Should I buy?

[Alpha Six]

but it's pretty much a fact that most people abhor the 360's dpad.

It's not a fact, it's an opinion.
If it was fact, I wouldn't have brought it up.

Maybe on your end people like the PS3 one more,
but not on my end.
It's the complete opposite.

it's a fact that most people

you may know a group that thinks the complete opposite, but the general consensus agrees that the 360's dpad sucks-- even 360 owners, as shown above.