SF is still the best fighting franchise ever. Hell, even SF3: TS, which is about eight years old now, is better than most fighting games that came out this year or last. Yes, even GG.

Too bad Capcom will never count to 4 because of the pissy fanbase. Whenever they ask for something, Capcom delivers, and then when they deliver, the fans complain. Look at SF3. Most of the stuff implemented was asked to be put in by fans. New characters, better graphics, better story, etc. Hardly anyone played it, and most bashed it, until TS came out. Then only the hardcore (most of which blindly moved on to Tekken before TS hit its stride) bothered to play it.

"Buttonmashing" and "Street Fighter" don't fit in the same sentence. You can't buttonmash your way through the game and win like you can in other fighting games, especially not with charge characters like Guile. Even if you try that on the easiest difficulty, you'll still lose a lot. If you somehow manage to win that way, then that means you just got lucky. :P No other way to explain it.

What's funny is, the most broken fighters, like Marvel vs. Capcom 2 seem to get the most play. Games like SF3, which are flipping technical marvels (no pun intended) get left in the dust.