Are These Official Genesis Controllers?

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Are These Official Genesis Controllers?

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I was looking to buy some 6-button Genesis controllers and I found some on ebay. They say Sega on them so I'm assuming they are official but the buttons don't look the same as others I've seen. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/2XBLACK-6-BUTTON ... 175wt_1396
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Re: Are These Official Genesis Controllers?

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I'm guessing reproductions especially since it is coming out of Hong Kong. Also that guy's feedback is not so good.
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They look authentic enough, but I'm gonna go with cheap Hong Kong knockoffs myself. Ebay seems to have like 60% of their goods come from there these days ugh
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Definitely knockoffs. Look at those ugly square plugs on the end. There were s few different plug designs for the 8 and 16 bit Sega systems, but they were all log and sleek. So wonderful, people are going to need to check for knockoff Gen pads now. :?
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bmoc wrote:Also that guy's feedback is not so good.
Keep in mind that it is 98.8% to 226720 sales. Not really that bad at all.
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Re: Are These Official Genesis Controllers?

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BRIK wrote:
bmoc wrote:Also that guy's feedback is not so good.
Keep in mind that it is 98.8% to 226720 sales. Not really that bad at all.
Yeah but read some of the neutral/negative comments. Clearly this person is selling a lot of shoddy products. Lots of items don't arrive at all. I wouldn't take the risk.
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Re: Are These Official Genesis Controllers?

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i wouldnt get those it says the wires are 0.8m long...unless you plan on sitting mad close to your tv

plus i bought one of these controllers from china a while ago off ebay..the buttons were loose and the thing just felt cheap
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Wow, even as far as knockoffs go those are pretty far off.
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i would only buy those to fix some 6ers i already had that are worn.
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Re: Are These Official Genesis Controllers?

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the blue start button indicates knock off. It should be the same color as the x,y,z buttons
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