Reddit mentions of New Improved D-Pad - Mad Catz Street Fighter V FightPad PRO for PlayStation4 and PlayStation3 - Red - PlayStation 4

https://www.amazon.com/New-Improved-D-Pad-PlayStation4-PlayStation3-PlayStation/dp/B01HT2TTBC/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=ARMP2X6YYURU&keywords=fightpad&qid=1555258622&s=gateway&sprefix=fightpad&sr=8-3

I used this one for awhile but I don't like it too much -

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TKLFES8/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

This is the one I'm using currently -

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HT2TTBC/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Years ago I used to just use a PS1/PS2 pad with a converter.

Honestly I haven't really found a pad I like all that much. Sega Saturn controller or something like that would probably be the best but yeah.

The only 100% smooth way to map the A/B/C buttons in a 1:1 way to a conventional gamepad would be to use a pad with a Sega-style 6-button layout. The MadCatz Fightpad is a prime candidate here. Retro-bit is working on dual-analog, bluetooth clones of the Genesis and Saturn pads due out in November. The vintage Saturn 3D pad would also work, as long as you're sure your adapter supports it. Basically you'd want ABC/XYZ = B, C-left, C-up / A, C-down, C-right.

This way you wind up with a controller which adapts equally well to Sega and N64 games, while also working decently for SNES, PS1, etc. On official Sega pads, I find BCYZ matches the positioning of SNES/PS face buttons more closely than Sega's ABXY buttons.

Otherwise for a playsation-style 4-button layout, the problem is the up/down/left/right orientation of the C-buttons is wholly irrelevant to some games, and wholly relevant to others.

For example Rare FPS, you will definitely want the c-button directional orientation retained on an analog stick or d-pad. For other games, it's more important to have A/B in the cross/square positions, and then it only makes sense to have C-left and C-down mapped to triangle/circle, and the other C's mapped to two of the shoulder buttons.

On the whole I'd recommend making heavy use of game-specific remapping to have a custom config in each game depending on your needs.

Kind of looking to pick up one of these cause it has the toggle for Left and Right the stick, so it can still be used for consumables. Friend has one and its actually fairly decent. I like the D-pad on this one a little more than I do the Hori.

New Improved D-Pad - Mad Catz Street Fighter V FightPad PRO for PlayStation4 and PlayStation3 - Red - PlayStation 4 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HT2TTBC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_2Og1xbESG31HW