The problem with releasing an arcade-quality stick for $150 is that you don’t want to be sitting on inventory… but the demand is also going to be high, with one of the biggest fighting game releases of the year coinciding with your launch. Mad Catz is struggling with making more Arcade Fightstick: Tournament Edition sticks, but the company claims things are getting better. We caught up with Chris Carroll, the Senior Product Development Manager and Mark Julio, the Product Manager, to talk about the shortages and the thought that went into designing the sticks.
“The first run was around 3,000 units per platform and there has been some misconception that this is all that we would make,” Carroll explained when asked about the shortages. “We continued with production and while I don’t know the exact the number, as of the time you are reading this we should be shipping at least the second run.” Julio assured me that everyone who preordered will get a stick, although it may take some time.
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