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Qanba drone6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() I never found the spacing between the stick and the buttons to be too cramped, which was an initial concern when I saw this positioned as a more compact or mid-sized arcade stick. I did find that it would move around on my lap sometimes, but I do tend to be pretty rough in the heat of battle. At three pounds, the Qanba Drone has a bit of weight though it’s still lighter than some of its direct competitors. It works and is better than nothing at all, I suppose, but I hardly found it to be ideal.Īs far as the actual playing experience, my impressions are generally positive. This is nowhere near as elegant of a solution as having an enclosed cord compartment with a latching door. Instead, the space underneath the wrist rest is hollow all the way through, giving you a place to shove your cable when the stick isn’t in use. There’s also a cord compartment for that USB cable, but it’s not like the enclosed compartment you find on many other sticks. The more compact size also makes it more conducive to travel. Geared toward semi-serious play, the Qanba Drone features a “tournament lock switch” near the top to lock out the PlayStation menu buttons (options, share, etc.) to prevent accidental presses. It’s somewhere in between, which might be the Goldilocks zone for some fighting game fans. That said, it’s nowhere near as compact as the MadCatz FightStick Alpha or the Hori Fighting Stick Mini 4 either. If you like the heavier and more robust build of a full-size stick like the excellent Eightarc Fusion Synthesis, you’re going to find that this arcade stick is too small. ![]() The Street Fighter ExperienceĪ few things struck me immediately about the Qanba Drone. To achieve this price point, just like the Carbon, the Qanba Drone comes with Qanba parts rather than sourcing buttons and levers from Sanwa. It’s not exactly the $50 Qanba Carbon, which I absolutely love, but it’s still pretty affordable. It’s not quite as cheap as the cheapest sticks, but at $80, it’s also significantly less than its more expensive counterparts. Perhaps almost just as notable, the Qanba Drone is being positioned as more of a budget arcade stick. It officially works with the PS4 in an official capacity. The single biggest thing that makes the Qanba Drone so different this time around is that they sought off official Sony certification such that this stick can be sold as an officially licensed Sony product. In the previous generation of consoles, they did so mostly through unlicensed chips. Qanba and Eightarc have a long history of pushing out arcade sticks that are multi-platform compatible. Are you buzzing with excitement? Bringing the Stick to the Fight If you want to pinch a few pennies while still enjoying the full arcade experience, the Qanba Drone by Eightarc could be your way to get back into the fight. And what if you don’t have $150 or $200 to spend on a new stick, just because your Xbox 360 and PS3 sticks are feeling a little more worthless these days? Ever since the so-called “next generation” of home consoles hit - and especially after people started playing Killer Instinct and Street Fighter V on the Xbox One and the PS4, respectively - fighting game fans have been on the lookout for the best arcade sticks to play their favorite games. ![]()
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