I_see_sandvich @iseesandvich.bsky.social · 25/07/2026The alphabet is supposed to go a, b, c, d. Nintendo and Microsoft have failed us. 010 0
LyleBryan @lylebryan.bsky.social · 25/07/2026What if you wanted to go to Heaven, but God said: Why? 030 0
Sam 🐦 @samplaysgames.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Me just confused as fuck everytime I dust off the switch 2. 😭 170 0
djKENTO @djkento.com · 25/07/2026modern gaming? Nintendo set them first and Xbox is turning 25... 000 0
Kimineko @kimineko.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Yes. Use the same controller for 2 yrs now. Still me looking at those button layouts for combos basically every time lol 020 0
cam @southerntrendbc.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I can switch from PlayStation & Xbox buttons pretty seamlessly but once you throw Nintendo in the mix, it’s game over 180 0
M3Roadworx @m3roadworx.bsky.social · 25/07/2026No, the biggest design failure is the left thumb joystick. It is impossible to play a driving- or racing game with it. 010 0
Truman @wokhei.bsky.social · 25/07/2026NGL, I've put hundreds of hours into Breath of the Wild and I still cannot get used to the switching of these buttons compared to their counter parts. I wish I at least had the option of button remapping in other games. 010 0
Theblackbunni @theblackbunni.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I hate Nintendo switch controller buttons 😂 010 0
B.P.T.Ñ.O. Official @bptno.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Whatever it is, every GAME should go with the 4 directional dot glyph diagram like the Switch UI. Doesn't matter if A or B, you know when it's the south bottom. 030 0
Geert Cuypers @geertcuypers.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Open it up and switch those buttons. Or remap the in software. 010 0
𝄞 ❤ ★ 𝒞𝓁𝑒𝒻𝒶𝒾𝓇𝓎 ☆ ♡ ♪ @clefairy.poke.social · 25/07/2026I grew up with Nintendo, but now I feel like the Xbox layout is more natural. It's a minor thing, but the confirm button being the one "closest" to me just feels the most correct. Thankfully, I never mix them up, since I know from the feel of the controller I'm currently using. 090 0
klementine 🍑 @klementine.gay · 25/07/2026loathe the Nintendo layout, but what this reminds me of is being a kid with a cheat code book playing GTA San Andreas, and for some reason, the Xbox ver. had significantly more cheats listed (despite all the cheats being in both), so I'd have to translate the black and white buttons in my head 140 0
Captain Neko | Goth Girl Vtuber 🩷🖤 @captainn3ko.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I jump between, playstation, xbox and switch games and i get so confused cause of the buttons changes lol 040 0
Timo Kaaarp @fishpapp.bsky.social · 25/07/2026My thumb no read so is left, right, top, bottom. Eyes no for see buttons. Eyes see shiny, shiny screen of action things. 010 0
DrunkCat @drunkcat.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I love how even the controller design was aggressively xenophobic. 010 0
randynerd42.bsky.social @randynerd42.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Nintendo was first but… at this point I think they are the ones that need to change. But why would they? They always march to their own beat. 120 0
JC Dendeath @jcdenden.bsky.social · 25/07/2026This is exactly my problem with the Switch controller. Not even because I'm that familiar with Xbox. It's because my gaming brain was programmed with the Gamecube controller.static.klipy.comColorful Nintendo GameCube ControllersAlt: Colorful Nintendo GameCube Controllers 270 0
rogerdorn.bsky.social @rogerdorn.bsky.social · 25/07/2026This is the number 2 reason I never played Xbox. Number one being the giant-ass original controller 010 0
Brad @ripostemodern.bsky.social · 25/07/2026It's literally the most classic Microsoft move I've ever seen. 010 0
🎃TheSpidersAroundYou💀 @damhanallalquds.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Shoulda followed Nintendo. They did it first. 010 0
jubileejulieb @jubileejulieb.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Yesssss. I'm not a gamer, I'm an accountant and a tax filing website has changed their Access Now button into a REMOVE button. What used to open that individual tax entity now removes your access to that tax entity. 😳 DO NOT REARRANGE THE BUTTONS - THAT IS NOT AN UPGRADE. 030 0
sumokirby (Chris) @sumokirby.bsky.social · 25/07/2026THANK YOU From the moment I held the original Duke Xbox controller this drove me absolutely insane 140 0
Noni 🌸 🍱 🎋 @noni.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Resulting in gamer failures because you thought you were using the other controller. 😭 000 0
Jon 🎮 @therealjmb.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Me on PlayStation my whole life when old games on Steam don’t translate the prompt to the PS layoutstatic.klipy.comZack Galifianakis: Math ConfusionALT: Zack Galifianakis: Math Confusion 4320 0
