2011-11-28, 01:01 AM
Ideally, you should get a stick with either full Seimitsu or Sanwa parts, however sticks with those tend to run in the 130-150 range currently. Stock Madcatz and stock Hori parts never tend to last as long as Seimitsu or Sanwa. I usually hear of Madcatz SE sticks having buttons go out within a month. Hori's buttons are a bit better though. I've had a set of clear Seimitsu buttons in my TE for a little over a year now, and only one of them is starting to act funky (when I try to hold it down, it'll release randomly sometimes. Still responsive to taps though, so I didn't even know it was having problems until I bought UMvC3 and was practicing Zero combos this past weekend). I just swapped it for one of the two spares on the stick.
Also, if that's basically the same wireless stick that came with the Tekken 6 collector's edition, make sure you never have a friend over who also has that stick. The USB wireless dongles they use are stupid and basically won't let you have 2 of them plugged into a single ps3 without causing a mess load of interference. I'm pretty sure everything is soldered into place in that stick as well, so if buttons go out, you'll have to unsolder them from the PCB to replace them.
Also, if that's basically the same wireless stick that came with the Tekken 6 collector's edition, make sure you never have a friend over who also has that stick. The USB wireless dongles they use are stupid and basically won't let you have 2 of them plugged into a single ps3 without causing a mess load of interference. I'm pretty sure everything is soldered into place in that stick as well, so if buttons go out, you'll have to unsolder them from the PCB to replace them.