Many Street Fighter IV tournaments like EVO are run using Sony PS3 consoles. Without dual-modding your controller, this leaves Xbox 360 owners with very few options. The best but most expensive option of course, is to purchase an additional Mad Catz FightStick. Another option that’s a bit cheaper is to purchase the Mad Catz FightPad which many pad warriors use. The problem is that PS3 FightPad is wireless (unlike the wired Xbox 360 version) and wireless controllers are banned at most tournaments (especially major ones like EVO or Devastation). The ultimate solution for Xbox 360 owners would be an adapter that would allow the use of their FightStick or FightPad without having to purchase additional PS3 controllers.
Currently the only adapter on market that connects Xbox 360 wired controllers to PS3 consoles is the XCM Cross Battle Adapter ($70). Sounds great on paper, but unfortunately not so great in action. The problem is lag and dropped inputs. The lag is slight enough where the game is still playable, but unfortunately it’s noticable. With a game like SFIV where every frame counts, this is really unfortunate. Add random dropped inputs into the mix and the adapter becomes even more unacceptable for tournament use.
At $70 it may sound like a bargain compared to buying another tournament stick, but unless you’re only interested in using it for casual play I highly suggest not buying it. Hopefully, someone will come out with an adapter soon that works flawlessly between the two systems.
i was looking for similar solutions for a long time; i heard the cpu version will support both console controllers, the best solution i found though, is if you dont already own a fightstick but you plan on buying one, they can be custom made to support both. ive seen prices for these around $200 (basic) – $500 (all out cool stuff); but 200 is definitely less than 150×2. theres also a level of convenience, ya know, no extra wires, devices, controllers, or adaptors
As a suggestion, I think the best solution to not leave players who have a 360 controllers in the dark is to have the EVO tournement run on PCs for the next tourney, this eliminates any hassle of trying to get a 360 controller to work on a PS3. The drawback to this is that you gotta have a fairly upgraded computer to handle Street Fighter 4 smoothly. Only if this was easy…and each stick/controller comes equipped with a USB cord but they don’t.
@Rek – I’ve already tried using the 360 controller with SF4 on the PC, works perfectly.
I think running that many PCs would be quite costly considering the minimum hardware required to run SFIV.
I agree, I ran the benchmark program, it gave us a B rating, and this is running with a 7600 GT OC BFG card – I ran the game after and it came out fairly smooth. Too bad the PC couldn’t be the standard.
Schnazzy moves ;)