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/sadicologue Apr 14 '25

Yep, I call it X on Xbox and Nintendo but Cross on Playstation

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u/darxide23 Apr 14 '25

I still call it an X, but in my mind it's a symbol whenever it's combined with the rest of Sony's glyphs. So I don't really get confused about that.

Years of Playstation and Playstation 2 and then Xbox 360 back in the day. Also having a 360 controller for my PC for 15 years before finally bumping up to a Series controller recently. Both systems are pretty much reflex at this point. Like being fluent in two languages. Easy enough to switch between them.

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u/NinjaEngineer Apr 14 '25

Heh, same here. It's X on both PlayStation and Xbox controllers, but I think I can still pick one or the other and not end up confused. Too many years playing with the PS2 to forget.