You assume that it wouldn’t be used, but I don’t see any reason for that. Wireless is more convenient and if given the option to simply push a button and not have to deal with a wire, I think most people would do that outside of tournaments. Note that we aren’t all dragging around cords for our smartphones.
It’s possible you’re right that it wouldn’t earn more sales/profit, but features can change someone’s purchase decision from one vendor to another. Look at Qanba, they were a no-name company until a couple of years ago and now they’re a significant player in arcade sticks. The single reason is that they added a feature that MadCatz didn’t have, namely support for both major consoles.
This thread makes me want to start a stick company.
I can understand the frustration of people who already have a perfectly working stick since i’m in the
same boat. I have a custom ps3 stick that has been working great for 3+ years.
I know its not a big hurdle to include the drivers. If a small company like Lab Zero can DEVELOP and include them in their game there is nothing stopping Capcom to just implement them. Besides lately they have been all about “caring” for their fans and increasing the player base right?? Right??
I looked into brooks universal pcb but when I add shipping +20$ and import costs + around 40$ that’s 140$ which is a lot better than mad catz’s crazy prices but I still think its a high price for a product I already own. The only other option I can think off is buying another DS4 pad and using the pcb which is going to be a pain in the ass from what I have seen in tech talk but it sounds like the cheapest option. Anything else like hori and mad catz pads are out since they fall into the high shipping+import cost price.
Speaking of which what happened to mad catz? Their products used to have reasonable prices. I can understand the high price tag if the case was made of wood had plexi etc. but this is an obvious example of a company getting big and turning on the greed switch and the saddest thing is people keep supporting them.
In the end if Capcom includes driver support they are going to save a lot of people time and money and get good rep at the same time. They should just do the right thing, its not like they have to spend millions and their whole Company depends on the decision. If they are changing for the better like they are saying in the press they will do it.
Capcom simply (and smartly - business wise) released their new “premium” stick first, knowing that people would want to get a next gen stick before SFV landed, sure the TE2 is pricy, but it is their premium top of the range stick, the TES is more at the price range people expect for a good stick, and the alpha isn’t badly priced for an entry level stick (although I’m not sure the alpha will beat out the venom stick for good entry level)
You can make a much better custom stick for 200-230$ as for the alpha I don’t see the point of getting it since it doesn’t have quality parts. What I mean is that the quality/price ratio isn’t worth it.
Maybe they should add something like the alpha but with sanwa parts for 130-140$ that sounds a lot more reasonable.
Thats why I’m not certain if the Venom or Alpha is better as the entry level stick, it depends how easily moddable the alpha is. But with the Venom you can buy a relatively cheap stick, try it out, see if you like playing stick enough to continue or know if you’ll go back to pad, and then can easily throw in Sanwa parts to make it a half decent stick (if a bit small IMO)
Well yes that was my point, you can make a better stick for the same price of the TE2 or TE S+ but lets stop discussing mad catz and their prices since we are going to derail the thread further.
Edit: Oh you meant the TES which sits at 150$. That stick isn’t compatible with ps4/xb1. I was talking about a ps4 compatible stick with similar design to the Alpha that would cost around 140$ with sanwa parts included.
I really just want to know for sure whether they’re going to allow PS4 sticks to work out of the box with the PC version of SFV. It seems so crazy to me that the “official Mad Catz fight sticks” branded for SFV don’t work on one of two versions of the game. Like, they’ve got to fix that, right? You can fix it with Joy2Key I know, but it’s completely insane that you have to do that for the heavily promoted officially branded extremely expensive peripheral.
Luckily my old 360 stick works perfectly still, so I guess I’ll just hold on to the PS4 stick for tournaments in that case?
I feel bummed too by the fact that, at least in the beta, in both versions ,the console one is restricted to ps4 and the pc to xinput devices, compatibility is lacking and we have yet to hear word if this will be improved on.
One can only hope that compatibility will be better in the final release.
Btw. if anyone is looking for a new stick that works on both pc and the ps4 version, the new hori rap v hayabusa has a xinput mode that runs native on pc and it costs only 100$, kind of makes you question the pricing of some other products(brands) …
x360ce worked fine on all my sticks on PC version, just run it once it downloads your sticks config and that’s it, never have to run it each time you play.
I think it’s scumbaggery how they won’t confirm or deny ps3 stick support. And every stream has a MadCats plug for the new sticks every couple minutes.
It’s called business. They have arcade sticks to sell and they ain’t gonna sabotage themselves by letting potential costumers know they can hold on to their old stuff. If it does have support they won’t let it be known until the game is released.
Yeah, Capcom is a company that sells games not sticks.
They want to release a product that “competes” with MKX storymode, but it’s not having one untill patched in. They are off to a good start. Then Netherealms included Stick support, no biggie for them. They sold millions of copies…if your a company that sells things, you sell a quality product, with features that get people who want to buy your game. The fact that it’s a PS4 console exclusive should be easier to include stick support.
If you really think Capcom and Madcatz arent in bed together than you are delusional. It happens in politics just as much as back door business agreements. This is how the world works. The general public gets about 10-15% of what actually happens.
All you guys crying over this really need to grow up.
Yeah because Mortal Kombat X can have Tournament Edition sticks and not be in bed with a company and still have PS3 driver support…have a fully fledge story mode, and is jammed with content…this is how the world works…in a competitive market makes a quality product and tries to sell based on content and quality of a product. But it’s no surprise the company with a history of on disk dlc, and a “hyped” story content to rival it’s competitors will not even have it day 1. A company that shills Madcat products in every stream is trying to make a few extra bucks off Madcats sticks because “that’s how the world works” apparently rather than sell a product with jampack features. And the only person who need to grow up is you. If you consider “crying” over legit concerns whether the game will have PS3 stick support. Blind Fanboyism is pretty childish in on itself.