Did you know that in Japan the circle button is used to confirm menu items and the X button is used to cancel? While some early PS1 titles used the same logic in the West, Sony eventually normalized the circle to use X to confirm and cancel, but until then there have always been disparities between regions.
With a wave of PlayStation 5 previews, The PRA has confirmed to the Japanese media That the X button will now be used for universal confirmation. This means that local gamers will complete 25 years of tradition when the next-gen console launches in Na GameCust.
While this won’t change anything for players in the West, not everyone is happy with the transition. The Tokyo-based localization firm was owned by John Ricciardi of 8-4 Say as follows:
It remains to be seen whether Sony will allow rebuilding the system-wide button on the PlayStation 4, but even if it does, this could lead to an imperfection of the user interface. We must admit, we are amazed that it has been taken Five Consoles (and two handhelds!) To streamline its controller logic around the world for the Japanese giant, but let’s face it it was supposed to happen eventually.
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