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

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Gearbox said:
d pad isnt too bad, all good patents are taken... but still for a figthing game what r u gonna pick

bad d - pad less lag because servers are better
OR
good d - pad with lag because servers are utter shit

Doesn't matter. Only casual newbs use d-pads for fighting games.