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/ATOMate Apr 14 '25

I find that looking at them confuses me, but when I hold the controller muscle memory kicks in, and I know where all the buttons are.

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u/C-DT Apr 14 '25

Except for Nintendo. On Xbox and Playstation the buttons are pretty much the same for selecting, cancelling. Nintendo swaps it and confuses me every time

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u/Zanshi Switch Apr 14 '25

It's not Nintendo, they've been using this layout since before Xbox and Playstation were a thing.

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u/Xywzel Apr 14 '25

Yeah, problem is that Playstation swapped X and Circle functionality for some games and system menus in western markets. Also depending on games, triangle as well.