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

[sega4life]

-Newcloud- said:
yep i hate the 360's d-pad aswell i was playing gears 2 and trying to change weapons and ending up with granades and that can prove to be fatal

 

To add... when playing Warhawk, I have problems selecting weapons with the PS3's D-Pad. Example: pressing right and down for the sniper rifle, but I select knife instead (which is just down)...

so to each his own when it comes to controls i guess.