The point I'm trying to make that you're missing here, is that this is much bigger than us.
Just read the comments on Eventhubs writeup here:
https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2017/jul/01/evo-2017-attendance-numbers-are-lets-see-how-years-entrants-compare-past-five-years/
People are arguing over the attendance numbers for multiple games this year and what they mean. This is not just an NRS thing.
Imo we're actually doing fine and everybody needs to chill out. We literally went from people making threads like "Should EVO even be a real major for our game" to complaining about having 800 entrants when SFV/Smash's numbers were practically cut in half in 1 year.
Also remember that Injustice 2 is 'new' but it's also legacy (a lot more directly connected gameplay-wise than say, SF4->SF5) so it can't be directly compared to the launch of MKX.