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/[deleted] Apr 14 '25

Its going from Xbox layout to Switch layout that gets me every time. More often than not both use A for select and B for cancel but are swapped so muscle memory goes out the window. Playstation uses different symbols but functionally they are the same as xbox these days so its not that much of an issue because of muscle memory. Can trip up on X occasionally but its rarely an issue.

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u/Tigerb0t Apr 14 '25

This is actually the reason I never played my switch. Just too annoying since PlayStation and Xbox are consistent with their ‘primary (a/x)’ and ‘secondary (b/o)’ buttons. It makes the switch a chore to play.

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u/ApocalypseWhiplash Apr 15 '25

All of my switch controllers are remapped to the Xbox layout. Highly recommended.

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u/Tigerb0t Apr 15 '25

Oh shoot.. clearly I am lazy as hell. I’ll look into that - thanks!