I feel that street fighter lacks moves so the strategy is very confined unlike Tekken and Soul Calibur.
The Street Fighter hate here pains my heart. It is not my go-to choice for fighter, but I feel it is being misunderstood.
Did you watch the Evo Grand finals? That match represents why I hate the CURRENT street fighter.. I don't hate street fighter I just have IV.
II and especially III were amazing, fun fighters that didn't require you to play a spammy fireball character.. Look at the tierlist in street fighter iv and notice how many spammy charachters are top tier.. TOO MANY...
I did... and the non-fireball user won... so...
OK so Rose shoots a blue fireball looking thing, but didn't spam it to win. There's a bit more strategy than spamming fireballs. Simply because they are in the top tier doesn't mean people sit there and spam fireballs. Also, if you're good, you can counter it. And recently some characters have been moved up and have become more viable.
Get the Street Fighter X Tekken crossover game, that way you got a two in one package
If I was you I would go for Tekken myself, I think the characters in Tekken have more "variety" going for them. It's nice to see the different martial arts form used by the different characters, ranging from Muay Thai, Drunken Fist, Taekwondo, Bagua Quan, etc......
Come to think of it the crossover game from Tekken side, "Tekken X Street Fighter".......we barely know anything about it. Funny how they announced Tekken 7 but chose not to deliver more info on the crossover game >_>