New Line Of Qanba Sticks Will Be Releasing Soon(Update)!!
Update 11/17/2016 4:13pm EST- The Qanba Dragon is now available for pre-order(available on Eightarc) retailing @ $299.99!! Like the Qanba Crystal, Dragon will be available Mid-Late December of next month!!
During the last generation of gaming, Mad Catz and Hori were without a doubt the most popular brands of controllers when it came to Fight Sticks.
Despite having a great deal of popularity within the fighting game community, there was one other brand whose name came to prominence when they released a Fight Stick that essentially did what the rest could not do.
The product, Q4Raf, the company, Qanba. The Q4Raf was certainly an amazing piece of hardware as it was compatible with the two popular systems at the time Xbox 360 and PS3 in addition to having PC compatibility.
It’s sleek design, genuine arcade parts, and reasonable price made it a stick that was hard to ignore and certainly caught the eye of many pros and new comers alike.
Despite having what looked like a major success with their Q4Raf, Qanba was fairly quiet when it came to the current generation of consoles then, during the summer of this year, they released the Drone.
While the Drone was certainly a testament to Qanba’s amazing design and compatibility, it was created more so for affordability lacking the genuine arcade parts.
For a moment, it seemed like Qanba was moving a way from creating the high end sticks that were enjoyed by many during the last generation..that was until last week when arcade stick guru Mark Julio, who helped in designing the fight stick, showed off one of Qanba’s new hi-end joysticks, the Dragon!!
While not much has been released in terms of pricing, we do know that the Dragon will be compatible with the PS4, PS3, and PC!!
The over all design certainly seems to give off a stronger arcade feel as the top panel of the stick juts out from the bottom which seems to be more suited for resting on a flat surface.
Customizing the Dragon will also be much easier as they added interior access allowing for both modding an holding items.
While the Dragon seems like it is still quite a bit away from an official release, another high end stick from Qanba is coming right around the corner and will be here next month.
The Crystal bears a some what striking resemblance to an older model the Q2 which seems to carry the same features like glowing led buttons and the rounded edge case design. The Crystal will also be compatible with all three gaming platforms and retails @ $149.99(Pre-Orders Now Available)
We are glad to see Qanba is back into the swing of things and now that they have set up shop here in the states, it guarantees fans will be able to enjoy what the Joystick manufacturer has to offer a lot sooner!!
Source: Qanba USA(facebook),Qanba USA
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