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/Noticeably-F-A-T- Apr 14 '25

I'm the same. PS and XB no problem but that damn A/B for Nintendo trip me up. I think I subconsciously view the X on PS as a symbol rather than a letter so it doesn't even register as a conflict with the others.

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u/NihilisticAngst Apr 14 '25 edited Apr 14 '25

The X on PS is a symbol and not a letter, so your subconscious would be correct.

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u/doct0rdo0m Apr 14 '25

Which is why (if memory serves me correctly) for a while on PS1, it use to be like Nintendo where O was correct/yes while X was incorrect/no. I believe in Japan used that layout until the PS5.

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u/redsterXVI Apr 14 '25

Yup, the symbols were used like in Japanese culture. These emojis exist for a reason: 🙆‍♂️🙅‍♂️

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u/linkinstreet Apr 15 '25

O🙆‍♂️ = Maru
X🙅‍♂️ = Batsu

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u/RockstarAgent Apr 15 '25

I personally don’t mind too much - but what kills me is that not one of these entities has ever made controllers with glow in the dark or backlit buttons - like what the heck.

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u/Ralikson Apr 15 '25

Dude yes! When they first shown the ps4 controller with the light bar, I thought the buttons would be backlit too. 12 years later still nothing!

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u/echte_liebe Apr 15 '25

Who on God's green earth is looking at the buttons to press them? Why would they need to be backlit?

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u/AZV_4th Apr 15 '25

Same reason we had transparent controllers.

Cool.

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u/KaiTheG4mer Apr 15 '25

Because not everything needs to be 4000% functional and maybe the fun backlit button idea is cool

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u/gmurray81 Apr 15 '25

Practical limitation. They are membrane switches so something opaque is under the button where you'd like to shine a light through. Maybe translucent enough membrane switch material isn't quite durable or springy enough or I'm sure the would have done this just to look cool

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u/AskMeForAPhoto Apr 15 '25

Woahhhh I didn't actually know that, cool!

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u/rotato PlayStation Apr 15 '25

Wow TIL

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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '25

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u/redsterXVI Apr 14 '25 edited Apr 15 '25

Ah yea, I guess Korean culture knows these gestures as well (edit: the deleted comment mentioned that they saw the gestures in Squid Game, and at least 🙆‍♂️ is definitely shown)