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ASIN	B001M22WLU
Release date	February 20, 2009
Customer Reviews	102 ratings 3.8 out of 5 stars
Best Sellers Rank	#172,426 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games) #46 in PlayStation 3 Game Joysticks
Product Dimensions	14.5 x 10.5 x 6.1 inches; 1.18 Pounds
Type of item	Video Game
Rated	Teen
Item model number	SF4088180/02/1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer	Yes
Item Weight	1.18 pounds
Manufacturer	Mad Catz
Date First Available	November 20, 2008

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The official Street Fighter IV FightStick controller for the Sony PS3 was designed for fighting game fans to recreate the quality, gameplay and precision found in arcades. Using an arcade-style joystick and 30mm quick connect buttons along with realistic spacing and an eight-button layout, the Street Fighter IV FightStick brings the arcade experience right into your home. With separate turbo settings for each button and great ergonomics, prepare yourself for hours of competition, no quarters necessary.

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Customers find the fightstick works well with all fighting games, is easy to mod, and is good value for money. They appreciate its portability, with one customer noting it's light enough for lap use. The build quality and button feel receive mixed feedback - while some find it well-built and love the joystick feel, others report it breaking down after one and a half months and experiencing button sticking issues.

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Functionality Ease of modding Ease of carrying Value for money Entry level Buttons feel Build quality Stick quality

27 customers mention "Functionality"22 positive5 negative

Customers find that the fightstick works well with all fighting games and serves as a great starter device.

"Excellent product. Sonic helped me out immensely with shipping. Much appreciated...." Read more

"...The joystick and buttons work well and can take a good beating, i would know because i use Ken, and do alot of shoryuken uppercuts!..." Read more

"...Coming from a pad, it feels like an arcade stick, it plays like an arcade stick, and it even sounds like an arcade stick...." Read more

"...It works great and is very sturdy. The Japanese style buttons feel great under my fingers...." Read more

11 customers mention "Ease of modding"11 positive0 negative

Customers find the controller easy to mod, particularly noting how simple it is to swap out the stick and buttons.

"...The fightstick is also very easy to mod so you can easily swap out the stick, buttons or the artwork without any problem...." Read more

"...Much appreciated. I wanted a joystick case that was easy to mod with Sanwa joystick and parts." Read more

"...If you enjoy it, it is also a really easy stick to mod with better parts as well. Highly recommend to any fighting game fans out there...." Read more

"...Fortunately MadCatz has made this modding process incredibly easy on both the SE stick and the higher grade TE arcade stick...." Read more

6 customers mention "Ease of carrying"6 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate that the controller is small and easy to carry around.

"...to bubble and it is lightweight and thin, but the SF4 stick has good weight to it and the art, aside from looking good, really feels like it's..." Read more

"...Overall, this is a good little stick to learn the game with. It's small and easy to carry, has a long cord, and really gets the job done...." Read more

"...easily be set on a table with its bottom rubber grips, or light enough for your lap...." Read more

"...the form factor, a slight slope where your palm rests, much lighter than a Tourney Edition...." Read more

6 customers mention "Value for money"6 positive0 negative

Customers find the controller offers good value for money.

"...At $80 originally, it seemed like a good deal at the time, but once I got a hold of mine (and even before) I knew that I wanted to swap out the..." Read more

"...If you're going to buy this controller, it's good for the price if you just started to play SSFIV." Read more

"...Also a nice cheap stick to buy if you want to experiment with modding." Read more

"Great price for the stick...." Read more

5 customers mention "Entry level"5 positive0 negative

Customers find the fightstick suitable for beginners, with one mentioning it's good for learning the game.

"...good first choice for me because it has stock parts that are decent for first-timers and really got me into playing fighting games again, but..." Read more

"Can't really complain, for $50 this is a great fightstick to start out with...." Read more

"...Overall, this is a good little stick to learn the game with. It's small and easy to carry, has a long cord, and really gets the job done...." Read more

"...deal for players of fighting games who want a good quality, entry level arcade stick...." Read more

21 customers mention "Buttons feel"9 positive12 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the buttons on the controller: some love the feel of the TE joystick, while others report issues with buttons getting stuck.

"...The stock buttons get mushy pretty quickly, too, but aren't as vital as the stick when it comes to exchanging parts...." Read more

"...The design and feel is awesome, it has the old school feel of it without all the quarters!..." Read more

"After using this fight stick for not even a week multiple buttons lagged in response time and the others completely stopped working!!..." Read more

"...Coming from a pad, it feels like an arcade stick, it plays like an arcade stick, and it even sounds like an arcade stick...." Read more

19 customers mention "Build quality"12 positive7 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the build quality of the controller, with some finding it well-built and noting that the stick holds up well, while others report that it broke down after only one and a half months of use.

