HORI Fighting Edge Arcade Stick with Hayabusa buttons and joystick - PS4 - PS3 - PC (PS4//)

Premium, understated quality that's easy to keep clean-looking. I find clear fightsticks start to look a bit nasty after you use them for a while unless you wipe it down after every single session. Buttons feel very satisfying as you'd expect in this price range. Haven't tried it on my PS4 yet but it works a dream on PC.

Great product from Hori. Recommend to get it :)

A good fightstick whose reputation holds up.

Despite being released over a year ago in Japan this stick has only just been released in the UK. It's been selling at 20000 yen in Japan, 200 usd in the US and 200 euros in Europe.I've had my eye on this stick ever since its release in Japan but didn't buy while living there due to its size and difficulty it might pose bringing it back to the UK.Finally it has been released here at a reasonable price of approximately 150gbp.This stick feels sturdy and the main advantage of this one being that it has a metal top making it easier to clean compared to other sticks. I hope more peripheral makers will be encouraged to make higher quality products such as this.If you play a lot of fighting games such as Tekken, Soul Calibur or Street Fighter then this is probably a worthwhile investment. (Personally I have played more than 300 hours of Tekken 7.)The other option is to build your own stick which seems to be popular but personally I prefer to go with a pre-built solution such as this. Apparently this uses Hayabues parts rather than commonly used Sanwa parts. I'm not that familiar with the different parts and their feel but I do know that Hori arcade sticks are very popular in general and seem to get good feedback from competitive players. I do recommend doing a youtube search for this stick. There's one guy (avoiding the puddle) who comments regularly on Tekken 7 Tournaments and he seems to rate this stick highly.I've only had this stick for a day but will try and update this review at a later date.

Aesthetically I love this stick so much. Functionally I love the weight, the buttons are smaller than my previous stick which makes it easy to utilize all buttons and they feel great to press.However, there is one fairly major flaw. The height which the joystick is mounted does not take into account the extra depth added by the steel faceplate. As a result, the joysticks movements are slightly more restricted than they should be. The actuator hits the edge of the opening at almost the same time as it hits the gate. This gives an uncomfortable, grinding sensation.For this reason, as much as I love the overall style of this arcade stick, I can not recommend it.

The amount of matches where Blue Goku has missed his divekick ender will probably lead me into a mental institution, repeatedly banging my head on a concrete wall dressed in a medical gown at age 55 in the future.The medium button is faulty. Stay far away from this stick unless you want your mental illness to get worse.