On the plus side, all their arcade sticks are usable on the PS5 for both PS4/PS5 games.
On the other hand, all the padhacked Hori Minis and Fighting Commanders will only be usable for PS4 games on the PS5. :\
Yeah im getting conflicting translations of the legend. Everything in red will work with ps5 titles? Have also been told the green stuff requires firmware update.
No vlx kuro or hayabusa mentioned though, maybe they just dont list all their sticks.
Right, didnāt catch that the VLX Kuro isnāt on the list (and I have a Kuro!).
Looks like everything marked with a O will be PS4/PS5, everything with a triangle is PS4-game-only on a PS5, everything marked with an X is not supported at all on the PS5.
There is the note about the firmware update at the bottom, but I figured thatād be the case anywaysā¦
Well it seems its completely upto the manufacterer of a peripheral wether it wants to have it support ps5 games. From what i can tell its all the devices in the higher pricebrackets that get ps5 support. I cant imagine there beeing any technical differentces between the later fc4 pcbs and the arcade stick pcbs. It will be intresting to see what other brands do
Phantomnaut did some PS5 Dualsense lag testing
Interesting.
I didnāt get myself a PS5 yet (I will eventually), but my brother did, and I got to try it out at his place over the weekend.
I still donāt like the physical design of the console, and Iām not a fan of the new home/menu (itās really cluttered, and reminds me too much of the XBO dashboard in the sense that theyāre force-feeding you a community and a upsell ads). But I gotta say that Iām pretty impressed with the DualSense controller:
It felt pretty solid, is decently heavy, the buttons and shoulder buttons feel good. The touchpad will probably used poorly just like on the PS4. The adaptive triggers were really interesting as well. The new rumble motors are really cool too (when Nintendo put their āHD Rumbleā motors in their Switch Joycons and Pro Controller, for sure Sony was going to include them in their next controller).
Looking forward to getting a PS5 as well, but likely not this year. First off, I need a new TV. Been waiting for an OLED to come down to a reasonable level. The 55" LG CX looks like what I want from size and price. Assuming thereās a bonus in site from work, that may get purchased. My plasma TV has served me well, but 720p wonāt quite cut it with the new console.
By time I am ready to get the PS5, Iām hoping the side panels are available in black, the expandable SSD storage is online, and there are more games I really want to play. Right now, Miles Morales is the only title that piques my interest, and I just beat that on the PS4 the other day, so Iām fine waiting. As long as Iām all set up by time Forbidden West drops, Iāll be fine.
PS1 and PS2 I managed to get opening day with little drama (pre-order was great, and fewer responsibilities) PS3 and PS4 I waited on, and donāt feel like I missed out. PS5 will be much the same.
Hey guys, long time no see!
I have an opportunity for the FGC in Canada, Iād like to have some feedback:
https://twitter.com/TRP_RetroMods/status/1329173595571056641
Brook approached me and are looking to expand in Canada.
Iām still a really tiny store Iām doing in my spare time, and I had the feeling the FGC is slowly dying since a year or two. It may revive on next gen, but itās a bit frighting for me to invest in stock Iād never sell.
Any feedback would be appreciated, especially from my fellow canucks.
Ifā¦
You can stomach the invesment (and this is different for each person), my vote is to take the leap.
We are absolutely in a downswing in the FGC, Smash Ultimate and Grand Blue Vs did not add the influx of new players and new $$$ as much as I thought they would. So if you get in now and ride an upswing wave (if it should happen) then the invesment will have paid off.
If you would pretty much be ārisking the farmā to invest, then hard pass. If Smash and CyGames/TenCent buku bucks arentā moving the needle I donāt know will. Blizzard making a fighting game?!?!?! Also there isnāt a ākiller appā in the retro scene where Brook does some of their business too. Still appreciate all that theyāre doing to make my retro gaming great, but its a very niche market.
Just my $0.02, good luck either way.
P.S. Can I still buy those easy modding PCBs that go under TE sticksā control panel?
Iām going to lean to agree with @Feargus001100.
Unfortunately, the fighting games (the bulk of Brookās boardsā users) arenāt at the same point now as they were when SF4 and MvC3 were in their prime.
- SFV is nowhere near as big/popular as SF4
- MvC:I is nowhere near as big/popular as MvC3
- Smash, as popular as it is, is played with a controller
- I donāt think people are going out of their way for custom/modded sticks for DBFZ, BBTAG, UNICLR, GB VS, MK11, Tekken 7, DoA6, etc.
It is sad to say that our niche corner of gaming is drying up badly.
Iāll come around again at some point for sure; āwhenā is the question.
My worries are not about money (Iāve a steady job and a correct pay). But more about: I need to bought a retail box of 50 UFBs and I sell a total of 6 within a year, and then if the UFB is not compatible with the PS5, what am I going to do with hardly sellable 44 UFBs?
Right now the two questions are āIs the canadian market is big enough to worth the investment?ā and āDo I have enough exposure to be able to sell the stock Iāll buy?ā
We saw Tek-innovations and Jasen closing their doors recently (for personal reason, though), bigger than I ever will be, and they were for the US market, way bigger than the Canada. To me if I donāt have a lot of traction right now in Canada itās a big warning flag. Thus Iām trying to get feedbacks or at least interest.
And from the very little traction Iām getting from my twitter, I guess itās answering both.
PS: I sold the PCB rights (intellectual property, plans and rights to sell) to Jasensā Customs so he could add it to his EZ mod productsā line. Now Iād need to re-buy the rights from him, and again, and I donāt think it would get return on my investment.
Got it RE the money, and totally makes sense about will or wonāt the UFBās be next gen compatibleā¦ and then youāre stuck with them 
I donāt see the trend of Sony and MS bricking unofficial controllers stopping.
We just need that KILLER APP and itāll feel like 09 and XBone/PS4 launch times all over again.
First enthusiasts will be pad hacking official controllers, maybe with some kind of easy mod daughter board like @Phreakazoid 's Crossbone in the past
Then cheap 3rd party official controllers will come out, and promptly get pad hacked
Then dedicated PCBs are made like those from Akishop and Brook
(Maybe it wonāt be bad as last gen, seeing some support from Hori for current gen gear on next gen consoles, but stillā¦ no killer app, nobody cares)
Yeah.
Until the next SF4/MvC3 comes along, itās going to be pretty slow.
I never really did go to many locals here in Montreal, but the few that Iāve gone to (for SFV and DBFZ), I would say <10% of people attending were using modded/custom sticks. Most were stock sticks (at most with color-swapped buttons), or controllers.
Mind you, the pandemic doesnāt help either. With everyone stuck at home for the most part, and netcode being the way it is for various games, Iād think that more people are grinding out their backlog of single-player games insteadā¦
quality sticks dont sell in numbers, but people are buying those pandora box sticks in droves, crazyā¦
Iād snag one of these the next time eBay has a decent promo/coupon code
For BBQās, tailgating, brick and mortar camp outs for RTX 3070/PS3/Wii/Tickle Me Elmo, oh wait itās 2020 and we donāt do that stuff anymore 
I kinda want to gut it and put a MiSTer inside of it
At $130 I would too, at $230 may have to keep it stock for a minute.
Gonna make a saved search for used ones now tho 
