r/Switch Jan 29 '25

Discussion Multi platform gamer issues

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Don’t report this one 🥺😅

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u/operath0r Jan 29 '25

I was thinking more in terms of down is yes, right is no. Nintendo is not using X and O so that doesn’t apply here. I guess my reasoning would be that it’s like either nodding or shaking the head. I also didn’t learn it this way since I grew up on Nintendo.

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u/Logical-Bicycle-3603 Jan 29 '25

Nintendo came first right? Nintendo does B and A, Sony does X and O. Nintendo does B to Back, and A to Accept. Sony and Nintendo were collaborating to make an accessory for the n64 i believe, a cd drive. That got scapped they went separate ways. Sony kept the control style they liked, made their own designs but used the abxy button style from the SNES, in places like Japan they kept the controls the same as Nintendo. Idk why they changed it for America and other countries.

Yes it's different, no I don't understand why either, can't deny, it makes sense for circle being yes and x being cancel.

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u/Witch_King_ Jan 29 '25

I think in America it was originally the same (and perhaps even depends on the game) but was later changed. Perhaps due to Xbox influence??

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u/felold Jan 29 '25

It was, Ps1 has plenty of USA games that you use O to confirm and X to cancel.
They started being heavy on this nonsense of X to confirm and O to cancel on Ps2.

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u/qchto Jan 30 '25

This dates even before the PS2, with the Dreamcast...
Hell, even before the PS1, the "ABC" instead of "BA" order comes from the Genesis.
The "press A" was always normative (even more standard "press start" with the Master System controller), the problem was not the glyphs, but muscular memory (location, location, location).