360 D-Pad, just why did they design it like that?

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hmmmm....I played gears 2 on my friends 360 and took me a while to get use to it but i eventually got the hang of it but when we played SF4 on his 360 I can't do combos properly but when I play SF4 on my ps3 I do it with ease.