I guess that GameStop only lives once w/ store specific slashes
Seems like a good deal if it can be reproduced, I reduced my sticks to 2, but I guess I could make space for a different layout stick.

Originally Posted by JoshTX Any games this stick is useful for besides MK? I only have room in the house for 1 stick and I think the SF styled button layout is adaptable to more games.

This^.

As much as I'd love to grab this stick (especially if injustice uses MK controls), I know I'd get more use out of a SF stick. Watched some reviews and the build looks high quality but I would like to be able to use it for more fighters.

Originally Posted by Double O Slevin Odds are someone at GS forgot to take the sale sticker off from a previous sale, and had to honor that price. Kinda sucks, I would've bite for $30.

Highly unlikely. I do not recall this ever being on sale for $30. Plus, it is hand written, not a print out like the normal GS price stickers. They also took off the official price sticker and put the hand written one on.

Plus...LOL at Gamestop honoring an expired sale. You sometimes need to argue to get them to honor a current sale.

Picked up a stick and found that it had already been opened. The USB cable is missing from it, so instead of giving me a discount they'll swap it with another one from the warehouse...10 days later.

The usual Gamestop faire.

Odds are it was marked down for the holiday season and they decided to leave it as such, district managers in certain areas were giving store managers permission to mark down the price of stuff that they wanted out of the store. Old accessories and what not that had been there for far to long.

There's a 360 one at the GS near my house but it's still $49.99...dammit.

Originally Posted by Romeo Very cool. I thought there was only one stick though. What's the difference with the tournament stick and the fight stick you bought?

If you're referring to the PDP (same manufacturer) Tournament Edition (TE) stick (not the Madcatz) then:

- TE has an internal storage area for a couple games & the USB cable
- TE has a clear lexan covering the bottom of the top panel
- TE has E-switches which are inferior to Cherry microswitches
- TE came bundled with MK9 & a couple DLC for both PS3 & 360 although this was sold individually but only for the 360
- Klassic has the better Cherry microswitches
- Klassic has a slightly larger surface area for the top panel
- Klassic has a plaque denoting serial number out of 6k total production
- Klassic has the DLC MK Arcade Kollection (MK 1, 2 & Ultimate MK3) which sells for ~$10 - $15

Originally Posted by Desousa93 Im tempted to pick it up.. YOLO But the MK centric buttons kind of ruin it for me.

Originally Posted by JoshTX Any games this stick is useful for besides MK? I only have room in the house for 1 stick and I think the SF styled button layout is adaptable to more games.

Originally Posted by Indignate The button placement kind of kills it for me. Good price is you don't mind it though.

IMHO, this is mainly just for MK, MKvDCU & a couple SHMUPS but if you're an old school gamer that played MK in the arcades back in the day then it'll feel natural very quickly. Otherwise, you're better off using a SF/Tekken/Soul Calibur style button layout (4x2).

Originally Posted by Multibeaster79 This^. As much as I'd love to grab this stick (especially if injustice uses MK controls), I know I'd get more use out of a SF stick. Watched some reviews and the build looks high quality but I would like to be able to use it for more fighters.

I'm an arcade joystick collector & to my surprise the build quality, fit & finish is excellent so I highly recommend both versions (TE & Klassic). BTW, as far as I can tell, the developers for Injustice hasn't stated how many buttons the game will use although they just announced the bundled arcade stick already. No info on which components yet but it appears to be a Sanwa bat-top & more than likely Sanwa buttons since I've never heard of a mass stick being made with both Sanwa & Seimitsu components on the same stick. It's going to have illuminated buttons & bat-top (at the base more than likely). Also looks like they're using the Namco Noir (similar to Sega Astro City) button layout.

Yolo polo plaza ftw

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The MK stick is nice. I have the stick that came with the Collector's Edition. Very high quality as others have said. Nice velvet padding on the bottom so you can it comfortably in your lap or on table. Only downside is the poor button layout. It has the original MK button setup and the R2 and L2 buttons have some weird placement near the start button that renders them useless even for MK9.