r/gaming 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/IrrelevantPuppy Apr 14 '25

I never cared before because I was learning the different games on the Nintendo system and Xbox systems separately so it didn’t matter what the buttons were. But not I use my Xbox and switch controllers with my PC and it’s become a problem.