
My year of gaming in 2023 has revolved around re-discovering my love for the fighting game genre. Street Fighter 6 is the main reason for this, which is a new high point for the series in terms of features and accessibility as well as offering amazing gameplay, but I've returned to older games in my collection too. And I owe a lot of it to one particular peripheral: the Victrix Pro FS arcade stick from PDP.
I've had the privilege to try out this controller for the past few months with my PS5 and there's little more I think I could ask for in terms of available features from one of the best fight sticks around. But there's also one big reason I can't recommend it easily, which we'll get to later.