Everyone else nailed it. It's great for a beginner because of its moderate price and highly customizable for everyone else. I bought it for around £60.73 (to my surprise since I expected £72.87, but it's dispatched by Amazon Eu Sarl), which is equivalent to about $93.00, but the postage and packaging is £20.72 (~$30). With standard shipping, the total is $129.74. I recommend the priority shipping since it's only about $3.00 more. If you're a beginner, you're still paying less than for the bigger brands like Madcatz or Hori and won't notice the quality difference too much. For everyone else, it's easier to mod than most sticks on the market. The stick was secure inside the package when it arrived. It's smaller and lighter than the SSFIV TE stick. The share button functions perfectly. It definitely works for both PS3 and PS4; when you use it on PS3, the light indicator will tell you what player you are. However, because players are indicated by light instead of numbers on the PS4, the stick doesn't register it properly and the light won't come on. The PS button cannot turn on the PS4, so you need to do it manually, and when it's on, you need to press the button for it to actually work on the system. At least the button is fun to click. The buttons were ok. It's more resistant, not as loose and doesn't click like the Sanwa OBSF-30, which I bought from focusattack.com (make sure to write down which wire goes to what button or you'll have fun opening it back up to figure it out). The joystick felt pretty good, but I replaced it with the Sanwa JLF one from Amazon. If you decide to switch it, you'll need the 5-pin female to female JST-XH cable (it luckily came with the ordered joystick, but if you need one, you can order it from Amazon, as well; unfortunately, it's hard to find anywhere else). The artwork is probably my favorite part of this stick. The plexiglass is held down by magnets that are strong enough to hold the art down along with the buttons (put the art down first before you lay the buttons on top of it) but easy enough to simply lift off when you have removed the balltop and buttons. The art is 12.8 x 7.7 inches, meaning you can use 8.5 by 14 in. paper and print it out on regular printers. I recommend 28 or 32 lb. paper for a higher quality feel, but regular 20 lb. will work if you don't mind the flimsiness (I bought the 28 lb Hammermill copy paper from Amazon). If you don't trust yourself, you can go to FedEx (~$1.38 each) to print on 32 lb or Staples to print on 20 lb ($0.50 each). I used an Epson XP-610 printer. When printing the .pdf image, make sure to select "actual size" and check "choose paper source by PDF page size." You can also go into advanced settings and check "print as image" to avoid potential problems. Creating the art was daunting at first, but after learning about some basics, it was fun. Gimp or Photoshop will work. I used Photoshop CS2 since it was free (you need a product key after you install it, but you can find it on a forum if you google it). You can find the template for the stick on shoryuken.com, and I recommend these two videos if you wish to edit your own artwork: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hzRZaOey38 (ignore size difference) www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOddVbdMLXY (after cutting what you want, save it as a .psd file to place it on the stick template) It was my first time modding a stick, and I couldn't be happier with the result.