[Multiplatform] Street Fighter 4 - For some reason they're still putting in characters other than Ken

I am willing to import that shit solely for Ryu taking a dump.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Kinda aggravating that the tourney stick might not be available in Canada. GO FIGURE.

Word is that it won't be released up here of course, so now we've got hilarity time import fees and bouncing it off yankee addresses!

Still not gonna be 150 pounds like the fucking brits gotta deal with but still SADFACE

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Well up until today (or yesterday I guess), most places were giving me the generic answer of "I dunno if we're getting it yet". It seems official now though that we aren't. As far as I can tell from retailers up here, at least.

Which doesn't make any fucking sense. Fuck that.

I'm gonna bounce it off my friendly neighbourhood Daravon, but in the end it's gonna cost mad bank. The next step is getting lucky enough to grab one of the few remaining preorders when those open up on the madcatz online store. Knowing my luck, I'll be in class, at work or taking a dump or some bullshit when they go live and I'll totally miss the fucking boat.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

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I dunno. The UK version of this store (with a .net instead of a .com) is opening preorders tomorrow or something, so I imagine/hope/pray to God that the US one is doing the same.

Play-Asia always charges lawlarity pricing and then fucks with the exchange rate about as much as paypal does so it always results in gigalulz when ordering from there.

Keep in mind the store linked above only ships to continental AMERIKKKA so if you're gonna take a shot at that, best to have some yank's address on hand for the old shipping address horseshit.

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Speaking of SRK.

Hantei might be appreciative of this.

Canadian SRK’ers: Still Looking For a SF4 Tournament Edition (TE) Stick? - Shoryuken

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Update: 2009-01-17
I got sick and tired of listening to the same old crap from the EB stores. It didn't make sense to me that their information was inconsistent with what the MadCatz rep was reporting.

I called the EB Games head office and FINALLY found somebody (Andrea) who was able to help. The good news is that, YES EB GAMES will carry the TE Sticks! The bad news is that they will not have them for the launch of SF4.

In fact, I was told that the very earliest that the TE Sticks will be made available for pre-order will be March 2009. Please understand that this does not mean on March 1st, pre-ordering will commence. This is to say that pre-ordering will not happen before this date.

I was told the reason Canada was being delayed was due to the unexpected demand. EB Games / Gamestop have a common supplier which made the decision to fill and process all of the US preorders first before accepting any Canadian preorders.

Here are the EB Games' SKU's for the TE Sticks. Take them back to the EB stores that told you "Oh we don't have this stick in our system. The SKU isn't listed" and laugh in their face. (Note: Gamestop and EB Games use different SKU's for their products)

$149.99 PS3 TE Stick = 6162317
$149.99 X360 TE Stick = 6162291

The PS3 TE Stick is listed as "Discontinued" or "Inactive". Preorders can not be processed for items under this status.

The X360 TE Stick is listed as "Available". This means that the stick CAN be preordered. I found this to be strange as to why one stick was available and the other wasn't. Andrea dug around found out that this was a system error . Both sticks should be listed as "Discontinued" and it will be corrected ASAP.

If you are reading this post and manage to get to an EB with the X360 SKU before the status is changed, I'm not sure it will make a difference as their supplier doesn't have any units to ship out either way.

In short, for the time being all we can do is patiently wait. Canada will get the TE Sticks, just not in time for the SF4 launch.

I suggest calling your local EB games with the SKU every few days and just ask them to check the status of the stick. And of course as soon as you find an active status, POST IN THIS THREAD AND LET EVERYONE ELSE KNOW!

Thanks!

Important in bold.

Horray...I think. A few weeks of shit pad usage until the TE stick drops, or...well, a few weeks of regular stick usage until the new parts arrive and you upgrade it yourself.

So either or. Most surprising is that THE PRICE is the same as in yankeebucks, I was expecting at least a 30 dollar premium when converted to our holla holla dolla.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Yeah, I misread. I was clearly blinded by happiness and thought "preorders and shipments in March" instead of just preorders.

