Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-25093611-20160322113057/@comment-734582-20160602113533

Actionmanrandell wrote: Nagato is a different story Actually, he's not. Nagato had the Rinnegan as a kid but didn't use it beyond mere vision. It wasn't until he was an adult that he was able to do anything with it, and he had it for decades by the time he had Six Paths of Pain.

Obito had it for a few weeks, tops. If he'd been given the same time as Nagato, he would've had similar if not greater control. Obito also pushed the rinnegan much further from the start, coupled himself to Gedo immediately and was using advanced Rinnegan powers very early on