Mad Catz: 'well under 50' complaints about FightSticks

It appears the FightPad on the other hand isn't fairing so well -
http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=174974

Yikes, down to 17 cents a share. Last time I looked it was 24. Ick.

Putting a number on it like that is probably not a wise move. Putting a ridiculously low number like that on it is an even worse move.

Guile handcuffs ruled though. EGM was like a window into the forbidden zone back when that glitch started coming up; I knew I'd never be able to pull off some "unintended" move like that.

I was so gonna send you the Mad Catz Fightstick defect notice letter I got from work. Only cause one of the lines reads "This issue has been documented on serveral forums including Joystiq".

you should still fix them because you should have respect for your consumers.

Maybe they mean 50 different TYPES of complaints! Way to spin!

Can anyone tell me what it means by 'sticky joystick'???

Did someone spill Pepsi on it or something???

Argh. People started hearing about all these Madcatz problems and bought up the Hori Real Arcade Pro EX stick on Amazon, so it's now sold out and going for like 300 bucks for the few remaining vendors there that have it. Hope they make more.

Europe still hasn't got SF4.... tomorrow is the day of reckoning for us Europeans.

I've never ever bought a fighter when it first comes out, so tomorrow will be the exception. Only just got enough for SF4 though, never mind an arcade stick as well so I'm gonna live with the PS3 Dualshock for now.

Anyone know of any relatively cheap but good arcade sticks for the PS3 which doesn't cost a bomb to ship to the UK?

Mad Katz: 'Well under 50' sales of FightSticks

Explains both the complaints and the stock drop.

I haven't had any trouble with mine (SE) yet. But I went ahead and ordered some replacement Sanwa parts for when it does crap out.

real fighting game fans make their own sticks

:3

When I'm disappointed in a game - or hardware as in this case - it usually ends up on Ebay or Amazon. Or sometimes I convince a friend to trade it for something I want. No complaints though. May

Either way, anything that ends with a Z should be approached with extreme caution. Mad Catz included.

Well, at least the fightpad is great. Mine is anyway...

I think they mean 'well under fifty percent', because I know that almost EVERYONE on the SRK forums that bought one is having a problem with them. I did. I had to fix it myself, just as CUSTOMER SERVICE suggested I do. Good thing I'm experienced with that. What percentage of people do you think can actually fix this themselves?

Gamestop will not take these sticks back anymore because there have been so many problems with them. They suggest you call MC customer service for repair. But you know what? They put you on hold on a long distance number. Then, they make you leave a message. Then, you hope they call you back. Or, you can send an email. I suggest taking your money to Hori instead. I think those are crap too, but better than Mad Catz for those who can't buy a custom.

And you know what? This guy is a real jackass for coming out like this and denying the fact that they are messed up. They have a really good product on their hand with the TE stick, I don't know why they can't just say something like "we know about the problem and are working on it" instead of denying it.

In their defense, the amount of complaints DID go down once they stuck their fingers in their ears, closed their eyes, and started saying "LALALALALALALA" rather loudly.

I highly doubt its under 50. I work at game crazy and we got an email from Mad Catz telling us that the Fightstick is defective...

Yet my 3-year-old Hori DOA 4 stick works great..

Glad I saved my $80, yesterday.

'Alex Verrey, issued an official response explaining that all effected sticks will be repaired free of charged.'

'It is my personal belief that the notion that this issue (Which has only surfaced in the last 48 hours or so) has in any way affected our company's stock price is slightly fanciful to say the least.'

Did 1up lay off all their literate employees? Where are their editors? This article is incredibly poorly written. At least he seems to actually get affect/effect correctly in this last sentence, the only time the article does.

My standard edition fightstick stopped recognizing the left direction which is, you know, a very bad thing in a fighting game. The worst part is that I went to gamestop and they said I can't even get a refund. They have some deal with Madcatz that I can only send it into Madcatz directly to get it fixed or replaced. Some bull****.

when I think of top notch name brands, at the very bottom of that list, after imported knock offs from Mexico or China, THEN I think of Madcatz.

Hori or nothing.