"...She says it sounds like a sewing machine. Everything seems solid, I don't think I could break it from playing with it...." Read more

"...out the stick is actually a Sanwa knockoff and it shows by its poor quality...." Read more

"...It works great and is very sturdy. The Japanese style buttons feel great under my fingers...." Read more

"...Received the Fightstick yesterday. Device is more solid, better looking and "tougher" than I expected. All Good !..." Read more

6 customers mention "Stick quality"0 positive6 negative

Customers report issues with the controller's stick quality, with multiple customers noting problems with movement fluidity and one mentioning that the joystick did not function correctly.

"The stick used for this is trash...." Read more

"This stick is not good, but easily moddable. It also is compatible with PS3, PC, and Mac...." Read more

"It is a mediocre stick. The first one I purchased had a broken button straight out of the box...." Read more

"...However the stick was unresponsive for me personally. You have to hit every corner at the furthest points for the movement to register...." Read more

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Alan A. Barriga
Put down your controls and smash opponents in style!
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2012
Platform For Display: PLAYSTATION 3Edition: StandardVerified Purchase

This is just so much fun, even girls will play this. Everyone who plays fighting games, especially Street Fighter games, should own an arcade stick. If you want to get to the next level or just have plain old fun,then get this. The joystick and buttons work well and can take a good beating, i would know because i use Ken, and do alot of shoryuken uppercuts! It can easily be set on a table with its bottom rubber grips, or light enough for your lap. The design and feel is awesome, it has the old school feel of it without all the quarters! Punches on top, kicks on the bottom,(light to heavy) or you can customize it on the control settings screen. It will definitely make you better especially if you use someone like Blanka, Bison, Zangief or others who use charging moves as you will have and edge while holding the joystick diagonally and performing the moves flawlessly! Great product overall and you cant beat this price.

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Great case, easy to mod
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2010
Platform For Display: PLAYSTATION 3Edition: StandardVerified Purchase
This is the second stick I've got, but both of the ones I own I received in January, so I can't help but compare the SF4 stick to the PS3 Fighting Stick 3. The differences between the two are pretty drastic - the Hori stick was a really good first choice for me because it has stock parts that are decent for first-timers and really got me into playing fighting games again, but because it requires soldering and dremels to properly mod, and because its case is just too small to easily fit Sanwa's JLF and Seimitsu's LS sticks, I didn't feel comfortable opening it up.

I got the SF4 stick and immediately fell in love with the case - the pictures online don't do it justice. Maybe it's because I was playing with the FS3 for so long and its sticker was starting to bubble and it is lightweight and thin, but the SF4 stick has good weight to it and the art, aside from looking good, really feels like it's protected well from oil and grime from your hands. However, even though I only just ordered it last week, THE WASHER PROBLEM DOES STILL EXIST. While MadCatz may have fixed the problem in sticks just produced, there's no guarantee that your fight stick won't be one that was on the shelf for months with a faulty washer.

Luckily it's a great stick for modding. I just completed my first ever mod tonight using a Sanwa JLF and OBSN-30 buttons. Unlike the FS3, which has a huge PCB with the buttons directly soldered to it, the buttons in the SF4 stick have quick disconnects and are easily accessed as soon as you open the stick. It's a quick change for the buttons and if you use the proper JLF stick, even quicker there. You almost have to do this - you don't want to be in a position where your joystick is scratching its PCB every time you move, and even if you plan on replacing the stick eventually the washer does impede movements in certain directions every now and then. Sure, you can open the stick up and glue it down, but if you're going to do that and void the warranty, you may as well just put a quality part in there instead. The stock buttons get mushy pretty quickly, too, but aren't as vital as the stick when it comes to exchanging parts.

If you've never modded before and want a user-friendly stick to start, go with this one! Art templates are found all over online and with all the colors that OBSN-30 and Seimitsu's PN buttons come in, you can really make it your own. Don't be duped into thinking that you need to pay more than retail price anymore, or even duped into believing you need to pay equal to retail price. Amazon's price for the stick fluctuates every day - keep an eye on it and jump when you get the chance.

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SFIV Fight Stick
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2010
Platform For Display: PLAYSTATION 3Edition: StandardVerified Purchase
From being a pad warrior to a stick warrior is no easy transition! You will get owned by the competition so bad when you first move to a stick from using a pad, it will be really frustrating. Although we all started playing Street Fighter II in the arcade, when it made its way onto the Super NES, most of us became pad warriors. We all learned to beat the computer really easily with a pad, and beat all of our friends most of the time. That being said, I can't really say how inferior/superior this is to a true arcade stick. Coming from a pad, it feels like an arcade stick, it plays like an arcade stick, and it even sounds like an arcade stick.

