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I propose a new standardization:
All in favour?
Aye
Every controler and keyboard should come with a dickbutt button.
A dickbutton if you will
North East West South, or NEWS for short.
You forgot this
The SNES trained me that X = top button, but I use PS controllers enough that it’s not a problem switching. Xbox button prompts have always messed me up, though. Those labels are wrong!
At least X is always blue…
Purple on SNES…
That’s just the US version, everywhere else (I believe) has the one you see in the top picture here.
Everything was purple on the North American SNES lol
except X and Y which are Lavender.
Fun trivia about the Xbox controller is that their design is heavily influenced by Sega’s. The Xbox controller has the same face button layout as the Dreamcast’s. And if you compare the Duke (original fat) controller to a Saturn/Genesis/Mega Drive 6-button controller, you can think of those black and white buttons as the former C and Z buttons.
Some consider the OG Xbox as a successor to the Dreamcast.
Might be possible that they were using dreamcast controllers during initial development:
Previously, Sega had developed a version of Windows CE for its Dreamcast console to be used by game developers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_(console)#Creation_and_development
Gates was in talks with Sega’s late chairman Isao Okawa about the possibility of Xbox compatibility with Dreamcast games, but negotiations fell apart over whether the Dreamcast’s SegaNet online service should be implemented.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_(console)#Initial_announcement_and_content_acquisitions
Just use a PC, where “act on thing” can be one of 57 possible letters and/or combinations.
Still presses F when it’s bound to E
I can’t ever help troubleshoot control issues on Minecraft because I remap everything to be sensible inputs (who the flip thought sprint should be CTRL?!)
Proposal: make the X button look like this: 🥚
Take good care of Paul 🥚
Ok
But then it might get mixed up with the ⭕ button.
In that case, add a face on it
Problem solved
The XABY (clockwise from top) pattern has been around the longest. It’s the one true button pattern.
In fact, if it weren’t for Nintendo being such assholes with the patent system, consoles could have standardized on it but noooooo…
The most important thing Nintendo ever taught me was that B comes before A.
Switch messed me up with their button placement. It might be just Nintendo in the general.
Snes, n64, game cube, Wii/u, and then switch.
I have such a hard time understanding why not everyone loved the game cube layout the most tbh
I like how the controllers are placed in the direction, where you can find the X button. Just perfect!
At least Microsoft and Sony are consistent, using the same layout since the first console.
That absolute craziest part is the PS used X for Yes
Isn’t that different for the Japanese version?
A should ALWAYS be the button on the bottom. X should be on one of the sides, because it’s like an X axis, then make Y the top one because it’s the Y axis, the taller one. B can go wherever idc. I’m sorta just making this up as I go, but that’s my 2 cents
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