At this point it's probably best if I just order the cheaper stick and do the parts replacement myself. At least in that case I'll have something to use that's not the vomit inducing shitrocket that is the 360 controller in the meantime.

Secondly, I took the 360 SKU above to my EB, showed it to the manager, and she confirmed that it has be changed to "discontinued" as the person spoken to in the above post said would occur. So no sneak in 360 preorders before it was changed.

SIDE NOTE OF HILARITY though, the clerk standing next to the manager, looking at the screen, kept telling me "NAH NIGGA THESE AIN'T EVEN IN THE COMPUTER", while the manager was showing both him and I the inventory listing. Took all my willpower not to kick him in the teeth and defecate in his nose while he was down. I swear to God, Southjag has been cloned.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

A decently high weight, plus a faster shipping option so I don't get stuck without it for long, plus that I haven't found a seller who will ship it directly to Canada means I'd have to expensive ship it TWICE, once to a friendly yankee and once from him to me, all while the dollar's low means that'd be an extra 30% tacked to the final cost or so, possibly more.

That's not really an optimal solution. I can wait if it means the price won't change, but the DIY option will be slightly less money at the cost of a little bit of time. 6 button replacements and joystick fix wouldn't take all that long considering how well organized and clean the damn things are though.

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Via SRK again:

Canadian sticks are up to 189.99, same SKUs as before, but are now, as of TODAY, preorderable. Shipment is end of March.

Fuck that price. Go custom.

And don't be the idiot to buy the damn thing for 250 USD off of eBay, because then I will be forced to kill you.

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I don't think I ever once attempted to justify the costs of the British unit.

I'd have bitched about the initial cost of the TE, but the initial American price point is just at the border of being somewhat understandable all things considered.

I had caught some earlier pics about the insides and ease of customization/repair, but I hadn't gotten a look at a good, decent res shot of the regular edition until today. The addition of the quick disconnects for the buttons and the whole separate block they're attached to means button replacements would take you a max total of 5 minutes, and even an idiot could do it. I was fearing it wouldn't be an option for the layman, but it's trivial.

Outside of the fact that the TE can be worth the investment simply because you don't have to tinker, you can get it out of the box on day one with no bullshit, and you don't have to worry about shipping multiple things and all that shit, it's fantastic. But for Canadians who won't get it on day one, which is a huge stickler for me, it begs the question of "why bother".

How ya doing, buddy?

It's by no means a bad option, especially when you consider the whole just open the damn box and fucking rock on angle, it's especially alluring.

There's just two major hits against it in the Canadian market, and considering I have nothing against getting my hands dirty and I reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally don't want to be at a disadvantage playing with just the 360 controller and raging up a storm for what will probably be 6 weeks or more, I don't see the point.

Really the only person who should consider what I have to say is Hantei, since he's the only other guy I can think of who will be affected by the same things that changed my mind. But eh', he might think otherwise.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Word is that it won't even be that difficult to mod it so a single stick will work on both systems. A guy on SRK is planning on selling some mods that'll let you do that easily, apparently there might even be a solderless option for it.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Wait, they're cutting off preorders for the regular stick or for the CE version of the game? I'm confused by the wording, sorry.

I'll check in tomorrow to double check both just in case, though. I didn't put a PO in for the regular stick since I haven't been to EB since I checked those TE SKUs last weekend.

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More questions than answers from EB! HOW SURPRISING.

So I confirmed that you are correct. The regular stick has ceased preorders! As have the CE of the game! And so have the pads, at least at the two stores I called. Possibly chainwide, I don't know. Fuck off, why was the allocation for Canada for the SE's and pads so small? Ugh.

This saddens me because of how poorly this was handled. Not knowing about the TE's status in this country until too late caused me to put off my SE stick preorder, which resulted in me not getting one. The general clusterfuck of OH GOD WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON inspired a bit of rage.

But when I was there, I asked about the TE in order to doublecheck. They're still taking orders for that. Ok, fair enough. At this point it's either SE + parts in march if we get a second shipment, or a TE in March.