sykotiksonik @sykotiksonik.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Sorry I'm gonna be that guy but I don't understand how people struggle so much. It's a very simple concept that Nintendo's A and B buttons are swapped from Xbox, and Xbox and Playstation games are mapped pretty much the exact same, just different labels. The bottom button is almost always confirm 230 0
Jakeasaurus Bowman @jakesjivingjib.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I'm just realizing that it's a japan vs north America thing. Like manga. A to b, and x to y 030 0
Opinionated Terran @opinionated-terran.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Left to right language vs right to left language 010 0
Pandora @pandora.novaresear.ch · 25/07/2026Even funnier: Playstation has X on the bottom and gamecube has X to the right. So you can find X in all 4 compass directions. 010 0
Lord DoomRater @doomrater.bsky.social · 25/07/2026The Chad controller layout has B on left, A on bottom, Y on top and X on right, and I'm not taking questions 010 0
Louis C A @bosslca.bsky.social · 25/07/2026As with all failures, this can be traced back to a Microsoft executive’s decision. 010 0
AndresPlays @andresplays.bsky.social · 25/07/2026It's a meme not meant to be taken seriously, but I guess a disclaimer is necessary nowadays: I know there are actual problems like the massive layoffs facing the gaming industry. You don't need to scold me :) 81291 0
Tami @tamitheblub.bsky.social · 25/07/2026the most annoying thing for me is that the functions of A/B is switched, when i play on switch or ds again 050 0
HoloDrake @holodrake.bsky.social · 25/07/2026The nintendo alphabet: B A C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y X Z 000 0
$ailor $hinju 🎀 Cherub Vtuber @sailorshinju.bsky.social · 25/07/2026This grinds my GEEEEEEAAAAAARSstatic.klipy.comDandadan: Momo Ayase's Angry Table SlapALT: Dandadan: Momo Ayase's Angry Table Slap 010 0
Haste Piffington @piffthesomething.bsky.social · 25/07/2026WHY CAN'T WE ALL GODDAMN AGREE ON A LAYOUT 010 0
🇨🇴Deaph 🇨🇦McKneticc🇺🇦 @deaph-mckneticc.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I can think of at least 10 worse things than button placement on controllers . But let’s stay with controllers : modern controllers may as well be Japanese Cars what with the insane amount of drift they all come with 050 0
Paul // Lost Soul 👻💀 @lost.scot · 25/07/2026I have a full Mandela Effect memory of my SNES joypads having the same layout as the Xbox and that Nintendo changed it at some point. I literally just image searched to double check. It’s 100% wrong but my brain refuses to accept it! 010 0
Lirael of the Clayr @liraeloftheclayr.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I play on a steam deck most of the time and use a wired switch pro controller when playing on the tv with my wee bairn. It’s so disorienting. 010 0
Control Alt Minuit 🇨🇦 @ctrlaltminuit.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I'm sure you know this, but there's a whole history behind the various controllers and how those button arrangements came to be. Evolution always tries to turn things into crabs but sometimes the legs wind up in a different order. 120 0
isosolies.bsky.social @isosolies.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Japanese is read right to left thats why its in that order on Nintendo's controller. 130 0
omniz815.bsky.social @omniz815.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Controller design peaked in 1976 with the Fairchild Channel F but y'all aren't ready for that conversation. 230 0
NSFW Nerd @jawaarib.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Call me a child but this is literally why I will never buy an Xbox. Whenever my friend brought his over, I had the hardest time figuring out which buttons to press because of my 30+ years of Nintendo muscle-memory. It actually really annoyed him how much trouble it gave me lmao oh well. 010 0
Random Select @randomselectrs.bsky.social · 25/07/2026"the button Nintendo insists is the A button" 010 0
Vanguard @vanguard-posts.bsky.social · 25/07/2026As someone who changes between gaming devices often, the names of the face buttons don't frustrate as much as Nintendo being the odd one out having confirm on the right face button and cancel on the bottom face button. Muscle memory = getting this wrong in the heat of the action = frustration. 010 0
BOOrink 👻 @brinkofgaming.bsky.social · 25/07/2026ACKSHUALLY its Xbox's fault because Nintendo did it that way on the SNESstatic.klipy.comErm Aksuali Veli Nerd EmojiAlt: Erm Aksuali Veli Nerd Emoji 3580 0
Tom Forsyth @tomforsyth.bsky.social · 25/07/2026This fight is much older, and entirely Japanese. 060 0
Reese Lightning @reeselightning.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Xbox did it wrong. Nintendo did letters first and ps found their own thing 110 0
ACMACOVEI.COM @acmacovei.com · 25/07/2026PlayStation & Steam controllers are the very best. The rest is garbage. My opinion only. And this is a fact. You don't need Xbox and / or Switch. 🩷 #ACM 010 0
