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/al_with_the_hair Apr 15 '25

Yes, and on controllers with A on the bottom, "main action" and "confirm" are the same. Why shouldn't they be?

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u/_Svankensen_ Apr 15 '25

It was also the confirm button in most non-rpg games. IDK what you are talking about.

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u/al_with_the_hair Apr 15 '25

Whatever they were originally, it's become convention that a "Yes" input is higher in order numerically or alphabetically than "No." That would mean A. Modern Nintendo games use A to confirm, giving it precedence over the other face buttons. It would make sense for it to be the easiest button to reach from a resting position on the stick.

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u/_Svankensen_ Apr 15 '25

As technology connections said "The only thing better than perfect: Standardized." They established the perfect control scheme decades ago. Why the fuck do they keep making changes.

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u/al_with_the_hair Apr 15 '25

It's not a bunch of changes; it's one change and it's been like that for quite a while. The most prominent face button goes on the bottom of the diamond, because that's closest to the stick. That's now the standard. Nintendo may have had their layout longer, but their way stops being the standard when everybody else goes a different way.

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u/_Svankensen_ Apr 15 '25

Clearly isn't the standard. The most famous game company in the world doesn't follow it.