QUOTE(trogdor1oh1 @ Jul 26 2010, 04:21 PM)
Imo you don't necessarily NEED a stick in order to play better, it's just a matter of opinion.
I play Street Fighter on the Xbox, and I hate using the analog stick(don't even talk about the d-pad), so I got an arcade stick to aid that.
Same goes for PC, because I hate using the keyboard(doesn't register so and so amount of keys at a time).
If I had played on a PS3, I probably wouldn't need a stick as much, I can still pull off simple hadokens etc on the PS3 d-pad.
Yup agreed, for normal play, you don't really 'need' a joystick.
Two reasons I would recommend joystick though:
1. For advanced moves, and hard core players, it is easier on the hands in my opinion. Thumb can get sore after a while.
2. For the late 70s and 80s babies, it brings back that arcade feeling baby yeah!
90s babies onwards tend not to really understand the fuss about joysticks, or why some players are so in love with them, due to growing up in the console dominance era.