Wait? Do people not know that the symbols on the button correspond to mechanics in game??? And why it's called cross??
Square = Menu (Represents paper)
Triangle = Viewpoint (Represents head)
X = Back/cancel/wrong, etc
Circle = Affirmation/correct/select, etc
Cross and Circle being the way that Japanese use to denote right and wrong, because they don't use the Latin alphabet, so there is no "X" for them
I'll admit I just call it X on a playstation controller just because of the vernacular calling it "X"
IIRC even old PS1 manuals call it Cross
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