Monday, May 10, 2010

Super Street Fighter IV FightStick Arcade Joystick (Tournament Edition)

Sucks. Definitely not worth the $150 price tag.
  1. The Start and Back/Select buttons are on the opposite side of the casing from you. Which is obviously a ridiculous place for them.
  2. The thing weighs far more than it should. At first I thought this was a sign of quality, I soon noticed that it's just a heavy-ass case.
  3. The stupid glossy cover on the top is A) not shaped to match the rest of the casing—it's just a piece of plastic bolted to the body with a print below it—and B) gets more fingerprints than the back of a black iPhone.
  4. The LP+MP+HP button (and its K version) are unnecessary. Like anyone competing at any tournament level needs a multi-function button?
  5. Maybe most important is: Why would a "Tournament Edition" fightstick have a turbo button?
I'm returning mine and getting another HORI EX2 to replace the one on which that my dog decided to chew up the wire. It's definitely superior in that it's the same fightstick without the weight and without the heft price tag.

Anyone looking for a 360 fightstick would be a fool to not give the HORI EX2 a chance. If anyone has already bought a pair of the "Tournament Edition" sticks:
You paid thrice what you should've paid; and good luck with your turbo buttons, you big douche.

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