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Is the hate over MadCatz products just a joke or do people really not like them?
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NipplesAndToes23
Member
I have to rely on my Madcatz fight stick right now as my dualshock 3's crapped on me. It still works while those got fucked.
Finaika
Member
Entirely accurate comic:
LOL
joecanada
Member
Ya I believe I had their wireless controllers way back in the day and they were unusable
Well, I really enjoyed their fightpads on the xbox 360. I remember buying one at SFIV's vanilla launch and then another I think when SSFIV launched and they're both still in good working condition.
Made me think I had nothing to worry about with the Fightpad pro but that 60 dollar fightpad turned out to be the worst controller I've ever owned. Right out the box the diagonal down/left section of the controller wasn't responsive so I was having trouble pulling off qcb and hcb motions. Even crouch blocking was difficult. Pretty much just put that controller away and stuck to fight commander 4 since then.
Made me think I had nothing to worry about with the Fightpad pro but that 60 dollar fightpad turned out to be the worst controller I've ever owned. Right out the box the diagonal down/left section of the controller wasn't responsive so I was having trouble pulling off qcb and hcb motions. Even crouch blocking was difficult. Pretty much just put that controller away and stuck to fight commander 4 since then.
Nose Master
Member
They were awful clear-plastic random turbo buttons stiff dpad turds back in the day. Stepped up for SF4 / arcade sticks. I heard they're getting shitty again.
Garou
Member
How does a controller kill a console?
Polioliolio
Member
How old are you OP?
Madcatz used to make some real shit. They upped their game during the PS3 era. They used to be THE trash third party peripheral company.
Madcatz used to make some real shit. They upped their game during the PS3 era. They used to be THE trash third party peripheral company.
ZoltanXerxes
Member
Their new stuff is alright. MadCatz was really bad during the PS2/GCN era.
I went through three PS2 controllers of theirs because they were $25 versus $50 for the officials. All three had broken left analog sticks, as in, the entire stick broke at the stem revealing a tiny thin metal rod inside. Was so annoying, and you had to keep them around and play with the broken nub. Was awful.
But seriously, screw this controller.
The A, X, and Y buttons literally stick when you press them down, rendering this controller mostly useless in any game that requires you to button mash (let alone, pressing those buttons again in the span of 2-3 seconds).
EDIT: Posted the wrong one. This is actually the one I owned.
The A, X, and Y buttons literally stick when you press them down, rendering this controller mostly useless in any game that requires you to button mash (let alone, pressing those buttons again in the span of 2-3 seconds).
EDIT: Posted the wrong one. This is actually the one I owned.
ZoltanXerxes
Member
This pawn of Satan can go back to the flaming depths where it came from! Literally every time I went to a friends house as a kid!
I really hated this one.
Edit: Which is the same one basically.
SoundPulse
Banned
Don't forget this garbage, which worked for like ten minutes tops.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
The fucking ENORMOUS ones they had out at the GCN's launch by any chance? A friend got me that for my birthday in 2002 (at the same time I got my GameCube, which he didn't even know I was getting lol). Amazingly it still works fine but it's uncomfortable as hell.
Edit: lol, there it is right there ^^^
Ginger Hail
Member
I've heard of third party controllers potentially frying Dreamcast controller ports, but I never knew if there was any truth behind it.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
MadCatz basically just irradiated 1st party controllers until they developed horribly disfiguring tumors and lesions and then packaged them up for sale.
Cheesehead302
Banned
This topic just brought back memories of a blue MadKatz Cube controller I had; both it and an official controller were the only two I had for the GC for the longest time, and the MadKatz one had an A button that would stick in and you couldn't press it. It was really frustrating to play multiplayer games because I didn't want to use that piece of crap and the other guy doesn't want to use that piece of crap so that's a problem. I wonder what happened to that thing and if it finally broke? I can't remember lol.
SoundPulse
Banned
They also had a smaller version of it called the Microcon.
Unless you had tiny baby hands, it was practically unusable, lol.
Samanosuke Akechi
Member
I personally always liked madcatz back in the day. I had a madcatz Dreamcast controller from them and all love led their arcade sticks too. But that was over 15 years ago. Can't vouch for their quality these days.
shiftplusone
Member
all the hate is ps2 and before like most people have said
they turned it around in 360 gen. They actually did way too well with fight sticks because no one cared to buy a new revision since the first one they bought were usually top notch stuff.
they turned it around in 360 gen. They actually did way too well with fight sticks because no one cared to buy a new revision since the first one they bought were usually top notch stuff.
