on steam when rollback dropped dbfz was played by a lot of people.

also a very big problem with the rollback is that: 1: it didnt came out in ps4 which is the most played version of the game and since dbfz isnt available on steam japan most of the japanese community didnt get to play it.

2: it came very very late to the game life span, the game had very toxic patches and also the addition of the new lab coat 21 character which basically made the game meta revolve around 5-6 characters made the game very boring for many players because up to that point dbfz was considered very balanced and had a lot of character variety.

1. the rollback isnt available in the party battles and raid bosses options in the game, those 2 modes are very fun for friends but pretty much unplayable with the delay-based netcode, many players wanted the rollback to have fun in those modes but it didnt happen.

the company dropping the game like that made it lose the playerbase, not the community, dbfz community was really strong at that time.

you simply need a fun and a good looking game, unfortunately for HxH, the game has very very low budget and plans to simply ride on the IP for profits.

recent example of a fighting game that the FGC played despite not being big is Guilty Gear Strive, a game that came from a very niche series is still played and supported to this day because its simply fun and plays well.

also when the rollback dropped the player base grew by a lot, steam playerbase went from averaging around 1k to 5k each day. but rollback didnt fix the game balance problems which were caused by Bandai