Reddit reviews Mad Catz Street Fighter X Tekken - Arcade FightStick PRO - Line for Playstation 3
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The legacy of the Tournament Edition continues with the brand new design of the FightStick PRO!Authentic Japanese-style Sanwa Denshi joystick & buttons8-button layout with additional multi-speed Turbo functionalityPremium-quality components with genuine arcade layoutController lock/unlock switch prevents accidental button presses
If you are not sure if playing games with a stick is something you are going to like, an okay choice for a starter stick would be the WWE Brawl Stick. If you decide to become more serious about fighting games these sticks are fully compatible to swap in Sanwa brand stick and buttons no soldering required, which are what most players prefer and the same parts most expensive sticks use.
The arcade stick on the left is custom made and is compatible with 360, PS3, and PC. I got that one used on eBay for $80 shipped. So it is possible to get a good stick with full Sanwa parts used. These parts were designed for use in arcades and they can take some real abuse.
The second one is limited out of 300 and I got that for $150 with a book bag carrying case. It looks like Amazon has this model for $137 right now. Usually when there is a major fighting game tournament going on these sticks get discounted even more on the official Madcatz store.
A coworker of mine recently bought the SFxT stick on Amazon and absolutely loves it. I think it was this one. but I'm not 100% on that. I can ask him for the info on it when I get the chance.
Well you get what you pay for when it comes to arcade sticks. When I was doing research to get mine I found that the qanba q1 doesn't have quality parts. If you are new to fighting games and want to try a stick out then this may be a good one since it is cheap, but it is really easy to upgrade the buttons and sticks to higher quality ones.
I also read on srk that pcb failures have been reported, but the person said that it happened to his stick, but not his friends. so idk about that
That being said madcatz sticks are quality. If you get a tournament ediciont (TE) then they will come out of the box with good parts and they are known for lasting several years. They are more expensive though. As for pc support the x box ones do have official pc support but the ps3 ones do not. The ps3 ones may still work with your computer if you get lucky with the chipset you have in your computer. I got a madcatz SFxT ps3 arcade stick when it was on sale and it does work with my computer so you may want to do some research on your specific computer.
If you could spare the extra 40 sollars and don't mind that it is a ps3 stick I highly reccomend this stick, but if you just want a beginner arcade stick that you can upgrade later if you like it then the qanba q1 would be ok
I understand that. In most European countries you get no stick under 300$ with shipping an all 350~400$, that's a damn whole lot of money, specially for your first one where you are still unsure to what extend it fulfils your expectations. I bothered the guy on the madcatz twitter to no end before buying mine. :P
I got myself the one of the SFxT Pro (they are like dirt cheap right now, very sturdy and heavy, I like that) and the T.E.2 (with a different artwork). The later one was considered the best (at least in the madcatz product line) back then.
However, at least by the 2nd beta^^1 none of 'em worked out of the box with SFV. I downloaded "joytokey" (maps any pad/stick inputs to keyboard), run it, and used these settings. Worked like a charm, didn't feel no input lag nor did I need to restart the game.
To my knowledge, only the xbox360 sticks worked out of the box, at least by the 2nd beta round. This has to do with the input type the game recognizes. Now, I strongly assume this will be fixed by official release (partnership with madcatz and all), but I saw no official statement from capcom on this yet.
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^^1 Sadly I missed the 3rd beta due to some circumstances. If anyone could update us if this changed during the 3rd beta it would be very much appreciated.