Well you're right in a way that aim assist is usually the single largest reason on consoles for the popularity of any weapon. The moment I hear someone say that they find this particular weapon [i][b]crisp[/b][/i], I just check the aim assist stat and it's usually pretty high. People deny this fact that they are not the ones aiming, it's just the stat doing it for you otherwise they would be good with any other weapon of the same archetype even if it has low aim assist. This is the reason why people crutch on things like MIDA, Spare Rations, etc.