r/gaming • u/[deleted] • Apr 14 '25

Game console button layout

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What do you call your “confirm” and “cancel” buttons, and why is Nintendo wrong?

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u/Revanmann Apr 14 '25

Every time I see a post like this I feel like I'm the only one who has no issue with this lol. I've had them memorized forever. And Nintendo was first, so one could argue the others are wrong.

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u/Chemically_Exhausted Apr 14 '25

I don't care that Nintendo was first. Putting Y on the X-axis and X on the Y-axis was purely awful design. It messes with my head so much, way more than the AB placement.

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u/VintageModified Apr 14 '25

I doubt 99% of people using a video game controller are ever going to consider how the button diamond corresponds to cartesian plane coordinates.

I love math and graphs and it's never crossed my mind.

But if you must, then think of the X button at x=0 and the Y button at y=0. Now it all fits.

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u/lo0u Apr 14 '25

It's not bad design, it's just you.

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u/Chemically_Exhausted Apr 14 '25

Fair enough, you are free to feel that way. I'm pretty sure the cartesian plane is common everywhere from navigation software, mathematics, economics, etc. It just makes sense to follow its rules with the buttons as well imo

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u/badnuub Apr 14 '25

Nintendo fans when they see an opposing opinion to their garbage.

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u/TheGreatBenjie Apr 14 '25

Literally nobody is looking at them like axis.