Customer Reviews

Sony PS3 Street Fighter IV FightPad - Ryu

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

I bought two of these for the PS3 (Ken & Ryu) so my girlfriend and I could play each other, but only one will work at a time. The controller itself works great! When I have both dongles in the PS3, it will not connect to both controllers. Only one seems to work at a time. I've e-mailed MadCatz twice with no response. This kinda bums me out that we can't play each other, but oh well.
Again, the controller itself works great with the game. It didn't work so well with Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix, but with SF4, it's perfect. Also, I brought my PS3 to a friends house and for whatever reason, it would not connect at all. I spent about an hour turning everything off and on and reversing the order and nothing. When I got home, it worked fine....go figure. And I had the correct dongle with me.
So if you just get one, it'll work super, but two for the PS3 is a waste of money.

If Madcatz would've spent more time with quality control, this gamepad would be an absolute must-buy for Street Fighter fans. The button layout is perfect, and the d-pad is far easier to use than the stock PS3 controller's pad. Unfortunately, after two weeks of use, the buttons started to produce either incorrect responses or no response at all. Kicks wouldn't work, and punches be the wrong strength (light would produce medium and so forth). The d-pad began to combine moves - pressing up and forward would produce a jump AND a kick. While the price was appealing, the lack of quality is very disappointing.

+Excellent circular floating dpad; feels even mushier than the Saturn pad. I can do all moves with ease. I've heard of other people having problems with the diagonals but mine works perfectly. Easily the best dpad for fighters.

+Face buttons are big, flat, doesn't protrude much, and are effortless to press. This is helpful if you press the buttons palm-down like on an arcade stick.

+2 turbo speeds for each button. Useful for characters with moves where you rapidly mash the button.

+Has a switch to toggle the dpad so it can act as the left analog stick/right analog stick/dpad on a PS3 controller, so it will work for more than just fighting games.

+Wireless and doesn't lag. Uses 2 AA batteries. I suggest getting 4 rechargeable AA batteries and a recharger so you can still play while 2 of the batteries are charging.

+Feels very solid and the grip is comfortable. Weighs about the same as a DualShock3.

-As of this date, does not work with PS2 games (wireless receiver doesn't turn on when PS3 is in PS2 hardware mode). Hopefully Sony will release a firmware update to fix this. It does work with PS1 games.

-There was a minor problem I encountered on the first day of using it. The controller kept rapidly pressing the down direction on the dpad. I just paused the game, pressed the dpad a few times, and the problem went away. This only happened twice on the first day of using it, and there are no problems on the third day now.

This would be the best fighting controller I've ever used if it can work on PS2 games. I prefer it over my Saturn usb pad (PS3/PC) and the Nubytech Street Fighter 15th pad (PS2).

EDIT: After using it for 4 weeks now, it is still working and I still haven't had to change the batteries. I haven't encountered the dpad problem after the first day. Highly recommended, but don't pay those outrageous $80-100 prices.

I really like the design of this controller and it's button layout. It is perfect for Street Fighter 4, however I find the product somewhat cheap-feeling for the price, and after only a month, the D-pad has begun to show signs of wearing out, with diagonals not registering and your basic fireball, uppercut motions missing way too much of the time. Will I buy another? Probably not. $39.99 is too much for a product that wears out so quickly.

This fight pad is the worst thing i have ever spent money on period. The first one i bought was defective it didn't read any of my inputs. The pad read my inputs 5 seconds after i pressed the button. I recently returned it for a replacement pad, the replacement pad reads my inputs but sometimes it won't which is frustrating. I play Street fighter online a lot and i can't use this pad to play online because it will make you lose because it sometimes has a mind of it's own. I rather play with my PS3 dualshock controller which doesn't give me any problems. So please save your money and don't buy this garbage fight pad, invest your money on a PS3 controller or an arcade fightstick instead.

I received two FightPads as a gift in February, 2009 (the month of its release).
Within a few weeks, one FightPad was completely malfunctioning- a defective D-Pad (downward direction glitch).
The other FightPad worked OK when used by itself; However, when playing with two FightPads simultaneously, they would interfere with one another and lose their signals (obviously, this is not a good thing to happen during fighting games).
I contacted Mad Catz, via their website. I was assured that it was an issue with the USB dongles- Mad Catz mailed me two complimentary USB dongles.
The issue continued and became progressively worse.
I once again contacted Mad Catz. This time, they requested I mail the controllers back, along with a receipt, in order to be covered by the 1 year manufacturer's warranty. I explained to Mad Catz that the FightPads were a gift, and that I had no receipt.
I also explained that the controllers were released in February of 2009. It was still the year 2009, so how could the 1 year warranty be over?
Apparently my logic was too much for Mad Catz to handle. They refused to help me without a receipt.

The design of the FightPad is excellent, but the malfunctioning wireless technology is inexcusable.
Furthermore, I am disappointed with the way Mad Catz handled my situation.
I've spent a lot of money on their products throughout the years- shame on them.

I bought a Ryu fightpad for $39.99

The fightpad is seriously defective and none of the buttons or the d-pad are working correctly.

In addition, although the fightpad is new, it really looks like it is used, as the face buttons are scratched and the back of the pad is also scratched.

Anyway, another poor release from mad catz.

once again this companies products fail me. overall ridiculously over-sized and just an all out piece of crap. if this company could actually make a controller i could use for more than a couple of months without breaking.. id soil my pants..

I do not recommend purchase of this item
First
Hand control to control by not fighting
Just a form only
Control by the ps3 is much better than this
Hand movements fighting
Shoryuken

Secondly
The controller does not work in one week
Manufacturing quality is very bad
Problem does not lie in the hands of control
Flaw in a piece of wireless
usb

This indicates the poor quality in the products of this company

I just got my fight pad 4 my ps3 a couple of weeks ago and in less then a week the wireless recevier went bad,but madcatz replaced it 4 free.(i dont know if they will replace it again 4 free if it breaks again).I own a couple fight pads 4 my xbox360 they are wired and they work great,on the other hand the ps3 fight pad is wireless and requires batterys(batterys not included).Incomparison the ps3 fight pad miss fires a lot while im playing which is a absolute no no when playing fighting games,especially while playing online.Then there is the issue with the turbo function the ps3 turbo function is incredibly slow(no faster then u pusshing the buttons ur self)while the xbox360 fight pad has true turbo(way faster then u can push the button)Things like this are crucial in online gaming.I spoke 2 a madcatz repsentative about this while i was reordering the new wireless reccevier,he told me its not really a issue 2 them.So i dont no if its my controller thats flawed or the entire line of ps3 fightpads.This product turned out 2 be a waste of money,the ps3 fightpad does not perform as well as the xbox360 fight pad, now I plan on getting a XCM adapter that will allow me 2 use my xbox360 fight pad on my ps3.