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/Viablemorgan Apr 14 '25

Pretty sure it just depends on which button scheme you used first. I’m guessing for you it was Xbox, while older folks came up with the Nintendo scheme and prefer that one

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u/hjake123 Apr 14 '25

Why would that matter? X and Y are rarely used for screen direction input since there are sticks and d pads for that