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[Chromax]

Did it take you guys a while to get used to Sony's buttons back then? I think I got used to where circle is first since that's the button to transform in Bloody Roar on the PS1. Triangle was also easy since it's like a arrow pointing up on the controller!

 

[hbkajshdvfbkjhvgkahsgdfka]

CROSS

 

[kassatsu]

*Cross

 

[ChawlieTheFair]

My dad called X the "cross".

Taught him a lesson...

 

[dragonlife]

I got used to it pretty quickly, along with Microsoft's controller.

I still get mixed up with Nintendo's buttons, though, even after all these years. I shouldn't, but I do.

 

[Trigonometrize.]

† is a cross
X is an X

I shed a tear when people complain that it's too hard to learn the symbols. It took me about 30 minutes for it to be second nature.

 

[MagiusNecros]

I only get confused when playing a US or JP region game since the confirm and cancel buttons get switched.

X and O to O and X.

 

[bigkrev]

Its Cross, not X

 

[BumbleChump]

No it's "ecks"

 

[djplaeskool]

Cross

It's not Street Fighter † Tekken, or Project † Zone

 

[CambriaRising]

I don't remember having an issue, N64 though? That was an adjustment.

 

[LiK]

CROSS? so wrong i can't even tell you how wrong that sounds.

i have no trouble with buttons, i'm adaptable.

 

[Byronic Hero]

† is a cross
X is an X

So... Marvel "X" Tekken?

Spoiler

It's Cross

 

[-Deimos]

X

 

[Glass Rebel]

My dad called X the "cross".

Taught him a lesson...

listen to this fucking guy

 

[Neuromancer]

Never had an issue with it, but I never really got used to XYAB on the Xbox controller. If those things weren't color coded I'd have lost every QTE I ever tried.

 

[WaffleTaco]

Who says cross?

 

[Purexed]

Always been X in this house

 

[Eggbok]

XMB = Cross Media Bar = X = Cross ???

 

[Morgadeth]

† is a cross
X is an X

How do you explain naughts and crosses then?

 

[Velcro Fly]

one of my friends called square box and we laughed about it and started calling it box too

 

[Andrefpvs]

You're all silly, it's "MULTIPLICATION SIGN"

 

[ATXAlchemy]

† is a cross

Cross out the wrong answer.

† 1.
† 2.
† 3.
† 4.
† 5.

???

 

[DedValve]

Nope. But as always switching from my 360/PS3 to WiiU is always jarring. I keep quitting to the main menu in Wind Waker >.>

 

[mullet2000]

People who say "cross" should be banned from playing videogames EVER AGAIN.

 

[fernoca]

Parappa is what made me remember. Perfect since.

 

[Cartman86]

Nope Nintendo has become the problem ever since the Xbox controller took over and Nintendo went back to standard face buttons. No problem with Wii remotes, but pro controllers, Wii U gamepad, handhelds etc it takes a bit.

 

[SwiftDeath]

X or bust

 

[Dragon Puncher]

XMB = Cross Media Bar = X = Cross ???

This guy knows what's up.

 

[hbkajshdvfbkjhvgkahsgdfka]

I call it "ecks" when I have to actually say it but it's cross.

 

[CompC]

For everyone who says Cross...

In the Sly Cooper games they say "press X" or "press the X button" in voice overs...

So I say X.

 

[Stoof]

Never heard anyone call it cross out loud. #XForLife

 

[Eggbok]

People who say "cross" should be banned from playing videogames EVER AGAIN.

do you say gif or jif?

 

[Suzushiiro]

My first PS1 game was FF7. Needless to say, the scene in Junon where you infiltrate the parade and have to do the dance thing (which was basically one of the earliest quick time events, come to think of it) was pretty hard for me.

Thankfully, my second PS1 game was Xenogears, which puts those buttons right in front of you during every battle, which got me used to which was which pretty quick.

 

[Zephyx]

Started with the PS1 so I'm used to it. I find it harder to adapt to Nintendo and Xbox controllers as the button prompts confuse me.

BTW, It's X as in the letter "X".

 

[TheDarkKnight774]

Always been X for me. Cross sounds strange

 

[ponpo]

X is actually pronounced "times"

 

[BiGBoSSMk23]

So... Marvel "X" Tekken?

Spoiler

It's Cross

What the shit does the X in between those two even mean?? Versus? Multiplied by???

An X is a X people. #TeamECKS

 

[unbias]

Didnt have issues really, but then again my 1st PSX game was Suikoden.

 

[Salsa]

I use a 360 controller and when my friends use one and I wanna tell em what a button does I still say "you do that with Triangle" or "with Square" cause if I use X or Y they have to look at the controller cause they mix them up.

I blame it on PES popularity in latin america

 

[hey_it's_that_dog]

Buncha assholes ITT calling an "X" "cross" because a filthy corporation brainwashed them into adopting their special brand language.

"EX," motherfukcers!

 

[GavinGT]

The triangle refers to viewpoint; I had it represent one’s head or direction and made it green. Square refers to a piece of paper; I had it represent menus or documents and made it pink. The circle and X represent ‘yes’ or ‘no’ decision-making and I made them red and blue respectively. People thought those colors were mixed up, and I had to reinforce to management that that’s what I wanted.

 

[SgtCobra]

I remember some games calling it the "X button" and not cross.

 

[XGRaViSmOrSX]

Cross?

X fo lyfe!

 

[Imru’ al-Qays]

O represents 1
X represents 2
triangle represents 3
square represents 4

They're arranged in the traditional Super Nintendo ABXY pattern.

 

[Trigonometrize.]

I'm sorry OP that your thread got derailed into a nomenclature pissing match.

 

[mullet2000]

do you say gif or jif?

"gif", with a hard g.

You know, the right way.

 

[Tohsaka]

I never heard anyone call it "Cross" outside of the Internet.

 

[Andrefpvs]

one of my friends called square box and we laughed about it and started calling it box too

Now that I think about it I know someone that calls Circle "Ball".

¯\(&#12484/¯

 

[Byronic Hero]

What the shit does the X in between those two even mean?? Versus? Multiplied by???

An X is a X people. #TeamECKS

I always took it as a shortened version of "Crossover".