Here’s how to use your PlayStation 3 fighting stick on the PlayStation 4

Sticks in the fighting game community are like bowling balls in the PBA. To the untrained eye a pile of tournament player fighting sticks may look the same, but each one has likely been modified and tweaked to fit each competitor’s preference. These can be personal chunks of equipment that have seen serious time and monetary investment.

Which is why when Evolution, the fighting game world’s largest championship event, announced that Ultra Street Fighter IV would officially be played on PlayStation 4 consoles — you could hear a collective groan among the community.