In terms of gameplay, I like arcade buttons with full-size keyboard switches. I used all-button controllers with low-profile switches, and I miss a lot of inputs because the travel is too short that the game sometimes registers it as a simultaneous button press. With the full-size switches and longer travel, you can really distinguish a linear movement vs. a simultaneous press, especially on older games like Alpha or 3S where inputs are very strict which are played better with a stick than an button box
Honestly I see no point in using a linear keyswitch in one of these. The ball bearing switches are the most ingeniously simple and durable short-throw linear switches around. And cheaper, tho you may have bought cherrys in bulk and have spares. As far as I'm concerned the gamer fingers are about getting weird.
Are those crown buttons still available? I wanted to grab gamerfingers, but the only sets I found on Amazon want to charge me over $100, and I'm not trying to spend all THAT on some buttons 😅
I used to use crown buttons, but after finding out about some not great business practices done to Arcade Shock I went back to Sanwas. Something not brought up in the video which is a big oversight is spacing. Some sticks have issues with fitting screw in buttons into their housing due to PCB placement or how close the button holes are together making it difficult to tighten the retaining ring. Also due to cost I would say mechanical buttons aren't worth it if you aren't a serious player as they are much more costly than Sanwas. For aesthetics they also come in fewer colors which for a casual player who is trying to get a particular color scheme or theme Sanwas have more options. However everything is personal preference. I own 8 sticks (gave away 2 for a total of 10 I bought over getting into the hobby last April) and I would say buying mechanical buttons is a luxury that won't improve your play so I caution against spending $50 on crowns when you probably have Sanwas or Hayabusas in your stick (depending on manufacturer), although I dislike the throw of Hayabusas and prefer concave Sanwas.
U can replace the modular parts in a sanwa (any) button too. In the past I never had problems finding those parts. U can buy screw versions of sanwa and seimitsus also. Also in ur last video where u talked about buttons and silent buttons I felt like their were def some discrepancies (24mm easier to find?? Huh???). Also big disagree all around about silent buttons, but then again I didn't put the foam in my buttons, I bought pre-made silent buttons (I know it's same tech but its diff installation, the foam isn't loose etc).
Do not order gamer fingers from the gamer finger site. I ordered them 2 months ago and still haven't received any communication. I'm having paypal escalate right now
ASI & IST sell Crown 202s. IST also sells Crown 201s which are louder and have more travel. I'd say go for the 202s personally, but 201s aren't bad imo. And I like Sanwas the most of Japanese buttons. Seimitsu PS-14-Gs aren't bad either in my opinion. All personal preference
Doesn't matter at all i have optic switch keyboard, custom keyboard, cherry mx red switched keyboard you Don't feel anything till you see logs Even it's physically fastest keyboard don't reach the numbers they promised due to softwares For example i have 0.2 ms optic switch keyboard but in reality it's 5 ms Also fast doesn't mean you can do fast as that it depends game you play For example when I play sf6 with optic switch keyboard i see my button logs i do the do right input but action not come out so don't think about buttons this much pick what you comfortable with it And focus on PCB and software Doesn't matter what do you play with (joystick, arcade stick,hitbox,snackbox,keyboard)
