I live north of Seattle, Washington. Today I went to Best Buy, Gamecrazy, and three Gamestops.
Best Buy couldn't wait to sell me a controller but they didn't have any in. They said they do get shipments in on the weekend and to check back tonight or tomorrow morning.
Gamecrazy and Gamestop said they would get huge fines (~$2500) if they were caught selling me the controller before the street date.
A Gamecrazy employee told me the street date for SF4 was apparently removed, but that I'd have to wait on the controller.
All three stores were decked out in banners and reservation displays advertising the game's release. Gamecrazy had the most banners by far, as well as a big digital sign above the register with a countdown clock telling you there are 9 days left before the game comes out on Feb. 17.
Hope this helps.

The question to the people that have them: How do they handle?

Feb 8, 2009 -- 3:32AM, Chris wrote:

The question to the people that have them: How do they handle?

the most striking feature is how incredibly light it is (feels about half as heavy as the official xbox controller).  no complaints as far as button placement or aesthetics.  the d-pad is quite a nice change after trying SC4 on the official xbox controller.  something nice is that the dpad doesn't have sharp edges like some you may have played on, so it's not going to tear up your thumb after extended periods of play.  as someone who's only alternative controller for xbox fighting games is an official xbox controller i'd say it was well worth the money.

Feb 8, 2009 -- 12:01PM, Strider156 wrote:

Honestly GenBison I think the guy who was complaining about that pad in the thread had a bad pad. I pre-ordered my pad and have played with it since friday since it has come ups. (Next Day Air Saver ftw)

I hooked it up to my pc first just to see how much pressure was needed and to check if I got a bad pad. The pad is fine the only problem is getting use to the dpad. It has a bigger pad so it calls for a bigger range of motion or it has a longer throw ( whatever you prefer to say). I have played 1942 beat the game only using turbo, I beat R-Type both games only using turbo. I only used the dpad not set to emulate the left thumb stick. I have play SSFII Turbo HD and I have taken my loses to get use to the motions. The controller is fine once again. You have to get use to it. Other games test have been battle fantasia, and the controller works like a charm.

 

We get a good pad and now when people have to get use to something new they write it off as broken.

Btw When I ordered from gamestop it only showed the akuma pad but when it came in the mail I got chun-li it seems gamestop is using random select when they are sending out the pads

Please urgent, do you need drivers for the pad in the PC? which do you need?

No you dont need drivers it is plug and play. I am running vista on my laptop I plugged it in and it just downloaded the drivers. Thats all you need to do.