Biggest annoyance for me is how on playstation and Xbox the bottom button makes is the "okay" or "enter" button and the right button is "back" but on the switch it's reversed so when I click the bottom button to select something in a menu I back out of it instead.
Worse than that, on the psp if you play japanese games that are not localised to english, the circle becomes the okay button, but in the rest of the os, the x is the okay button so you have to mentally switch.
That is why I use a third party controller that allows me to remap buttons.
8BitDo Pro 2
I can use it for the PC, Switch, Xbox, or PlayStation.
Idk why everyone hated that comment but I think it's smart
remapping is super useful, but the problem I have are when prompts on the screen relate the button letter, color, and orientation all together like how they'd be on the controller it expects.
used to use my switch controller on pc, but games like Guardians of the Galaxy messed my brain up when it asks for, within a given timeframe, the overwhelmingly green, enormously-typefaced 'A' button that's on the bottom of the 4 face buttons; I'm used to switching mindsets between controllers, not mixing them together, so ended up switching over to an xbox-style controller for pc
and I didn't downvote, but thought to chime in maybe from a perspective of someone else that throws them around more nonchalantly; it's either a thought like that, or they personally had bad experiences with the pro 2
Yeah, that does give me issues too. I've setup my controller as as Xbox controller also. When the Switch shows to press the "A" button (At 3:00 o'clock), I try to not look at the placement, but the letter, which would be my 6:00 o'clock.
Technically Xbox and Playstation are the ones that are reversed. Nintendo's scheme came first and follows right=forward left=back. Then when the PlayStation came out Sony followed the same scheme in Japan, but picked a symbol that was perceived in opposite ways in Japan and the rest of the world for accepting something (⭕), so they inverted the scheme for most of the world. And then Microsoft mixed Nintendo's letter semantics with Sony's button position, creating the current mess.
IIRC on the PS2 and earlier triangle was usually back
Circle was traditionally used for the Back button as well.
And on my PSP it changed one day with a software update from triangle to circle for back.
That was very confusing.
Its a old japan thing from what I remember . On older Japanese ps1 games circle was ok and X was back . And even if you get a Japanese ps vita it's like that too. Not sure about other sony consoles.
I played Sniper Elite 5 on my fiances Xbox the other day and hadn't played games in forever. (34 years old now) I knew I could remap the buttons if needed, but the melee button they made Y. I pressed down the right stick every damn time as a built in reaction from years back.
I don't know why I felt I needed to say that, but I tell you when you find yourself looking through binoculars and getting lit up at point blank range it reminded me how frustrating games can get during quick scenarios.
So aggravating.
At least for FFVII I think circle was ‘ok’ and x was ‘cancel’
Especially wack considering two of those controllers are from the same company
My brain naturally translates this.
Example: emulating PS2 games using a Xbox controller.
Nintendo and Xbox are the most confusing, as if my dyslexia didn't suck already.
At least X is always blue...
I propose we colour code it
This has only ever fucked me up with a recent game because they use the colors of a PlayStation controller (which I am using) but the buttons are for Xbox. So when it said I needed to press X to finalize my character at creation, I kept pressing X and nothing was happening.
You forgot this
The XABY (clockwise from top) pattern has been around the longest. It's the one true button pattern.
In fact, if it weren't for Nintendo being such assholes with the patent system, consoles could have standardized on it but noooooo...
Technically it’s a cross on PlayStation since it uses symbols not letters.
Yes, a X as they said.
Just use a PC, where "act on thing" can be one of 57 possible letters and/or combinations.
Press ctrl+shift+alt+Num0 to pay respect
When a console game finally releases a PC port and the title screen still says "Press Start," you know the keys are going to be completely unhinged like, "I" to open your inventory. "C" is yes, and "V" is no, except in the escape menu, where "Enter" is yes and "Backspace" is extra-yes. Left-click to either attack or walk forward, depending on how your character is feeling.
It's usually E or F, at least. Except when it's space. Or tab. Wait, I've seen C, Z, and X before, too.
Seriously PC devs, get your shit together. What's even worse is when the sequel changes the keys with no discernible reason, so I can play the games back to back only to have the hardest time.
I can't ever help troubleshoot control issues on Minecraft because I remap everything to be sensible inputs (who the flip thought sprint should be CTRL?!)
Still presses F when it's bound to E
Fun trivia about the Xbox controller is that their design is heavily influenced by Sega's. The Xbox controller has the same face button layout as the Dreamcast's. And if you compare the Duke (original fat) controller to a Saturn/Genesis/Mega Drive 6-button controller, you can think of those black and white buttons as the former C and Z buttons.
Some consider the OG Xbox as a successor to the Dreamcast.
Proposal: make the X button look like this: 🥚
Problem solved
How will we get enough chickens, though?
By replacing the triangle button with those
Take good care of Paul 🥚
Ok
Switch messed me up with their button placement. It might be just Nintendo in the general.
Snes, n64, game cube, Wii/u, and then switch.
Played FIFA for a decade+ on PS and was decent. Got a switch cuz that's what my nephew has and now I can't beat a 11yo. Fucking buttons you little shit.
Nobody cares what I think, but I am a firm believer that xbox does it best with the "BAXY" button scheme/placement.
Nothing feels more right to me than using a Dreamcast controller or xbox controller and having that standard.
It's kind of annoying playing Crono Trigger with the wrong kind of remote for that reason.. XABY
All console controllers since the Atari 2600 are absolute garbage.
I only game on the 2600 or the PC, peasants.
I'm content with my Magnavox Odyssey. Some people can't appreciate the purity of the true, original game console. The 2600 was just overkill.
Objection: Steam deck is pretty good
Steam input to the rescue
That absolute craziest part is the PS used X for Yes
Isn't that different for the Japanese version?
I like how the controllers are placed in the direction, where you can find the X button. Just perfect!