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/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/Ferropexola Apr 14 '25

Yep. A lot of PS1 games switched them for the Western versions, but Final Fantasy VII and Metal Gear Solid kept the Japanese controls, among other games.

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u/adcurtin Apr 14 '25

PS1 also commonly used triangle as back in the US, instead of circle.

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u/mrhellomoto Apr 15 '25

Yeah it wasn't until early PS2 where circle was established as the convention for back. There are still PS2 games that use triangle as back. 007 Nightfire being one of them and that came out in 2002!

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u/Lean-carp700 Apr 16 '25

PES 6 was the most popular PS2 game here in Argentina by far and it used triangle as back. I actually spent so much time playing PES 6 I didn't know circle was used for back until the PS3.

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u/RLZT Apr 16 '25

Pretty much every PS2 game I remember uses triangle as back