Best Controller to use with Street Fighter IV

[wrinklyfruit]

Suggestions? I recently purchased the game for my PC and now I'm looking into purchasing a controller for the game. Which ones are best?

[Rigel]

There is no "best" controller, you should try out various controllers/stick before picking one you like. A stick has no "advantage" on a regular controller.
In my case, I play my main character (Balrog) with an arcade stick most of the time because I feel more comfortable doing charge moves with a stick, but I prefer to play Ryu with an Xbox360 Controller, for exemple.
Try playing with a controller first if you have one, then decide if you think it's worth buying an arcade stick or something else. Don't do the mistake of buying an arcade stick and think it will give you an advantage somehow.

All in all, try playing with an Xbox controller first, because it's plug and play and will work automatically on PC.

[basura]

If you aren't fond of using a fightstick, I'd recommend a Sony Dualshock, as the Xbox 360 controller is an absolute nightmare to play proficiently with. That said, I am actually using an Xbox 360 gamepad on mine because of how used to using it on my 360 version I have gotten.

If you have any usb wired gamepads around for any consoles, I'd say give those a whirl and see what you're most comfortable with. If you don't, my personal recommendation outside of the obvious fightstick would be a Sony Dualshock. It is probably a lot easier to get it to work with a 360 controller though.

[Charlie Love]

If you're looking for a good general purpose controller, the Xbox One controller actually has a dpad for once.

[Xeno Metora]

lol there aren't any for PC...its the reason i quit this game cuz i find it unplayable with my 360 controller and all the special controllers and arcade sticks for street fighter are only for consoles

[kim possible]

Originally posted by Restvival:

lol there aren't any for PC...all the special gamepads and arcade sticks for street fighter are only for consoles

i've never even seen an arcade stick for PC lol

Well, Xbox 360, PS3 and PS4 sticks all work on PC with or without a third-party app. Xbone arcade sticks only work partially because Microsoft hasn't released a driver for them yet. The driver they released only works with controllers but not with arcade sticks, on them the LT and RT buttons don't work which are supposed to be HK and KKK by default.

PS: Users of the TE2 for the Xbox 360 reported some problems whilst using them on PC.

[kim possible]

To answer the OP, if you really want a controller, go for the DualShock 4, I've heard it's the best out there right now. I have experience only with the original X360 controller and it's indeed terrible. If you can afford an arcade stick however, I recommend you to get one. The reliable brands are Mad Catz, Hori, Razer and Qanba. Be sure to read my first comment to learn about the compatibility of arcade sticks on PC.

[Xeno Metora]

Originally posted by Saki:

Originally posted by Restvival:

lol there aren't any for PC...all the special gamepads and arcade sticks for street fighter are only for consoles

i've never even seen an arcade stick for PC lol

Well, Xbox 360, PS3 and PS4 sticks all work on PC with or without a third-party app. Xbone arcade sticks only work partially because Microsoft hasn't released a driver for them yet. The driver they released only works with controllers but not with arcade sticks, on them the LT and RT buttons don't work which are supposed to be HK and KKK by default.

PS: Users of the TE2 for the Xbox 360 reported some problems whilst using them on PC.

where i'm from the only arcade stick available on the market is the razer one and its expensive as ♥♥♥♥..i'm not wasting that much money just so i can make street fighter playable not in a million years

capcom needs to either make the next street fighter playable with conventional controllers or gtfo

[Roz1281]

Originally posted by Restvival:

capcom needs to either make the next street fighter playable with conventional controllers or gtfo

What are you talking about? the game works fine with controllers. If you don't have a 360 pad, any standard usb pad can be configured in the game (or outside of it with joy2key etc). I use an old saitek pad for 2 player sometimes along with my arcade stick.

For the record, I use madcatz TE1 stick on it. Love it. Also use the madcatz SE WWE brawl stick modded with real buttons and stick.

To OP, the brawl stick is regarded as the best of the SE line (some old ones like the sf branded ones had pcb issues i believe), if you can find it cheap nowadays it's a good entry since if you like it you can mod it with real parts down the line. If you can't find it under $60 ish i would just get a TE when they go on sale if you're interested in stick.

There is also the madcatz brawl pad, I've heard they are ok and they have all 6 buttons on the face for street fighter.

[Munoko ya Nyoka]

If you are going with a controller, the most important thing is the dpad. I used to really like the responsiveness of Playstation dpads for navigating menus and such. But for fighting games I feel they don't really get the job done. IMO Nintendo controllers have the best well rounded dpad. That's why I would recommend the Wii U Pro controller if you don't want a stick. Even if you don't have a Wii U, I say it's worth it to have as a go to PC controller.

[jackjackjackNcoke]

I have an arcade stick.
I can't imagine playing with anything else at this point but some people find pad to be suitable.
Hell, some people even find the keyboard to be fine.

[Cipher Esteria]

A good Controller with very good D-Pad and also good sticks is the DS family.
Buttons are good and it's very confortable in the hands.
DS4 is just plug n play. Dunno if you still need motionjoy for the DS3.

[Charlie Love]

Originally posted by Cipher (Cammy is my Waifu):

A good Controller with very good D-Pad and also good sticks is the DS family.
Buttons are good and it's very confortable in the hands.
DS4 is just plug n play. Dunno if you still need motionjoy for the DS3.

Motionjoy has been superceded by a much less funky Xinput wrapper for the PS3 controller. It's highly advised to use this over what is still believed to be Chinese spyware.

http://forums.pcsx2.net/Thread-XInput-Wrapper-for-DS3-and-Play-com-USB-Dual-DS2-Controller

[kim possible]

Originally posted by Jack Jack JacknCoke:

I have an arcade stick.
I can't imagine playing with anything else at this point but some people find pad to be suitable.
Hell, some people even find the keyboard to be fine.

I've played with keyboard in the last 3 years. Today I receive my first arcade stick I tend to completely move to. Razer. Atrox.

[kim possible]

Originally posted by Restvival:

Originally posted by Saki:

Well, Xbox 360, PS3 and PS4 sticks all work on PC with or without a third-party app. Xbone arcade sticks only work partially because Microsoft hasn't released a driver for them yet. The driver they released only works with controllers but not with arcade sticks, on them the LT and RT buttons don't work which are supposed to be HK and KKK by default.

PS: Users of the TE2 for the Xbox 360 reported some problems whilst using them on PC.

where i'm from the only arcade stick available on the market is the razer one and its expensive as ♥♥♥♥..i'm not wasting that much money just so i can make street fighter playable not in a million years

capcom needs to either make the next street fighter playable with conventional controllers or gtfo

Where are you from? In my country it's the same, no Hori or Mad Catz sticks are sold, only the Atrox from Razer.

[wizard master結城晶子リ]

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