Did anyone bother with trying to obtain one of those green controllers that were supposedly made with a better D-Pad but were only released in Europe and Asia? Reviews tell me that it doesn't change much D-Pad wise.

i Have the Red one. The D-Pad is Slightly stiffer, but it doesnt make playing SF any easier. In fact, since im a guile user, i find it a tad bit harder.

i have a red one and would agree, i feel like the rubber/plastic if somewhat more dense /durable slighty heavy, great control on all non fighting games (i got the akuma fight pad)

I have 2 white ones and a black one. the pad on the black one seems a bit better, but not much. I did the d-pad mod to a wired controller a while back but it has since broke and gotten tossed. the d-pad mod seemed to help some but not worth all the time and trouble it takes to preform.

I have the SFIV pad too, it's good but I prefer my sticks. and 40 bucks is a little much for a wired 3rd party controller IMO.