since i dont suffer from discomfort or troubles with diagonals, neither do i struggle playing amiga platformers on a pad on a real amiga - ergo it is a matter of taste/preference/whatever you want to call it. 

I read this surprisingly only in forums.  But every time i've asked my friends to use the joypad to play Amiga games with/against me they say: "NO!!  Give me the stick!!".