Live rounds are all that count. Of course trigger pull is also a factor, but pointing is irrelevant without trigger pull so it counts, IMO.
Case in point, in recent anecdotal fashion, I bought a Beretta APX Centurion and Glock 19.5 recently. In the basement, dry fire, gun shop, "pointing" the APX wins, hands down. It comes on target instantly and feels just wonderful in the hand and the trigger pull is smooth and sweet. The 19 never feels right in my hands, something with the too short grip and it needs a deeper undercut trigger guard, even with my preferred medium beavertail.
Move to live fire and I shoot circles around it with the Glock, instantly, from round one.
So gun shop comfort doesn't always tell the story.