Something That I'm Thinking About... Blog #6

I've been thinking about this for awhile now. I've been thinking if I should buy myself an arcade stick? For those who do not know what it is. It's basically a controller with just one stick and about 6-8 buttons, depending on what type it is. Anyway, I've always wanted to get one ever since I started playing fighting games. Up to this point I have been fine with just a pad controller (the regular PS3 controller). But nowadays, tournaments and places where I play have been playing on the Xbox 360 systems which you can't normally use a PS3 controller unless you have some sort of adapter.  Now that I'm getting competitive, I thought that if I were to learn and use an arcade stick, It'll be much more simple to just plug and play and to not hassle with all those adapters. But these arcade sticks are not cheap at all. The prices pretty much range from the $100 to $200 depending on the type and quality. Here are some sticks that I am considering:

Eightarc Fusion Ivory

Eightarc Qunba Q4