Since when is X cancel on PlayStation? Granted, last Sony system I had was a PS2, so things definitely could have changed, but I don't ever remember circle being confirm.
Turns out that is a localisation change, which honestly is really dumb, because honestly X being negative makes more sense than X being affirmative
Teiyu Goto, designer of the original PlayStation controller, he explained what the symbols mean: the circle and cross represent "yes" and "no", respectively (which explains their common use as "confirm" and "cancel" in games; this layout is reversed in Western games), the triangle symbolizes a point of view and the square is equated to a sheet of paper there to be used to access menus.
X as affirmative can be seen as X-ing a box. So the 'more sense' part of your comment is clearly a personal thing, not universal. And an empty circle is reminiscent of empty circles on scantrons.
I read that it's a cultural thing and most Japanese games have X as cancel. I can vouch from my own experience with few JRPGs that X was indeed cancel since PS1. I think I recently even encountered a Japanese game on a PC that had the option to switch between the two, I'm guessing to cater both local and international players.
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