Cynn
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Not really. Cross has been called cross since the console launched. It was labeled as such in instruction manuals and spoken out in tutorials. It’s also been defined by the console creators multiple times with Circle representing “Yes” - Cross “No” - Square “Menu” and Triangle “viewpoint.It's "officially" cross in the same way that it's "officially" pronounced jif.
Calling it “X” is something dumb kids of the time adopted (because knowing the difference between a letter and a symbol is hard I guess) and in time and console generations some of those dumb kids became western developers and they kept to the letter idea even mislabeling it officially in their games.
Calling the button “X” is like using the pronunciation “Jif”: It makes no sense in relation to the origin of the name and goes directly against all logic. Both by thinking there would be a single letter in a group of shapes and ignoring the “graphic” part of the term gif.
My niece asked once back in the day if cross and circle were “X and O like when your write hugs and kisses” It was cute. Stupid, but cute.