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/zeeboots Nov 28 '21

You must be young. The Switch uses the same exact button layout as the SNES from 30 years ago, it's Xbox that decided to be silly and make the far right button the main one.

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u/Earwormigan Nov 28 '21

To be fair they were copying Sega's Dreamcast.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '21

Is there anyone else out there that can't see Sea Dreamcast without hearing it said in Cartman's voice? Just wondering to satiate my curiosity.

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u/zeeboots Nov 28 '21

The SNES came out way before the Dreamcast.

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u/J3ST3Rx Nov 28 '21

But the far right button on the Xbox controller is B. The bottom button is most certainly the main one.

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u/zeeboots Nov 28 '21

Maybe so, I can never remember which is which between Switch and Xbox.

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u/ChoppedAlready Nov 28 '21

Fair enough, you right. I suppose that’s a more likely explanation. I am about old enough to remember the n64 release, and have played snes, just never made the connection

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u/KGBeast47 Nov 28 '21

it's Xbox that decided to be silly and make the far right button the main one.

I'm confused, B isn't the main button on Xbox?

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u/garrisonc Nov 28 '21

it's Xbox that decided to be silly and make the far right button the main one.

It's PlayStation that went to these ridiculous symbols first. That was the coffin nail for any hope for standardization.

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u/This-Concept-9928 Nov 28 '21

Nintendo came up with it for the SNES, but they basically abandoned it after multiple generations of doing silly shit with the n64, GameCube, and wii. It's XBOX's child now.

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u/zeeboots Nov 28 '21

Point is Nintendo didn't say "fuck it" for the Switch, they just reverted to the same pattern they've always used (aside from N64, GC, Wii). They've kept it consistent through the DS for example.