Mark Julio has provide several updates on some future Mad Catz products. The Community and Sponsorship Manager first provided a look at the upcoming Type-N panel for the Arcade FightStick Tournament Edition 2. You can check it out below:
The @MadCatz TYPE-N panel (art, clear top & metal panel) for the TE2 FightStick will be available soon. pic.twitter.com/2ITKs63H0v
— Mark Julio (マークマン) (@MarkMan23) April 30, 2015
The standard Mad Catz Arcade FightStick Tournament Edition 2 is now available for the Xbox One and Xbox 360. On the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 side, the Ultra Street fighter IV version of the arcade stick has already been released while the standard one is expected to arrive later this month. If you haven’t already, you can purchase TE2 for all aforementioned platforms with this page on Amazon.
Mark Julio also provided some information on a new FightPad product. He revealed that Mad Catz is planning to release a new iteration for the PlayStation 4 by the time Street Fighter V launches. After that, his company will focus on releasing the specialized fighting controller for other platforms:
@nephtez @MadCatz we are working on it. These things take time. — Mark Julio (マークマン) (@MarkMan23) April 30, 2015
@nephtez @KillerInstinct @MadCatz we are aware. We are working on new things and they will take time.— Mark Julio (マークマン) (@MarkMan23) April 30, 2015
@nephtez we are targeting the release of our new FightPad for when SFV launches for PS4. We will focus— Mark Julio (マークマン) (@MarkMan23) April 30, 2015
@nephtez we will focus on other platforms after that.
— Mark Julio (マークマン) (@MarkMan23) April 30, 2015
Last but not least, the manager also confirmed that Mad Catz does not have the ability to patch in compatibility of PS3 FightPads for the PlayStation 4. It is ultimately up to game developers to do so:
@theAdamCurtis @nephtez @LabZeroGames we can’t, you know. We don’t have the ability to patch in compatibility. That’s on the devs.
— Mark Julio (マークマン) (@MarkMan23) April 30, 2015
The above-mentioned Street Fighter V is expected to come out in the Spring of 2016.