Linkuei82
Live by the sword, Die by the sword
If you are talking about worldwide, MK is not bigger than SF by popularity or as a franchise in whole.Ok I didn't know about the E-League thing, my bad.
However, regarding CTP, yes it was on a local channel, but it still got bigger numbers despite SFV being on a cable. A show on a local channel gets higher numbers then a broadcast on cable, that should tell you something. Also, is CW really a local channel? I'm not familiar that much with US channels but last time I've checked CW isn't local.
And no, I'm not refereeing to just the US, I've seen people in Israel who barely heard of SF or even haven't heard of SF at all, but did hear about MK. Of course that in Japan it will be the opposite, but worldwide, that it is the case. It's not just the E-Sports that you have to take into account, but the overall impact on the media and gaming in general.
Let alone just that franchise, MK is not the biggest most popular FG franchise worldwide.