SoundPulse
Banned
I have a PS3 controller from them, the fightpad variety with the microswitches. I think it lasted like two sessions and it wasn't at all pleasant.
As someone that loves the Neo Geo Pocket, I'd be totally down with a company if they actually did the microswitch thing right.
DOWN
Banned
This pawn of Satan can go back to the flaming depths where it came from! Literally every time I went to a friends house as a kid!
I went through three PS2 controllers of theirs because they were $25 versus $50 for the officials. All three had broken left analog sticks, as in, the entire stick broke at the stem revealing a tiny thin metal rod inside. Was so annoying, and you had to keep them around and play with the broken nub. Was awful.
I really hated this one.
Edit: Which is the same one basically.
Lmao how did OP not figure this out? Surely these pictures schooled him
Don't forget this garbage, which worked for like ten minutes tops.
Mad Catz was like obnoxious kid commercials embodied by controllers (and their obnoxious name)
The FightPad Pro (w/ the improved D-Pad) is pretty solid.
While they've gotten better, they did had a bad track record.
And the "give it to player two joke" is something based on their quality from that era. Nothing new.
Their SNES controllers were really bad and...hard. Even harder to unplug from the SNES. And that was 20 years ago. Add the PSone controller and memory card problems... And so on.
And the "give it to player two joke" is something based on their quality from that era. Nothing new.
Their SNES controllers were really bad and...hard. Even harder to unplug from the SNES. And that was 20 years ago. Add the PSone controller and memory card problems... And so on.
panama chief
Member
A lot of their shit was terrible until this came out:
I want one for the 1.
I want one for the 1.
Here, have some completely unnecessary ridges, for "grip". Completely worthless add-ons to the GC controller just to make it look like they were actually improving it. Also, let's make this out of cheaper, low quality plastic that in no way will ensure the thing lasts more than a month of heavy use.
They make some decent and good ones now, but back in their early days man they sure did suck. I think they were designing controllers just to look different back than. I remember going over to my friends house to play Tekken and I would always get the shitty controller that did not work. People would always buy the shitty controllers as extras for when friends come over because they were cheap, but amazingly when we play any fighting games they are stuck to the official ones while the friends who came over got stuck with the shitty ones. Oh man the memories from that early days was great though lol.
Tyrant Rave
Banned
Their peripherals have always been kinda shitty. The Tournament Edition fightsticks were good-- but they were just using Sanwa buttons and joysticks so that's kind of hard to screw up. The non-Sanwa sticks weren't very good. Had an SE and the joystick was broken out of the box and it never felt as good as a regular Sanwa JLF or Hayabusa lever.
KnightimeX_Legacy
Banned
Severely hated their SNES and Sega Genesis controllers.
Their PS1 controller pushed me over the limit and haven't touched their products since.
Their PS1 controller pushed me over the limit and haven't touched their products since.
old manatee
Banned
These things were everywhere during the era when consoles were moving to 3d games. Their horrid analogs sticks made already rudimentary 3d controls unbearable. They also looked like a Jell-o mold:
For those asking, I'm 22.
During the GameCube/Xbox/PS2 Era I had a GameCube close to its launch and a Xbox close to the end of its life. The only controllers I had were official controllers for the GameCube and some third party controller (as well as an official one) for my Xbox which worked fine.
So my first experience with MadCatz wasn't until the street fighter fightpad which I'm now seeing was their first good product.
Ugh, yes I want one so bad for Xbox One. The Xbox one d-pad is serviceable but I spent so much time on the 360 with this controller, it just felt so natural.
During the GameCube/Xbox/PS2 Era I had a GameCube close to its launch and a Xbox close to the end of its life. The only controllers I had were official controllers for the GameCube and some third party controller (as well as an official one) for my Xbox which worked fine.
So my first experience with MadCatz wasn't until the street fighter fightpad which I'm now seeing was their first good product.
A lot of their shit was terrible until this came out:
I want one for the 1.
Ugh, yes I want one so bad for Xbox One. The Xbox one d-pad is serviceable but I spent so much time on the 360 with this controller, it just felt so natural.
NinjaCoachZ
Member
That controller is 2000s as hell.
SoundPulse
Banned
The PS3 version of that fightpad was kinda shoddy as well, sadly. It used a reciever that likes to fail quite a bit, leaving the controller itself useless.
This bastard. I get angry just looking at it.
Don't forget this garbage, which worked for like ten minutes tops.
Had both, they were horrendous.
Sad part is kids couldn't avoid them, the good official ones were way more expensive.