To my understanding it is using replica Sanwa parts, rather than real ones, but you can easily mod it to have the real ones (or shell out the extra $70 for the Tournament Edition stick which uses real Sanwa parts). Once again, coming from a pad, I can't really tell.

If you're coming from a pad as well, there is a pretty tight learning curve to movements, and execution that you may not be used to. I'm still not getting the most basic QCF, QCB + Attack motions perfectly. Thankfully, go into Training Mode and put your inputs on screen to see what you're doing wrong. I've learned on the stick, I'm pressing an attack button before going all the way to forward/back. So, you can learn to correct your mistakes.

However, there are more things you can do on a stick than you ever could on a pad. Challenge Mode is a good example. There are just things that are so much easier to do on a stick than a pad. The easiest example I can think of is Guile's Ultra/Super. DB (hold) to DF, back to DB to UF + Kick. You can do this so much easier on a stick. I can say I can do it nearly 100% of the time with the stick. With the pad, I had to resort to the analog stick, and hold DB, then spin it 720 degrees and hope luck would get it out (maybe about 50% of the time). C. Viper is easier to use with a stick, for example her High Jump execution is much easier.

Short cut commands work on a stick that I couldn't get out on a pad. Shoryuken shortcut DF, DF + Punch works every time on a stick. I couldn't once get that to work on a pad.

The start/select buttons are on the back of the stick, away from you. It's a bit of an annoyance to have to reach over there, but given the size of the thing, I understand the spacing. The Home button is in the upper left corner, along with switches to lock something (never used), and a Turbo setting (never used). Not sure where Turbo would help, since so much of the combos now are timing based; just mashing won't work so Turbo kick, or punch won't help either!

My girlfriend doesn't really like the stick. The buttons chatter and are noisy. She says it sounds like a sewing machine. Everything seems solid, I don't think I could break it from playing with it. If anything did wear out, just be aware that you can replace parts with true Sanwa parts (maybe it makes a difference) rather than by a new stick.

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Emon Montgomery
Sticky keys
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2014
Platform For Display: PLAYSTATION 3Edition: StandardVerified Purchase
After using this fight stick for not even a week multiple buttons lagged in response time and the others completely stopped working!! Spend a couple more bucks on something more durable in my opinion!

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Michael Liew
Mad Catz
Reviewed in Canada on October 19, 2013
Platform For Display: PLAYSTATION 3Edition: StandardVerified Purchase

Bought it used but still in good working condition. Works great. No flaws. No damage. Finally someone can challenge me with the this joystick.

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Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 15, 2016
Platform For Display: PLAYSTATION 3Edition: StandardVerified Purchase
Prompt delivery, item recieved was as specified, all in all a job well done so to speak.

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Damien C.
Content
Reviewed in France on June 2, 2011
Platform For Display: PLAYSTATION 3Edition: StandardVerified Purchase
Bon matériel. Solide. Jeux plus plaisants avec le stick qu'avec la manette.
Fury plus facile à faire. Cable suffisamment long.

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Gergana
Great
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 11, 2018
Platform For Display: PLAYSTATION 3Edition: StandardVerified Purchase
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うんちくん
TEは高いので・・
Reviewed in Japan on January 2, 2011
Platform For Display: PLAYSTATION 3Edition: StandardVerified Purchase
いろいろ悩みましたが猫FSにしました（RAPは音がマジうるさそう・・・TEは高すぎるのでこのあたりで）
スティックの操作性に関してはナナメの認識範囲が少し広く感じる程度。（操作が粗いほうなので左右がシビアに感じる）
ボタンはパチパチと歯切れよく良好です。配置等はアーケードと同じで満足してます。音も気になりません。
しばらくしてスティックとボタンは三和パーツに換装しました。粗い操作でも正しく入力できるようになり大満足です（なんかキャラの反応良くなって落ち着いて操作できるようになった・・・）
自分なりの評価は三和パーツに換装して☆☆☆☆☆です。本体の重量感はちょうど良く天板のどっしり感は鋼板を使用してるのでブレがなくて大満足。
RAPのほうも捨てがたいですが三和で換装した猫FSはTEに比べて安価だしアーケードそのままだと思います。

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5.0 out of 5 stars Put down your controls and smash opponents in style!

3.0 out of 5 stars Great case, easy to mod

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4.0 out of 5 stars TEは高いので・・

Put down your controls and smash opponents in style!

Great case, easy to mod

SFIV Fight Stick

Sticky keys

Mad Catz

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TEは高いので・・