't find enjoyment, then maybe you needed Capcom games more than you think. If you did have people to enjoy games with, then I personally don't understand why you seem to be so upset about it. But honestly, no matter what happened back then, it doesn't mean it will happen now. Capcom could crash tomorrow, but people would still play its games. KOFXIII won't really benefit unless the "Shiny New" syndrome takes them over as well by way of getting a revision (hopefully FAR) down the line. And honestly, I wouldn't want it to benefit just because something crashed. If you didn't have interest before, I'm not gonna take you seriously now, nor should anyone. I'd want people who actually took an interest to begin with (or after seeing the game in action or playing it themselves), since they're the people I'm more likely to enjoy playing the game with.
Personally, and I'll go real talk here, I don't give a shit what the community does. I don't give a shit what Capcom does, I don't give a shit what anyone does, if it doesn't do anything to my enjoyment of the game. PPV Streams, sponsors, DLC crap, bad business, whatever, I don't care. If you don't interfere with how I enjoy the game I was given, I really don't give a shit. If you do something to increase it, yeah, cool, great. But if something fucks with my enjoyment, and people expect me to go along with it just because it helps the community? Yeah, fuck that. Even if it hurts the community, I won't go along with it if it screws with what I can do for fun, and I will not bat an eye because at least I'll be man enough to do what I want.
And I realize that half of this huge wall o' text is just a tangent rant, but it's been a long ass day and I needed to vent. I figure you'll either discredit everything I say or whatever, but I don't have it in me to do another one of these so...don't expect a decent reply of meaning even if you kick my ass...at least not for the next couple of days.