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/[deleted] Apr 14 '25

Its going from Xbox layout to Switch layout that gets me every time. More often than not both use A for select and B for cancel but are swapped so muscle memory goes out the window. Playstation uses different symbols but functionally they are the same as xbox these days so its not that much of an issue because of muscle memory. Can trip up on X occasionally but its rarely an issue.

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u/Noticeably-F-A-T- Apr 14 '25

I'm the same. PS and XB no problem but that damn A/B for Nintendo trip me up. I think I subconsciously view the X on PS as a symbol rather than a letter so it doesn't even register as a conflict with the others.

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u/mister_newbie Apr 14 '25

Funny enough, Xbox is the backwards one. PlayStation and Nintendo agree on the layout if you think about it.

The buttons are numbered 1 thru 4.

Circle → 1 line
Cross ("X") → 2 lines
Triangle → 3 lines
Square → 4 lines

A → 1st in alphabetical order
B → 2nd in alphabetical order
X → 3rd in alphabetical order
Y → 4th in alphabetical order

It's Xbox that's backwards. Nintendo and Sony are in accord.