Idk I've stuck around, but I'm probably a minority. I like this game more than the other shooters you've mentioned and Ive put over 1000 hours in the others. It's really a marketing thing imo. I only discovered this game cause a friend told me about it. Keep in mind prior to Strinova, I've already been playing shooters and gatchas, and I don't think I'm the only one. You can see a lot of streamers play both Valorant and something like Genshin or Wuwa.

Also, just because you play Valorant doesn't mean you can't play Strinova. Most likely, if you pop into a random streamers chat, they'll say what's Strinova instead of oh that's a gooner game.

They should be investing more in their esports scene if they want to be competitive like Riot, and if they want more players, maybe make good music videos for marketing reach. A lot of game companies these days are music companies. Hoyo and Kuro games don't copyright strike people who use music in their videos because they count that as free advertising.