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DoubleTake said:
If im asked I say "ecks" but its definitely Cross
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Lol it is all semantics anyways.

Xylophone The X in this case represents the letter X.
MMXIV = 2014 The X in this case represents the number ten.
Ped-Xing = Pedestrian Crossing The X in this case represents the shape cross.

The reason why the X on the PS controller should be considered a cross is because those symbols represents shapes not letters or numbers. Calling the X on the PS controller the letter X is just as valid as saying the circle represents the letter O or Zero.

Oreoleo said:
To a Catholic school where all the crosses looked like T's and not X'es!

wtf does wikipedia know anyway *grumble*grumble*
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Oops......
 
It's a hell of a lot easier than the Dreamcast and Xbox controllers using the same letters as the SNES controller but permuted.
 
Haha, this has been one of the best thread hijacks in awhile, great job jerks.

It's totally x and not cross.
 
LithiumSpade said:
CrossRossMediaBar?
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X is usually pronounces as 'ks' (as in, how the letter sounds, not how you say the letter).

So XrossMediaBar should be pronounced as Ksross Media Bar. There isn't a single word in the English language which contains x followed by r, for good reason. So it's just an idiotic bit of marketing nonsense.
 
I actually have an easier time with letters and numbers layout than symbol layout. I always have to adjust myself to Sony's, and playing with a Japanese layout for so long doesn't help either. I keep hitting O instead of X and vice versa.
 
I love how they're abstract but still kinda-sorta representative of things.

That explains how the controller got its look, but not how the buttons got their rather unique names. "That was also pretty tough," Goto revealed. "Other game companies at the time assigned alphabet letters or colors to the buttons. We wanted something simple to remember, which is why we went with icons or symbols, and I came up with the triangle-circle-X-square combination immediately afterward. I gave each symbol a meaning and a color. 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."

Looking back, Goto sees his work on the PlayStation controller as the sort of chance that comes once in a lifetime. "Getting to use such simple symbols in a design is an extremely rare opportunity, and it was really a stroke of luck to me," he said. "When you think of the Madonna in painting, most people come up with the same image of the same woman in their minds. In a similar way, the combination of those simple symbols has come to represent both the PlayStation and the fun of video games, and being able to communicate that is a great thing."
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ARticle here.
 
Who the fuck calls it cross? Its x. Always has been, always will be.

And to the OP, in the PS1 days, square and circle always gave me trouble. Triangle and x were no problem.

The bigger problem for me is xbox and nintendo. They both use a,b,x,y, so it fucks me up when I see those letters on screen. They are in all different positions.
 
staticneuron said:
Wow, where did some members go to school?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross



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A saltire is still considered a diagonal cross.
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So it's not a cross or an ecks. It's a saltire. mindblown.jpg
 
never had a problem w/ the layout until I got a 360 and then played some games on my friends PS3s.

that X button switch fucks me up.
 
The PS buttons are far easier than most to get used to, I find. You got the primary X button, no problems there, and then the circle is 99% of the time the cancel or go back button in the west so that's easy to get to grips with too. The Triangle looks like an up arrow (and also similar to the c-up button on the N64) so naturally placed at the top. Then you're just left with square.

I still get confused by the WiiU and 3DS buttons. Have to look down a lot when prompted to press either x or y.
 
Yeah i've never heard it called cross. That just sounds ridiculous. Definitely X.

On topic, I can't recall having any trouble getting used to the buttons.. was a while ago now though.
 
Playstation's buttons were easy to figure out. It was Xbox that always confused me. It would've been easier for me if they just used the colors of the buttons instead of the abxy.
 
Miker said:
- In Japan, Circle is yes and X is no. And this is switched for the Western releases of Japanese games - but not all of them
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As someone who plays games imported from the US on a Japanese console, I find this extremely annoying. I use the X button to get to the save game screen in Skyrim and the have to switch the O button to proceed with the save. Muscle memory means I keep backing out of a save.
 
What really messes with me is on Dankey Kang: Tropical Freeze it often lists circle as a button and it is referring to the joystick.
 
No, as I grew up on the Sony Playstation. If I play an Xbox or a Wii with a classic controller, I usually refer to the buttons as they were on a Dualshock.
 
All this 'Cross' and 'Eks' talk.

It's pronounced 'Zah' similar to 'sh' as in xícara, Xianghua and xylitols which are everyday words I use in conversation.
 
No, I've always been pretty quick to adapt over various manufacturers consoles and controllers, the only problem I had was when I first got an Xbox, I'd been playing the PS1 and PS2 for years by then and the fact they both had an X button twisted my melon slightly for a while, the A button on the Xbox got a lot on unintended use.
 
I grew up on Nintendo and Sega. I skipped the ps1 for the N64 at the time. I was in my mid twenties before I got a PS2. I still have brain farts with the symbols occasionally.
 
I've never had a lot of trouble getting used to different control schemes. I switch between them a lot so it comes natural.

People call it circle and not ouroboros?
 
rjc571 said:
It's a hell of a lot easier than the Dreamcast and Xbox controllers using the same letters as the SNES controller but permuted.
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It's literally as simple as remembering:

Nintendo: right-to-left
Sega/MS: left-to-right

That sets you straight on virtually all of their controllers from the 80s to present day.(N64 and GCN being somewhat more strange than usual.)

I still loathe Sony's choice of buttons. It's never stuck as well for me.
 
Amazingly, there are people in this thread who disgust me more than the 'cross' wankers.

There must be posters on GAF who obviously never played the likes of Tekken or Parrappa The Rappa in the early days of the PS1 to get the button layout ingrained into their heads forever.
 
staticneuron said:
Lol it is all semantics anyways.
The reason why the X on the PS controller should be considered a cross is because those symbols represents shapes not letters or numbers. Calling the X on the PS controller the letter X is just as valid as saying the circle represents the letter O or Zero.
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X has been a shape for the masses for ever(X marks the spot). It may not be an official letter buy it is a symbol. Beyond that it most def isnt a greek cross shape.
 
SPE said:
Amazingly, there are people in this thread who disgust me more than the 'cross' wankers.

There must be posters on GAF who obviously never played the likes of Tekken or Parrappa The Rappa in the early days of the PS1 to get the button layout ingrained into their heads forever.
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Yep, tekken got it ingrained in my head real fast.

but damn if it wasn't a bit confusing with MGS doing it's X = back nonsense.
 
SPE said:
Amazingly, there are people in this thread who disgust me more than the 'cross' wankers.

There must be posters on GAF who obviously never played the likes of Tekken or Parrappa The Rappa in the early days of the PS1 to get the button layout ingrained into their heads forever.
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I think I've played more Playstation games with a Saturn controller than a Playstation controller.
 
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