>>82656221Having lived during the time when analog sticks were not being considered part of the "baseline" controller and having played actual arcades for a bit, playing with a D-pad is sustainable only when said pad is built properly by the manufacturer and unfortunately most modern controllers are not.
I think the last good D-pad was from the Dualshock 2 (the controller for the Playstation 2) while the Xbox controller and anything based on that model on the other hand are atrocious and might as well not exist.