IMO one of the reasons many people hesitate to try (or bounce off) fighting games is because in many games, you can start, and be decent, and you only needpractice if you want to be GOOD.
Fighting games often feel like you have to practice to be able to engage at all. Day one.
Even outside of fighting games. I’d actually say most people don’t like the concept of practicing.
So when a genre actually asks the player to do that. It’s a tough sell.