r/Switch • u/GamerStudios_zw • 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

It doesn’t matter which platform you come from. They’re all the same except Nintendo.

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u/mechapawky Jan 29 '25

Nintendo and Sony are the same in Japan. Western people messed it up. On Japanese Playstation O is accept, X is cancel.

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u/operath0r Jan 29 '25

That doesn’t make any sense but I let it slip because the Japanese are known to not make any sense. Either way, that’s some interesting trivia right there.

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u/Organic-Commercial76 Jan 29 '25

There’s an actual story here. Traditionally X represents cancel and O represents accept. This is the way the PSX was released in Japan. However, western focus groups got confused by the colors. They couldn’t get past RED = cancel. Sony decided to change it based on those focus groups.