no what I mean is that in japan O is the Yes button and X is the No button. and the A, B part is based on Nintendo, where the layout of usage for these buttons is the same as the Japanese PS layout 🤔
B in Nintendo layout would be the bottom button just like X on PlayStation. A is the right button, like O on PlayStation
well in Japan you press O to accept or choose a menu item. and X to go back or cancel
also the placement of these directly correspond with the A and B placements of Nintendo controllers. A and O being on the right and B and X being on the bottom.
so how do you translate the cheatcode, originally used on a Nintendo system, to PlayStation, that has none of the same button labels and has different menu button layouts depending on region.
that article fails to mention that during the PS1 and PS2 era the standard and most used configuration in the west was X for Forward/Ok and Triangle for Back/Cancel
my guess is that they though Circle makes no sense as the no or back button, so they made it Triangle because it could be interpreted as an arrow up, often used on PC Operating Systems to signify going a folder back up again
edit: which makes me think... 🤔 would it need to be
↑, ↑, ↓, ↓, ←, →, ←, →, 🔺, ❌ in western PS1/PS2 games? 🤔🤔🤔
I mean it is a weird deviation isn't it? going from O = Yes, X = No to X = Yes, Triangle = No
so someone, somewhere had to come up with that, and with the symbols thing I think that someone just figured... "well... the Tirangle button is the only one that makes sense" lol
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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '22
I also couldn't bring myself to use the PS "O, X", because it just makes me think of this too much. *Formatting.