Mad Catz Sets the Bar (and the Price) Pretty High for PC Flight Sticks
Mad Catz Sets the Bar (and the Price) Pretty High for PC Flight Sticks
Posted 01/09/2010 at 8:55pm
| by Justin Kerr
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Saitek and Mad Catz have teamed up to create a next generation flight stick, but with a $400 price tag, and more buttons than a stealth bomber, only the most hardcore flight sim fans need apply. The X65F itself more closely mirrors the controls of a modern military aircraft because it responds to applied pressure, while still remaining fixed to the base.
The boys over at ars technica describe the feel of the X65F as “a heavy piece of metal in your hand- you won’t have to worry about keeping the stick steady or moving it around while you play-and after a while it simply feels as if the controls are reacting to your thoughts”.
This sounds like a great investment for PC flight sim fans, but with the death of the Microsoft Flight Simulator series, one wonders how big the market for this really is. It’s not like most people are going to be using this with Hawx are they?
Anyone out there interested?
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CentiZen
January 10, 2010 at 7:52pm
It's mad catz, their shit falls apart if you look at it for too long. Everything I've ever bought from them has broken.
COMMANDER_COOK
January 10, 2010 at 11:34pm
Yeah, they're pretty bad. Mad Catz and Nyko are two companies to stay away from. I had a Nyko controller for my PS2 with a fan in it. The fan was nice, but the insulation on the wiring crumbled and it fried my multitap. Lucky it didn't fry my PS2.
I also had a Mad Catz N64 controller, but my character kept constantly turning to the left. I couldn't stand it.
What I don'T understand about this is that Saitek is actually a good company, so why team up with shit catz?
ShockerX
January 10, 2010 at 4:01pm
I did got HAWX from the steam xmas deals, played a good deal on it for a few days with my Saitek X52 pro. It'd be nice to get the X65F, but not worth 400$ if there isn't much good games that involve using the stix :( Wings of Prey don't cut it to spend on a higher quailty stix. (but I will get the game, looks awesome)
immersive
January 10, 2010 at 10:26am
That controler would kick ass for the new Wings of Prey game. Im just not into flight sims that much. Also 400 is a massive chunk of change. If you guys have not tryed the demo to that game yet you should give it a shot. Im still thinking about buying it just to into other games at the moment.
LVmonkey
January 10, 2010 at 7:10am
i would consider it of some really good games came out that would use that kind of thing. like a revamp of wing comander series... it's all fps, mmorpgs and rts now. shame that.
Quakindude
January 10, 2010 at 5:31am
You won't catch me laying down that kinda cabbage for a controller.Even if Micrososft made Combat Flgiht Sim 4, I wouldn't be interested in that.
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COMMANDER_COOK
January 10, 2010 at 12:59am
I'm used to staying away from mad catz after their shitty n64 and PS2 controllers.
And I didn't know flight sim was discontinued, sad.
MeTo
January 10, 2010 at 8:32am
The way things are now with computer games i wouldn't even pay $100 for a controller like this.
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