EXHIBIT 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors
Mad Catz Interactive, Inc.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement No. 333-103798 on Form S-8 of Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. of our report dated June 26, 2009, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Mad Catz Interactive, Inc. and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended March 31, 2009, and the related financial statement Schedule II, which report appears in the March 31, 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Mad Catz Interactive, Inc.

/s/ KPMG LLP
San Diego, California
June 26, 2009