So I PO'd the TE to be safe. But on a whim I asked about the release of it, and he said it was in the system for the same day as the SE stick's release, or aka when the game comes out.

Which conflicts with all the other information we've read so far. Great. THAT'S HELPS A LOT.

So at this point I still expect the TE to be here in March, but I guess there's an outside chance for someone to notice what the fuck is going on and make sure it hits up here when it's damn well supposed to. Who the fuck knows anymore.

I'm just annoyed that I didn't quite get what I wanted, but this option is fine too.

I was speaking idiomatically.

They tend to only charge the difference if you haven't paid the PO off fully, from what I'm told. I fully bet that since I only had 65 dollars down on the CE that I'll be paying the full amount.

I'll have to phone and ask.

How ya doing, buddy?

I'm surprised anyone would try Crusher spam against any Shoto, let alone an AI controlled Shin Akuma.

FELIPE NO

Anyone else having issues connecting to ranked matches, or is that just me? Maybe 1 in every 15-20 attempts gets me in. Occasionally, (maybe 1 or 2 out of those 15), it says lobby full, but otherwise just gives a generic error message of "CAN NOT PLAY".

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

It's not my NAT. It's open. Everyone says this all the time. Yes, thank you. Not to be snarky or mean offense or anything but I'm not a complete idiot.

By the time the search completes and if I get a full room, yeah. I get "Full room" errors. "Can not join because the match is full" or something similar. No. Instead I get "CAN NOT PLAY". That's the error, verbatim.

No issues with player matches. In and out of that with no troubles at all. It's seriously JUST ranked matches. Hosting and letting people come to me takes an unholy length of time, I assume most of them can't connect to me via that mode the same way I can't connect to them.

I have no idea why it's limited to just that mode.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I was much more of a fan of the idea of NO DLC CHARACTERS FOR FUCK'S SAKE. So much for all those above-the-usual-bullshit speeches we've read.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I find it exceptionally difficult to do some of those considering the controller, yeah. I'm hoping to pick up a pad if I can find one to tide me over until the sticks get here, because this is *ridiculous*

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I don't think Akuma requires you to beat the game with all the original cast, though. I got him without doing it.

I got him after unlocking everyone who's not Gouken/Akuma/Seth, and then beating the game getting exactly 2 perfects and 2 ultra finishes with a character I had already beaten it with before.

Gouken, same deal. Only had to beat it with Akuma once, then get 2 perfects, 3 ultras on a character I had already beaten it with (so no go on the initial Akuma run). No continues on both, by the way.

However, Seth requires you to beat the game with everyone, so at least you're working towards that.

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Originally Posted by Zergrinch

In case you folks are interested, the Prima strategy guide for this game is downloadable from Demonoid.

This is what it had to say about unlockable characters.

It's funny because it's absolutely wrong, but ok.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Holy fuckshit, the sticks are STILL NO WHERE TO BE SEEN UP HERE.

"End of March" they say. Yeah, end of March my asshole. No one knows when they'll be in now. I wonder if Hantei's had any luck.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Jesus. The standard has THAT MANY ISSUES for you? I've heard of various niggling bits and pieces like the occasional missed input, or so on, but never an entire direction missing for several hours of hands on use. What the fuck?

What I'm waiting on now is the TE's myself, since after getting fucked over like everyone else with the whole issue of what the fuck we're actually getting for accessories, I ended up with a TE preorder that I just resigned to keeping.

Only it's still not here. Every week, it's been pushed back to the "next monday". I don't know what's going on. No one seems to. Not EB, not Mad Catz, not any of the suppliers, it's fucking disasterous.

At this point, it's not worth it, and if it's still not here after my exams are done in a week and change I'm just going to get my money back. Fuck all this.

Oh, and about the scalping? I've seen it here for the fightpads. That very same issue. Identical. My friend wasn't able to take his call for his pad, so by the time he got the message and went down they had "already sold it". More than likely to a clerk.

FELIPE NO