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[onQ123]

Or does it not matter anymore because everyone will be buying fighting pads/ sticks?

 

[cireza]

You can enjoy a fighting game casually with the standard controller. People buying sticks that cost several hundreds of dollars are a minority.

I think both PS and Xbox have good dpads, Switch definitely not.

 

[bentanchorbolt]

I think the driving factor will be what system(s) you own along with where you friends play.

 

[beck_]

Ive always played streetfighter type games on controller, you can do very well although my execution doesn't always come out, so maybe stick would help with that.

However SF6 is bringing modern controls, which takes away the execution problem (at least with motions). So this could level the playing field for controller players especially. You can focus more on reacting etc rather then executing motions.

 

[kunonabi]

Doesn't matter so much with fighters since I use arcade sticks but the Switch's lack of dpad makes playing retro games on the switch a miserable experience.

 

[onQ123]

Guess PlayStation still has a strong hold on Fighting Games

It is Mortal Kombat 1 that has come out on top this time to land the number one spot in its debut week — no thanks to the dreadful Switch port, of course, which only accounted for 7% of the game's overall sales (79% came on PS5 and 14% on Xbox Series S|X).

UK Charts: Pikmin 1+2 Blooms Into Its Physical Debut As Mortal Kombat 1 Leads The Pack

Finish him, Olimar

www.nintendolife.com

 

[applesaucejaxon]

I won't play any fighting games on anything but a PS5 or PC. I have no desire to get an arcade stick, and I don't like the d pads on the Xbox controllers or the Switch pro controller.
To be fair, fighters aren't really my bag anymore. But I do play occasionally.

 

[violence]

The Xbox one D pad was already too loud, how did they manage to make it even louder?

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

dpad is an art

 

[BossLackey]

I don't think so. Playstation is the defacto fighting game console. If you have a PS and an Xbox and interested in fighting games, chances are you're going with Playstation. There isn't a single fighting game that boasts crazy concurrent player counts after release window. So without Xbox/PS crossplay, it really does matter which console you choose. The available player pool for any given fighting game is already small, so going with Playstation is always a safer bet.

I think the d-pad is a secondary or even tertiary consideration for most that have access to both. I personally do not like either d-pad from Playstation or Xbox for fighting games, but I play stick or hitbox, so it doesn't matter to me.

 

[Danknugz]

Ive always played streetfighter type games on controller, you can do very well although my execution doesn't always come out, so maybe stick would help with that.

However SF6 is bringing modern controls, which takes away the execution problem (at least with motions). So this could level the playing field for controller players especially. You can focus more on reacting etc rather then executing motions.

What are these "modern controls" you speak of and how do they take away the execution "problem", did they decide that even hadouken and shoryuken is too much difficulty for todays kids?

Part of the reason I enjoy fighters is because you have to learn the special moves and it becomes rewarding after you couldn't do them before.

 

[a multicultural team of v]

EVO is filled with pad players, including finals. SF6 finals had someone using a PS4 controller. The cable even disconnected halfway through the set and he played wirelessly.