Well...a bit off topic but neway
I'll agree - at some point - with Nofacekill3r, in terms of pad difficulty (PS3 vs 360 pad). It's about how you have been used to (however imho, this applies only to SCIV atm and not games like SFIV or BB, which are VERY hard to be played with the 360 pad).
Personally, I've playing with a PS3 pad so far (holding it vertically like a stick and only using the pad and NOT the analog) and to be honest I don't find any difficulty executing any move of SCIV. The ones that are the most "troubling" and need practice are moves that need TIMING (ex: Ivy's 5-hit JF, or Setsu's JF umbrella etc).
I should mention once more that I still think SCIV (like most other 3d fighters) is generally easier than 2d fighters in terms of inputing and execution. Whoever thinks that just being able to CS or SS or even iCS is something miraculous and his skills are beyond any imagination, should try and play any 2d fighter (in high level of course).
Of course (not to cause any misunderstandings here), not relying too much on complicated inputs, it doesn't mean that learning SCIV is an easy task of course.
back to combos please ;p