I used to be all about the controller. The only fighting game I play is Soul Caliber series. I have been playing since the first one on Dream Cast. It was just this past year I think it was I switched to the Arcade pad. I notice that my friend Nippon, seemed so much faster and better with it. So I went out a spent $100 on the X-Arcade pad. Its a great pad and I did notice an difference in my fighting, after I got used to it of course.