I just posted this in another thread, but thought I'd share here too. So I am now on the fence about which stick is better. The Seimitsu's uses microswitches with blades, and the sanwa's use microswitches without blades. Without blades the sanwa has a little more play/throw in it before the microswitch registers a direction. This may be desireable for fighters (I'm not really sure). The seimitsu feels tighter because of the blades, and registers the directions very quickly (small movement)...this may be more desireable for shooters (again not really sure).
I'd need to play test each side by side to give a real opinion, but in my mind this is what I think the differences would be for the style of games you'd want to play.
I'd also like to try taping up the bottom end of the sanwa to see if I could make the play tighter.
I wish I had time to do all of this, but I am so far behind at work, and have a family wedding at the end of the week.