icelandichitman.bsky.social @icelandichitman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026It's not modern gaming though. Xbox is a continuation of Sega's hardware. So basically on the Master system they did everything opposite of the NES, so the NES is B A and the MS is 1 2 and they continued that reverse idea through, and the Dreamcast has the reverse SNES layout which MS use. 000 0
Old Man Dog @lonecala40.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Absolutely. Those insane bastards at Msft trying to change our brains... At least they used letters unlike godless heathens and the symbols of Sony. 010 0
Calebthedarklord @calebthebamlord.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Oh yeah Xbox and Nintendo controllers have X Y A and b buttons. They're just have a different layout for some reason. 000 0
KASEFACE🏳️⚧️ @thecatbat12.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I still have the original XBox controller mapped out because whenever I play a controller game on my PC I use one XD 020 0
CRN055-NULL2471 @crn055-null2471.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Nintendo came first, so it's Xbox's fault. Fight me if you dare. 000 0
DarkElixirClash the Original @darkelixirclash.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Damn, i thought the button configuration was switched until i realize the Y and X are switched and that messes with my OCD 010 0
🖤 Navi | @navicakes.bsky.social · 25/07/2026“ok you can copy me, but just don’t make it obvious!” 010 0
Kyle D Ghostspydr @ghostspydr.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Xbox does what Nintendon't.... confuse the fuck out of you for a minute when you swap consoles. 120 0
Ziedmac @ziedmac.bsky.social · 25/07/2026The way xbox does it is better The button is closest to your thumb on the stick, as well as on most peoples thumb resting position so it's the primary button you press. A is the first letter in the alphabet so it makes sense. Having B their is just arbitrary, why B? Why not X or Q at that point fr 130 0
EarthChanGames @earthchangames.bsky.social · 25/07/2026It’s not a failure it’s intentional because if they really did copy each other, and we had same buttons on all of the controllers they would sue the fuck out of each other. For a copyright infringement 030 0
Ethan James McCollum @orangesodaking.bsky.social · 26/07/2026And then you have Playstation being completely different with shapes instead of letters: Circle, Square, Triangle, and Cross. 000 0
Socu, He/Him @socuthedog.bsky.social · 25/07/2026We'll finally reach world peace once Nintendo and Xbox get to an agreement on this 130 0
A Box Full of Crady Bidness @milkischillin.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I understand why Nintendo wants the A button to the right, it follows what the original NES pad was like. However, the reason A was A was because it was the 'default' button. The one you should be pressing the most. Which then should become the bottom button in a four button diamond layout. 100 0
Kale @kalehitsuga.bsky.social · 25/07/2026And of course the barbarity of PlayStation, putting X on the bottom face and doing away with the other letters. Fiends. 110 0
bTbandit☭ @comradebushwic.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I feel like the companies did this on purpose. 140 0
Jonathan @hottaconinja.bsky.social · 25/07/2026In Xbox's defense, when it came about Nintendo was doing wild stuff with it's A and B buttons. 110 0
Chas The Verruca Gnome🇺🇦 @chassmith.bsky.social · 25/07/2026That's half the reason I don't play controller games. 010 0
G-Rad @g-rad07.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I mean Xbox deviated, and Xbox has been and continues to be Xbox, so… lol 051 0
Ninja-Jordan...but Spooky @ninjaxjordan.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I remember hearing somewhere that Nintendo putting B before A is because in Japan they read from right to left. 010 0
Hot Mulled Karen @sinisternails1.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I bought a Bluetooth controller for my PC that I can’t use because it’s flipped from the way I’m used to and there was no way for me to remap them to how I want 😅 020 0
shamanetm.bsky.social @shamanetm.bsky.social · 25/07/2026If they didn't Nintendo would have tried to bring another stupid lawsuit. 010 0
Con Artist @conartst.bsky.social · 25/07/2026This probably wasn't the reason, but I've always liked to believe the reason Minecraft legacy console edition received a "swap A/B" and "swap X/Y" control option was because of exactly this. 030 0
OvidPgh @tephensay.bsky.social · 25/07/2026It's not Nintendo's fault that Microsoft got it wrong /S 060 0
Isizzl3 @isizzl3.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Likely due to lawsuits, like how Apple tried to sue Samsung for producing smartphones with rounded edges. Petty greed. 020 0
Inderix @inderix.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I switch between an Xbox and Nintendo controller constantly when playing games (some are better with one, others with the other) and every time I do I feel like I'm re-learning the game it's infuriating. Xbox needs to make a controller with gyro 010 0
