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Mad Catz Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Wired GamePad - Black (Xbox 360)

List Price: £39.99
Our Price: £31.50
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Average Customer Rating:

Binding: Accessory
Brand: Madcatz
EAN: 5052217135957
Feature: Twin ?Combat? buttons for on-the-fly custom rema
Format: Unknown format
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Madcatz
Manufacturer: Madcatz
Model: CD6472600MA1/04/1
Platform: Xbox 360
Publisher: Madcatz
Release Date: 2009-11-11
Studio: Madcatz

Features
Twin ?Combat? buttons for on-the-fly custom rema Ergonomic pistol grips Immersive backlit analog stick modules Vibration feedback technology 9.8ft (3m) cable

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Spotlight customer reviews:

Customer Rating:

Summary: That took a long time
Comment: Shame the pad sounds pretty ropey - because the 'combat buttons' are something I built into an old Xbox pad years ago to remap white and black to be usable in Midnight Club.

I should have patented that ;) There are photos on the web still from back in the day.

Customer Rating:

Summary: The controller is AWFUL.
Comment: The grips on the side are the only good thing, The buttons at the back are to hard to press in a tight situation. So it makes them useless and the shoot buttoms are to slippery. The controller is just really bad..

Customer Rating:

Summary: Potentially brilliant in the right hands....
Comment: Firstly I'll start off by saying that the ideas in this pad are excellent! The combat buttons in theory would give you that split second advantage that is very often the difference between life and death in games like CoD, plus there's an element of choice too so you can arrange the controls so that you never have to take your thumbs off the sticks - sounds great so far. Also Madcatz made an excellent choice using the official sticks which means it feels very similar to the official pad, so you won't have to change the way you aim after its "broken in".

Unfortunately they've made some fatal errors: (bear in mind I would say I have averaged size hands/fingers - if you have smallish or very large hands then some of this may not apply)

1) BUMPER BUTTONS (RB/LB) - Only extend about 4mm from the top of the pad and require a lot of pressure compared to the official pad, where you could literally brush the button to press it in. With the Madcatz pad the pressure involved to press it down combined with the position of the triggers means you have a lot of movement required to press the button and force to then press it down (with the official pad you could pivot the index finger whilst resting it on the trigger to press the bumper button - no chance of doing that with this!)

2) TRIGGERS - These are simply set too far back,if you want to use it without the combat buttons being available you can cope with it just about. However, the way they are positioned with the combat buttons it was both incredibly uncomfortable for my index finger to press them in completely with my middle finger on the combat button and it was actually pushing my middle finger off the combat button after it was fully depressed.

3) COMBAT BUTTON - Really good idea but they're tiny! I mean tiny literally 5mm in diameter and placed too far forward for me at least. I like the idea and customization which allows you to never have to take your thumbs off the sticks, but they've made a poor design choice with the position - Or may be I don't have averaged sized hands, and will have to re-evaluate

So in conclusion I would say there are a few other minor flaws but nothing worthy of mention, the build quality is good and potential is excellent but "TRY BEFORE YOU BUY" - if you have a friend or games store where you can try it then do so, and if it feels fine go for it. But, if you're sitting at home reading this then take heed and don't do what I did ( I bought it on pre-order! Based off what I though were reliable reviews!). ( I gave 1 star to lower the overall score in order that people might read the reviews first if it was right for me I would have given it 4/5 - But I think for many it will be a waste of money)

Customer Rating:

Summary: good but annoying!!!
Comment: Bought this a while back and to start with it was a really good controller and had a lot of fun playing games with it, but after about a month or so it started turning itself off for a second or two which didnt bother me too much until it started doing it at least once an hour, and is especially annoying when you are playing people online and it turns off just as you are about to be killed so you cannot do anything about it!!

There has been times when it has turned off multiple times in the sapce of a few minutes which has fast becoming tedious and as a result has ended up back in its box and probably never used again

Not something that I would reconmend to anyone who likes to use something for more than just a month!!

Customer Rating:

Summary: Works well when it works!!!
Comment: This would have been a great product if it did not keep turning itself off. Button config. is good triggers are far more responsive than standard controller, but the overall build quality is not good.