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[Rickenslacker]

Cross-Men are my favourite superheroes, they were formed by Professor Crossavier.

It was easier getting adjusted to colour coded shapes than just the lettering of the SNES before it. Parappa being one of the first games I had on the console certainly helped ingrain positioning.

 

[ChitoCrisis]

X is actually pronounced "times"

Hmm, I always called it the "Multiplication Button."

 

[stargateheaven]

I just wonder why sony felt it necessary to change the "OK" button to X. Why?

 

[super-famicom]

What is this "Cross" stuff? It's an X (Ecks). You say X-Men, not Cross-Men.

 

[Stoof]

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

¯\(&#12484/¯

I love my controller with RR Crossing, Ball, Box, and Roof!

 

[MagiusNecros]

If we are gonna call "X" "Cross" you may as well call "Triangle" "Delta".

 

[SnakeEyes]

It's "Ecks."

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Someone should ask ken about this.

 

[demosthenes]

Cross, wth is wrong with you guys.

 

[hey_it's_that_dog]

On topic, I think I got used to the PS buttons pretty fast but it's hard to remember at this point. I do think that from a cognitive psychology perspective, learning the spatial arrangement of 4 shapes should be easier than semi-arbitrarily located AB-XY pairs.

 

[Phediuk]

Not really, no. Then again I've had that layout memorized since 1995, so maybe I'm not the best person to ask.

 

[Oreoleo]

It wasn't something I had to consciously learn, but yeah in the PS1/N64 days it was a tad confusing.

Felt like an old man having to look at the controller to confirm where square was.

 

[Byronic Hero]

If we are gonna call "X" "Cross" you may as well call "Triangle" "Delta".

And if we're gonna call Triangle "Delta" we have top revise "Cross" to "Chi" xD

 

[ZodR_ARG]

† 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.

What about MegaMan X??

 

[Raoh]

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

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It's Cross, but I always pronounce it as the letter "X"

 

[Furio53]

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.

So straight from the horses mouth.

It's X not cross

 

[Adam_Roman]

I instinctually refer to them as A, B, X, and Y still, even though I know where the position of each of them is.

 

[10k]

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

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.

Cross?

X fo lyfe!

And we're done here.

But seriously, I never had a problem adapting to what buttons were what for the Dualshock.

 

[Zekes!]

#teamex

#exmen

 

[NotMyUsername]

One of the first Playstation games I played at a home and not a couple minutes in a store was Parappa the Rapper. I beat the game in two or three hours and in that time I learned all the buttons quite well.

 

[Bsigg12]

It may be called the cross button but no one in their right mind says press the cross button or cross to jump or press cross to interact.

 

[Dizzy-4U]

Sly Cooper says X, I go with X.

 

[Nachos]

What is this "Cross" stuff? It's an X (Ecks). You say X-Men, not Cross-Men.

Because X and × are different symbols.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

It may be called the cross button but no one in their right mind says press the cross button or cross to jump or press cross to interact.

Yeah, I've never heard anyone refer to it this way. It's always been X.

 

[Falk]

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

you sound quite cross my good fellow

 

[Zach]

I would be curious to know where folks who say "cross" are from and if you've always called it that. Not because I'm saying "X" is right. I just think it's interesting.

 

[Zabuza]

Why would you have to get used to them?

Spoiler

It's X not Cross

 

[Cbajd5]

Guys, X is silent, like in "Hunter X Hunter". So it's the " Button".

 

[MagiusNecros]

you sound quite cross my good fellow

+1 for wordplay

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

All my friends say box for square. Madness.

It's ecks not cross

 

[NintenDOMG]

Ball, Cross, Box and pyramid buttons.

 

[Imru’ al-Qays]

I just wonder why sony felt it necessary to change the "OK" button to X. Why?

It was and still is an America-specific phenomenon. In Japan O still represents OK and X represents cancel.

 

[squidyj]

the only time i ever used to get confused was when I started using my DS3 on pc and it had XBOX button prompts and I kept forgetting that x was not the bottom button on the 360 controller, it was the left hand button.

 

[Alaskanbullworm]

It's not a square, it's a Q.E.D.

It's not a circle, it's a Degree

 

[sixteen-bit]

the all have an increasing number of lines

 

[Otakumegane]

X is cross in Japan? No wonder it's called Xenocross

 

[t_wilson01]

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

So... ring, cross, box, sign. Now I get it.

Seriously, I've always called it the "X" button and I became used to the buttons quickly. Parappa made sure of that.

 

[ShowDog]

The symbols looked goofy when they first came out but Sega ruined everything when they took Nintendos ABXY and reversed the positions of everything but added colors (Dreamcast). Then Microsoft did the same (Xbox) but reversed the colors from Sega. You end up with a clusterfuck of ABXY and colors depending on what brand controller you're holding, except for Sony sitting pretty with the symbols.

So in short Sony made a great call and everyone else's shit is confusing. Get some new letters MS and N

 

[pcostabel]

SCE_PAD_BUTTON_TRIANGLE = 0x00001000,
SCE_PAD_BUTTON_CIRCLE = 0x00002000,
SCE_PAD_BUTTON_CROSS = 0x00004000,
SCE_PAD_BUTTON_SQUARE = 0x00008000,

 

[Freaky Fred]

cross and circle? wtf it's X and O

 

[RalchAC]

It's not a square, it's a Q.E.D.

It's not a circle, it's a Degree

It's not cross. It's 10!

Spoiler

My god, why nobody else thought this!

Spoiler

#TeamEcs, #TeamEquis

 

[DIrtyWeasel]

Parappa is what made me remember. Perfect since.

Me too!

 

[Haunted]

ban everyone who says cross

 

[vids]

I always read X as cross when given the proper context.

reading this thread I imagine a NA rerelease of Street Fighter "cross" Tekken taking a completely different direction


Street Fighter † Tekken

source: http://www.**************/funny_pictures/377355/Street

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

It took me many fucking years because I didn't own a Sony console till the PS3, so when I went to friend's houses to play some PS2 titles I was always confused between square and circle.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

How the hell are you going to say 'ecks' and then say 'circle' and not 'oh'?

Make up your minds.

 

[hbkajshdvfbkjhvgkahsgdfka]

Cross, Orb, Cube, Arrowhead

 

[Glass Rebel]

lots of people ITT not knowing the difference between a cross and the letter X

 

[ryushe]

Not gonna lie, I still get mixed up with Nintendo's controller more than anything elsew.

 

[Freaky Fred]

So straight from the horses mouth.

It's X not cross

and it's Jiff not Giff