Street Fighter 6: Should You Use A Gamepad, Arcade Stick, Or HitBox? | Controller Guide

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One of the most common questions newcomers have when it comes to getting into fighting games is: “What controller should I use?”. Fighting games have always been balancing between mainstream and niche, but with the launch of Street Fighter 6, more and more new players are flocking in, and this question has once again begun to echo across the internet. 

Thankfully, it’s a question easily answered, but not necessarily one that is easy to accept. What this guide aims to do is go over the main options available to new players and break down how (and if) that method is for you, and why. Without further ado, let’s get right into it. 

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This is the most common setup for new players, and that’s entirely down to the fact that if you are playing on a console (and let’s face it, PC), you already have one of these lying around. Gamepads get a bad reputation because, as you may have noticed, most internet personalities don’t use them. 

Does that make them bad? No. Far from it. Many professionals in the genre exclusively use pads to compete. Why? Because most modern gamers have spent hundreds of hours on these things. They know their way around the thing, and it feels natural in their hands. 

This sense of familiarity makes it very easy for the modern generation to just pick up Street Fighter 6, grab their pad, and get to work. Not only that, but you have two ways of playing when running a pad. Either using sticks or directional buttons. Both are perfectly valid and again, it all comes down to preference. 

Whilst we here may prefer the skin-blistering feel of a sharp D-Pad,