Street Fighter IV TE stick...

[[NIUE]iRONSoL]

That stick looks mint! Love the size.. Makes my SCIV stick look so tiny

[fluxcore]

http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2009/01/08/ces-hands-on-mad-catz-official-street-fighter-arcade-sticks

I love stick porn

[gunsmoke]

http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2009/01/08/ces-hands-on-mad-catz-official-street-fighter-arcade-sticks

I love stick porn

cool

[[NIUE]iRONSoL]

both look great

[pax_bisonica]

This was on Kotaku tonight
http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2009/01/ces_09_hands_on_with_mad_catzs_street_fighter_iv_tournament_sticks-2.html#more
it gives a bit of a rundown on the stick, some nice pics etc.  Sounds sexy, but too damned expensive for my tastes.

[[NIUE]iRONSoL]

This was on Kotaku tonight
http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2009/01/ces_09_hands_on_with_mad_catzs_street_fighter_iv_tournament_sticks-2.html#more
it gives a bit of a rundown on the stick, some nice pics etc.  Sounds sexy, but too damned expensive for my tastes.

yea.. especially when the game alone is 140..

[Elixir]

I can't believe they're still including shitty turbo functions

I just feel bad for 360 controller users now

[fluxcore]

Hi,

Congratulations on a fantastic line of Street Fighter merchandise!
There's only one problem: How does one get ahold of it in Australasia?
I'm in New Zealand, and none of the usual stores down here know ANYTHING
about the range at all. I'm a huge street fighter fan and would
seriously love to get my hands on a TE stick/console faceplate/wall
scroll, but it seems your sales are only targeting America and the UK,
which means IMMENSE shipping costs, even if a store will send the items
internationally (surprisingly uncommon!)

I know your products have been sold down here before, so I'd be ecstatic
to hear that these will be as well! Is there any intention of doing so?

Thank you very much,
--Alan

Strangely, I just received ANOTHER response to this email, this time saying:

Hi Alan,

Thank you for your email.

We are in discussion at the moment with Mad Catz regarding launching
these products locally.

I'd say the shipping would be very expensive and would be stopping
stores from shipping outside their country origins.

Regards,

Raja Henley
Group Product Manager

Not sure exactly whether that is more hopeful or not, but at least discussion is still occurring.

You guys are right though, the TE sticks are a bit OTT in price in the current economic climate. One of the normal fightsticks would do me pretty well though I reckon, and if the pads are common ground, one or two of them for hacking purposes would go down well too

[fluxcore]

http://www.mightyape.co.nz/search/?s=%22Street+Fighter+IV+Fightstick%22&i=1&ref=stf4ema

There you have it, NZ release of TE stick, strictly limited, $400 (exactly what I expected).

from the email:

**IMPORTANT**

If you want one of these beasts -- you must place your order BEFORE 3PM THIS THURSDAY, February 5th. We cannot take any more orders after this time and the product will be removed from the website.

Unfortunately stock will not arrive until the end of April, so you'll have to pound those game pads in the meantime!

Fuck it, I'm just going to get one. Once I get home and see my credit card number that is!

Now I just need to hunt down the wallscroll and faceplates :/

[[NIUE]iRONSoL]

Anyone wanna buy my soul for $400?

[CptMunta]

I'm getting one on the cheap thanks to some pavement art I did for Gamewizz  a few weeks back. Preordered the Standard edition from Barnes and Noble to tide me over till april then will likely sell it on Trade Me once the beast finally arrives.

[fluxcore]

Good stuff

Barnes and noble... so shipping from where?

[[NIUE] BIRRY WONG]

Jesus $400. If my maths is correct that means $800 for two. Fuck.

[fluxcore]

Luckily I don't need two

[iMagneto]

i work in computers & Electrical as salesperson, Ive Contact my suppliers that distribute Street fighter IV madcatz
Fighting Sticks,~ Im going to get two of them, and especially street fighter IV limited edition.
they said its going to retail $399 for Madcatz Fighting stick and its on back order, yes!

once it arrive to my retail, no way im paying $399 just for one~ ill get a good price on them =) or a deal hehe