You seem to have completely not read anything I said.
Focus is definitely abused online. That doesn't mean I don't punish it. It's still abused.
My main in IV has high backdash invincibility. I love it. But it's a way to avoid conflict and another way to get away. IV has a billion ways to get away rather than push forward, which is something newer players latch on to. Fact. Never did I say that there's no way to stop someone from abusing backdash on wakeup either. Quite the opposite. USFIV is pretty fucking balanced.
Nowhere did I say meter management doesn't matter in SFIV. I'm talking about a casual or a beginner or a scrub who's playing the game. Hence "casual friendly". A beginner or casual is going to ignore super guage because fuck it, I've got Ultra. Compared to V, where your only super is tied to your ex meter. This forces them to balance whether or not they want to risk using ex at the expense of super. Compared to IV, where a lot of newer players use ex attacks like it's a free resource. Ultra stops them from thinking about stuff like that. At least first.
I also said that casual friendly doesn't mean "casual game".
Again, you have not read a thing I said. I'm not talking about intermediate or high level players at all.
When I say casual friendly, I'm pretty obviously, talking about casual players or people new to fighting games. When I say casual friendly, I mean systems put in place that allow people to avoid conflict and get out of hairy situations. Ultras, focus, back dash. This doesn't mean it's a casual game. SFIV has endless amounts of depth. But someone starting out - again, casual friendly - the game offers enough tools to win matches more readily.
Contrast with SFV. It has less tools and systems to allow newer players to win without knowing what they're doing.
Combined with the fact that SFV has no arcade mode - which we established is a casual friendly feature - and other things. It's pretty clear that, despite whatever Capcom's wishes, they've made a game that is far, far less casual friendly than its predecessor.
You really need to work on your reading comprehension.