New Toy: Madcatz SF4 Special Edition Arcade Stick

Finally after months of waiting for this stick i finally got it! Was really undecided whether to get this one or its 'double the price' brother the Tournament Edition one. In the end, I opted to get this one and mod the buttons. From the numerous reviews i've read online, that kinda makes it pretty similar already (for my needs).



So i found this nice guy online who sold me 6 Sanwa Dark Hai buttons and very carefully went to pry open my brand new joystick. Note that I have NOT done this before and it was scary to try to mod something brand new and so expensive.



However the good build of the arcade stick, the good tutorials online all made it a breeze. Even a super first timer noob like me could swap all 6 buttons out in about 30mins. After that the controller really felt very good and responsive. Truthfully not THAT much different from the previous buttons but i guess psychologically it felt tons better ;) More importantly, i saved a ton of money doing it this way and its like a 100 times better than my Joytron Singibigi.



After playing some games, i realize that having such a good controller does not mean you're going to win more matches etc, its still mostly about skill.