Recommend me a Good fighting Dpad for 360!!

lariat

lariat

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I'm thinking of picking up a new 360 later on this summer (since my old one crapped out some time ago) but I don't want to use that crappy dpad that comes with it. I been checking out the Hori gem EX http://www.amazon.com/HORI-Xbox-360-Gem-Pad-EX/dp/B00EOI2KE8 which seems to be the best bet since it's the closest I'm going to get to the Hori Fighter commander pro 3 but I'm still looking around..What do you guys/girls that play 360 recommend?
 
Wow! I might have to look into getting that controller! I honestly don't know, dude. I wish I thought of this sooner, I've been living with that ass-end stock d-pad for years now any alternative would be better then that piece of shit.
 
Here is a pretty good video from MKF30 (aside from his Deep voice for some reason) he does a decent run down of different third party controllers He seems to like the Hori the best but I'm taking this with a grain of salt considering this is the only video I can find that talks about the Hori Ex gem
 
You could also get a converter cable and just get a PS3 controller.
I know a few people who have done that for fighting games.
 
Araknyd_Commander said:
You could also get a converter cable and just get a PS3 controller.
I know a few people who have done that for fighting games.
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I thought about that as well but I've had bad experiences with converters in the past. I figure for the money investing in a good dpad will benefit me better than buying a converter that may or may not work properly (mayflash I'm looking at you). I was looking at the inpin 360 to PS2 converter but those things stay sold out but I love hori's dpad. My only concern is hori stuff wont last (my FCP3 stopped working after a year ) hopefully they have improved the lasting factor with these controllers.
 
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That's your only option. It doesn't matter how good they are, 3rd party controllers tend to break, yes even those from Hori. You'll have more options if you get a PS2 to Xbox converter, there's a bunch of fightpads for the PS2, you'll encounter fewer issues with the converter if you get a pad without analog sticks.
 
C-Sword said:
That's your only option. It doesn't matter how good they are, 3rd party controllers tend to break, yes even those from Hori. You'll have more options if you get a PS2 to Xbox converter, there's a bunch of fightpads for the PS2, you'll encounter fewer issues with the converter if you get a pad without analog sticks.
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Most of the converters that are available require you to have a official Microsoft wired 360 controller plugged in (for some strange reason ) but most systems only have wireless controllers. My point is after investing in a console the last thing I want to do is waste money buying a wired 360pad just to get the converter to work when I could just buy a good third party dpad and wait for the inpin converter to be available (site says there's none in stock )to buy later before the hori craps out.
 
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