Arcade Stick - 360

[Bhhawks78]

Looking for ANY reliable arcade stick i can use for SF4 and MVC2, honestly i suck bad a 2d fighters so would like a 20-35$ one and not a 150$ tourney hardcore edition because i probably can't tell the difference anyways haha.

[m0rningbreakfast]

Well for $40-50, you can get the now-somewhat-hard-to-find-in-stores Hori EX2 arcade stick which was THE stick before the MadCatz ones came out.

It was also rebranded as the offiical Soul Calibur 4 and Virtua Fighter 5 (same sticks, just different artwork on box & stick)

You could aso trade in $60 worth of used video games to Amazon.com and they will give you a bonus $30 credit to make it $90 total, then you could get a TE stick for a mere $60 more

[Bhhawks78]

There's no way any arcade stick is even worth half the 150$ asking price to me haha. Any idea what stores might carry the hori EX2 stick whichever game branding doesnt matter to me.

[m0rningbreakfast]

Surprisingly, Amazon.com itself has it in stock for $49.99 with free super saver select, with Amazon you usually avoid paying tax and shipping so $50 is a bargain for an entry-level stick

Just search "Hori EX2"

In the past, flippers use to buy and resell them ($80-100) on the Amazon marketplace back when the TE sticks were scarce (sold for $300-400+)

[stos289]

Hori EX2 Fighting Stick at Buy.com for $49.99:

http://www.buy.com/prod/hori-xbox-360-fighting-stick-ex2-uhx3-07/q/loc/108/205483240.html

Sign up for one of the offers described here to get a $25 Buy.com Promotion Code:

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=1150149

You just missed the VistaPrint offer though. I paid $4.66 total at VistaPrint and got the $25 coupon to pick up an Xbox 360 Fightpad for $8.99. So in total I paid $13.65. I was thinking of picking up a fightstick, but I've been playing with a 360 pad for so long that I figured it would be an easier transition, plus it was much cheaper :)

Looking at what offers are left, your best bet is one of those Book of the Month Clubs that come out to $11 total. You will essentially get $14 off the Hori stick for a total of $36, right around your price range.

Hope this helps.

[bash422]

This definitely works! If you like comics, you can get some sweet big books that you normally find at barnes and noble for like $40 that you can get for a $1. You have to buy 4 for $1 each but they kill you with shipping (mine was like $11) but still not bad considering I saved $100 from retail price. You have to buy like 4 more at club price over 2 years, but it's not bad considering you can take your time over in buying other books. I did not see a VistaPrint offer when I looked at the offers this week.