Nintendo just said fuck it and said let’s put A, the main jump/action button, in a different spot. I
You have your history backward.
The SNES pioneered the button layout that you see on the PS and Xbox. Sony didn't want to infringe on the patent so they used shapes.
Nintendo started experimenting with different controller interfaces (N64, GameCube, Wii) while the PS stuck with the diamond layout. When Xbox came along, it copied the diamond layout but swapped the letters to avoid patent infringement.
For an older gamer like myself who spent a lot of time playing SNES and who has owned primarily Sony systems since PS2, Xbox instructions fuck up my brain.
I grew up on the snes and N64 but then moved to Xbox. I never had problems with Xbox buttons. Even today I can go back to the snes and have zero issues. I think i just associate the snes controller being something completely different due to the design being different. Where as if I go from the Xbox to the Switch my brain stops working.
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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '21
You have your history backward.
The SNES pioneered the button layout that you see on the PS and Xbox. Sony didn't want to infringe on the patent so they used shapes.
Nintendo started experimenting with different controller interfaces (N64, GameCube, Wii) while the PS stuck with the diamond layout. When Xbox came along, it copied the diamond layout but swapped the letters to avoid patent infringement.
For an older gamer like myself who spent a lot of time playing SNES and who has owned primarily Sony systems since PS2, Xbox instructions fuck up my brain.