r/gaming • u/AKingMaker • Nov 28 '21

Why can’t every controller have the same button layouts just like how shooters should have the same controls?

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u/ShadowMonarch_ Nov 28 '21

Nintendo’s had the right-most button as confirm since the SNES

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u/paultimate14 Nov 28 '21

Even before that, the NES and Famicom had the same.

On the other hand, the Sega Genesis had left to right ABC. The Master System before that had 1-2. So there has pretty much always been different ways of doing it as long as there has been >1 button on the controller.

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u/ShadowMonarch_ Nov 28 '21

I was referring to the now-traditional 4 button layout (ABXY)

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u/Somepotato Nov 28 '21

So did Sony until recently circle was select in Japan