which is just blantant milking the cow… I mean have you seen the pricing on those sticks? Ranging from 199$ - 230$ for an arcade stick (a tool which I already OWN but due to made-up reasons am not allowed to play with on the ps4)
Probably switching back to pad at this point, it’s just not worth it anymore, with each now iteration the sticks become more pricy
MadCatz is actually doing a great job of providing a wide range of products for buying a PS4 stick. Their SFV line has many different price points, starting at the very reasonable $80. Yes, this is still $80, but it isn’t the $200 you’ve stated. I’m not discounting the fact that not supporting PS3 sticks is somewhat of a money grab but if they didn’t then there would be very little reason to buy a PS4 stick. If PS3 sticks were still supported I know I wouldn’t have made my latest build, so it’s just smart business.
Amazon Canada had an error on the price of the Madcatz sticks back in December.
They listed the TE 2+ for 205 cdn (143 USD), and the TE S for 165 cdn (115 USD).
I managed to snag the two for the incorrect price before they corrected the mistake and brought it back up to 230 USD and 200 USD. Price is absolutely ridiculous.
I have the console (PS4)
I have the controller (Arcade Stick)
It actually WORKS on the console (look at USF4)
BUT capcom puts an artificial wall between me and my controller just to get my to buy another one. Thing is, am I supposed to trash my old arcade stick which I bought for good money and is still perfectly fine just because of that artificial barrier?
Think of all the casual players that bought a stick but aren’t all that serious about fighting games, they now have a disincentive to even play SFV at all. For those with a decent PC and a PS3-gen stick, they have a major disincentive to ever buy a PS4 for the game.
Some people become more casual as life progresses. They might follow news on the game a bit and still have a desire to play SFV casually, but there’s no way in hell they’re dropping $150 on another stick.
Its a great business decision. If they don’t do this like others have said they will lose a lot of sales, including mine. Does it sucks that we have 2 buy another stick, of course it does but 2 say it’s a bad business decision is crazy.
Not gonna lie tho i cant wait 2 get my hands on the TE2+
MadCatz will lose sales, not the entity making the decision we’re talking about, which is Capcom.
By doing this Capcom deliberately makes their game less accessible, and the only rational reason to do it would be if they thought the licensing fees or other payments coming from MadCatz and other manufacturers outweighs that consideration. To me, there’s no possible way that could be the case. Not just because this looks sleazy, but because making your product as accessible as possible should be the higher priority.
I’d even argue it’s a bad move on MadCatz’s part. If pads and sticks are basically equal, and I know MadCatz will make my $150-200 investment obsolete at the drop of a hat, why keep buying their stuff? Why not just make new products with better features people actually want to buy?
I thought u was talking bout madcatz my bad. I don’t know how much it will hurt capcom. I mean most experienced players r still gonna get the game regardless and casual players aint gonna not get the game because of that, they will just stick 2 pad.