360 & PS3 SFIV Pads (for those of you who can't play stick)

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Dead Blue

Smokin Bud
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^^^Not true at all. There is a lot of good pad players. However stick is the method of choice. Mainly because SBO is a stick only tourney but most american tourneys are pad or stick. Motions like Blanka's or Guile's supers and even Bison's are a lot easier on stick. (1)319 and (4)646. That and that most fighting games are considered an arcade sport where there is no pad.

I play Guilty Gear's I-No on pad (which most people consider impossible because of the insane level of execution) while playing most other games on stick.

In the end, whatever method works best for you is best.
 
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Just read this...



Mad Catz struggles to meet demand for SFIV arcade stick

Posted Jan 15th 2009 12:45PM by Xav de Matos
Filed under: News, Street Fighter IV

Speaking with Joystiq in response to an article on Eurogamer, Mad Catz PR lead, Alex Verrey, spoke candidly about the overwhelming demand and supply issue for the $150 Street Fighter IV FightStick. According to Verrey, Mad Catz originally limited the run of arcade controllers to 3,000 units but have received "many, many times that amount" in pre-orders, which caught the accessory developer off-guard.

The sticks are currently going back into production but development could take some time, so those who recently pre-ordered it will probably not have a FightStick day-and-date with Street Fighter IV. Mad Catz wouldn't share region allocation numbers with Joystiq but did say the company has every intention to meet pre-order demand. As for the other controllers, you should be fine picking one up without much hassle.
 

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Sicc OG
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This may be bad news. When demand exceeds supply in a market we find ourselves in a state of disequilibrium. A competition will arise among consumers to buy, increasing demand and raising prices. The rise in prices leads to a fall in demand and this continues until the market reaches a state of equilibrium i.e. where supply is equal to demand. You may be paying a lot more than you wanted to for these fight controllers!