Also in regards to the Madcatz MLG pad, the price is about $100 so that's beyond anyquestions' budget range. Before consider buying, I would look at the average user ratings. For me, at least 20 users that give an average of 4 or above out of 5 I would consider buying. In Amazon.com, I would look for these factors first then I would look for reasons based on users who gave low scores and find a common point.
So in this case, Madcatz MLG pad for the Xbox 360 has an average rating of 3.5 stars out of 5 by 42 customers, I hunt those users who gave a low score and analyze their reasoning. I put their reasoning together and learned that the quality is poor, controller shuts itself down, and the buttons tend to stick down after a couple of weeks.