RIP Mad Catz

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Hope none of these save files were important senpai

>>3896752
>make nothing but shit peripherals at a cheaper price for decades
>2008
>Street Fighter 4 is announced and released in arcades after a decade with no new SF
>decide to make a legit fightstick made with japanese parts and sell it at premium and input from top players
>sell like gangbusters
>continue to just keep selling these sticks for every fighting game
>make a shit ton of money and sponsor multiple players including Daigo Umehara
>despite having horrendous customer service, the fightsticks were incredibly good and easy to mod/fix
>2015
>oh yeah remember that guitar hero/rockbad fad from the late 2000's
>somehow think that Rockband 4 is going to be the next big thing in gaming history
>decide to solely focus on Rockband 4 peripherals
>the head of Madcatz thinks Rockband 4 was such a sure thing, that he agreed to co-publish the game, and be fully responsible for worldwide promotion and distribution of the game
>they literally had spent MILLIONS of dollars in shipping insane amount of RB4 shit
>RB4 tanked and no one bought the fucking game

Good riddance Madcatz

Your TE fightsticks have served me far longer than i could ever expected, and has been with me on countless trips/flights

>>3896784
>permantly tilted analog stick
why the hell does this happen so much?

>>3896752
>of all the fucking sources to shitpost

and nothing of value was lost

>>3896791
shitty springs and not enough dead-zone to compensate

>>3896796
It's April Fool's anon, OP's just posting a joke site to go with the spirit of the holiday

>>3896819
>article dated yesterday at 1:00 PM
Mad Catz really is bankrupt.

>>3896785
I have two modded SE fightsticks with Seimitsu parts. Very easy mod, and I prefer the result to the TE because it's smaller.