The Hori Sony PS3 Fighting Stick gives you arcade machine gaming feeling on the Sony PS3. The controller connects via USB and features slow, fast and turbo settings and a SIXAXIS home button.  The Fighting Stick 3 connects to the PlayStation 3's USB ports, which means it isn't wireless like your dear Sixaxis controllers. The cord is about ten feet (three meters) long though, which is for most purposes plenty of length. The stick has considerable heft and rubber feet, both of which work to hold the controller firmly in place on hard, flat surfaces. We have a tendency to be a bit violent with arcade sticks but had no problem with the Fighting Stick 3 moving under our mighty force.

Build quality on the stick is similarly impressive. The Fighting Stick 3 has a metal base and plastic outer shell with smooth corners that don't murder your wrists (unlike some other sticks we've used). The buttons are all snappy and convex, like you'd find in a well-maintained arcade, and the stick is tight but light. That's good. All PlayStation 3 buttons are accounted for, including L3 and R3, save for the Sixaxis analog sticks. There's even a turbo function with three different speed settings you can toy with, if that sort of thing matters to you.