Hori PS3 Fighting Stick: get your Virtua Fighter on in style

First the 360, then the Wii, now the PS3 is getting its own shot at arcade glory. With Virtua Fighter 5 on all those Sony fanboy wishlists, it's only natural to have a shiny controller like this Hori PS3 Fighting Stick number to pull off those nifty-keen combos with Akira Yuki and company. You can pick up one of these wired and turbo-filled controllers for about $50.

[Jesus @ Feb 25th 2007 7:37AM]

that looks very nice!

[FrankTheCrank @ Feb 25th 2007 8:50AM]

The Virtua Fighter High Grade Stick is better.

Bigger platform, better buttons and stick.

Too bad both are not wireless or PS2 compatible.

[R @ Feb 25th 2007 9:11AM]

What's the pink button for? Slap your opponent?

[OMAC @ Feb 25th 2007 10:24AM]

FranktheCrank,

The Virtua Fighter High Grade Stick is a lemon and Sega has stopped sales of it. AVOID IT AT ALL COSTS!

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/763/763186p1.html

Apparently it doesn't register some button and lever hits.

[rpgSE.com @ Feb 25th 2007 11:13AM]

Too bad this is a dud.

I hope they come up with a wireless version once they get it fixed (or another company comes out with an arcade style stick)

[Chairman @ Feb 25th 2007 12:25PM]

Skip this stick and get the Hori Pro 3 stick instead. It's that good:

http://maosaywhat.com/blog/2007/02/23/my-new-baby-hori-real-arcade-pro-stick-3/

[Shahryar Rizvi @ Feb 26th 2007 8:40AM]

@ Chairman (#6?) - Where can you buy the stick you mentioned from? The Hori Pro 3 Stick? Any chance its sold at wal-mart too like the Hori Fighting Stick as David (#7?) mentioned. I got a game that can potentially be turned into store credit. The Pro 3 stick is definitely better?

[david @ Feb 25th 2007 1:31PM]

Actually, Walmart has these (of all places)