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Don't pay more than retail for this controller; wait for them to be available in stores.

It's better than the xbox 360's d-pad, but still not great. Madcatz still went with the "disc on a stick" design(what's wrong with the old-school SNES d-pad style?), and although I no longer accidentally jump when playing SF IV, the controller feels hollow and cheap. I would describe the d-pad action as "squishy," and I fear for the longevity of the controller. Having all attack buttons on the face is definitely an improvement, however the shoulder buttons feel absolutely cheap, and create an obnoxious punchy clicking sound when pressed. There's no reason for this on a forty-dollar controller.

Ultimately, I bought this because of the 360's horrible d-pad. If I had a PS3, however, I'd definitely prefer the system controller over this, as the attack button layout wasn't the problem, and I don't care for "floating" directional pads.

Again, not worth paying more than retail, wait it out.

P.S. Shame on you, Microsoft, for not allowing third-party controllers to have wireless. Jerks.

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In theory, this is a great controller. The button layout mirrors that of an arcade machine and the floating D-pad makes doing the traditional motions for special moves in 2D fighting games much easier than the standard 360 controller.

However, the specific controller I received had a defect in the D-pad so the diagonals didn't work consistently. I know of more than one person who's had the same problem, but I also know people who have had no problem whatsoever. So obviously not every controller is problematic.

I'm getting a refund from Amazon for this controller, but like it so much that I'm going to purchase another one in hopes that the D-pad in the new controller works correctly. If you buy this controller, be prepared to go through more than one before you find one that works correctly.

Best Deals for Xbox 360 Street Fighter FightPad - Ryu

Took a while to find it at a reasonable price, but finally got one. It's light, has nice artwork on the body of the pad, and feels much more intuitive to the my Street Fighter needs. Most importantly, I don't false-jump, an unforgivable, embarrasing, infuriating hassle I frequently experienced while fighting online with the regular 360 controller. Also, I can execute combos more efficiently, and doing Guile's Ultra move (one of the harder Ultras to perform) now feels almost easy.

So, basically, it's better than the basic 360 controller, and more suitable for SF4 than any of the other pads I tried using (to little effect.)

Verdict: Good controller, thanks.

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The capcom booth was having a clearance sale during the last day of comic-con weekend, so I got this really cheap. When I got home to play with it, it was super bad. At least half the buttons were unresponsive unless I pressed on it really hard. The d-pad was pretty decent, but feels like it's gonna break sooner or later. There's always a good batch and bad batch of controllers, from what I've read on other reviews and the bad controller that i got myself, i would assume that the majority of the public received the cruddy batch. It goes to show that even brand names don't always live up to their standards. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this fightpad to anyone.