Well the obvious problem apart from the price with the ASCII pad is the way the cable cames out from the back of the pad, another let down is that a VMU must be inserted on the pad this may cause the pad to be a little heavy, but this what I suppose, one of my major doubts is how the d-pad behave is it as good or better than the Saturn pad? The saturn adaptoids are way cheaper than the ascii pad but I think its always better to get the official products since they are more reliable, the price is definitly an advantage to the adapters like total control or the dream connection.