I'm a stick player, but I recently got a Hori Fighting Commander 3 Pro for my birthday, because using stick at night disturbs my partner's sleep due to the noise, and I'm up all night w our new baby all the time now. It's *great* - easily the best pad I've ever used in my life, although I will say this - playing KOF on it is a real pain for me, I have a hard time being accurate with my jumps and hops on anything but a stick, but that's probably not the pad's fault so much as my ineptness with pad. Using the Dual Shock 3 makes me want to throw the thing across the room, this one's soooo much better!