Fiaura The Tank Girl @fiaura.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I mean no offense, the only failure I see is the TOTAL LACK OF COLOR! Seriously! Who made this? A person from 1930s television? 000 0
凄い地球と共に楽しもう @pxsuc.bsky.social · 25/07/2026↑PS5もswitchと同じ配置。しかも、ゲームのチュートリアルでは、プレイステーションは〇なのに✖を、押すように指示が出ている。任天堂はそんなことはないが。 これを直さない限り、PSの人気も日本では心もとない。残念です。思考のトラップをプレイヤーに与えている。 010 0
Blake Brown @antiquequaalude.bsky.social · 25/07/2026This should be codified under law. Hate my games getting messed up and showing Xbox buttons when I'm using a DS4. Time to be standardized 010 0
masterwhat.bsky.social @masterwhat.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I changed it in my switch settings, and now my switch lets me know every time i start something that i changed my controls. 😒 040 0
Josh @wiryfoxman.bsky.social · 25/07/2026The biggest loss of the couch coop days and game swapping with friends is the translation between all consoles, "Interact is mapped to left button" 010 0
Nathan T 🌈 @nathan-t.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Too bad they're against numbers it took me awhile to learn the Xbox controller because I learned the Nintendo controller first 010 0
The Red Menace @kaisardragon.bsky.social · 25/07/2026The big issue, though, is I grew up with NES, so I had a lot of SNES time. I cannot tell you the amount of times I've failed QTE that were using XBOX controls. 010 0
Matt was here @mattwilli.bsky.social · 25/07/2026static.klipy.comHighlander: There Can Bee Only One!ALT: Highlander: There Can Bee Only One! 000 0
TheForceWorks @forceworksthe.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Its funny that this situation was created by Sony, when mid PS1 generation they decided Western audiences would associate the X rather than the O as the "accept" button and Xbox just followed the trend. But before that it was O, A on SNES, what one would use to accept or go forward on a menu. 010 0
radtheimpaler @radtheimpaler.bsky.social · 25/07/2026This is why I can't get past the musical chairs part of No More Heroes 3 000 0
Baconcrisps @baconcrisps.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Nintendo was there first. Pure and Simple. Xbox gained popularity, but they changed the formula. Blame them and Sony 040 0
GerenM @gerenm.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I have two Toyotas. On the left side of the steering wheel, they've put a little four-way rocker switch for the stereo to control volume and previous/next track (or whatever is appropriate at the time).... 110 0
Roland Deschain @bloody9.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Interessting. I didnt notice, since i stopped looking down at my controller while playing like 35 years ago :-) 010 0
Devin (AKA Ryuuga Hideki) @ryuugahideki.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I'm a weirdo that somehow easily adapts depending on the platform I'm using. 🤷♂️ The only time I get tripped up is on my Steam Deck since my brain automatically tries to equate handheld gaming with Nintendo instead of Xbox (yeah, even 4 years later). 220 0
Xbot @lasergobrrrr.bsky.social · 25/07/2026If you regularly Switch between a Nintendo console and PC/Xbox it gets a bit weird. It would be better if the positions for confirm back were maintained even if the letter differed. 010 0
Da real bigspare15 @spare-15.bsky.social · 25/07/2026At least Xbox and the Switch have letters instead of what Sony’s got going on 010 0
Adamalons @adamalons.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Hilariously this is why I default to using PlayStation's buttons when I tell someone which button to hit. 020 0
weasel513.bsky.social @weasel513.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I had to remap my switch controller because of this 010 0
Cephalopod Celebrity @cephceleb.bsky.social · 25/07/2026The thing is, nintendo's control scheme came before xbox's, and playstation's was originally baaed on it, which is why in japanese games O was confirm and X was cancel 010 0
🔪🩻𝖅𝖔𝖒𝖇𝖎𝖊 𝕱𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗🩻🔪 COMMS open @zombiefever.bsky.social · 25/07/2026And when certain game *ahem skyrim* don’t translate the buttons to its correct order and just let them sit wherever tf :( 010 0
Owen CMYK (Blades of Crossed Hearts dev) @owencmyk.xyz · 25/07/2026If only Xbox knew that they're quirky little decision to swap the buttons would be this annoying long term 😭 They should've just copied the homework 130 0
SoFlaGazpachoPolice @krlcomm.bsky.social · 25/07/2026X(pronounced “Z” In Spanish, so “ZABY” 😎)ABY or “whYBAX” when I’m playing. I repeat it to myself multiple times every time I start, lol… And yes… a HUGE fail! 010 0
thatmarsh.bsky.social @thatmarsh.bsky.social · 25/07/2026X should be no and O should be accept on the PlayStation pad also. 1150 0
Goonerd19 @bigvirginenergy.bsky.social · 25/07/2026As someone who used to switch between Xbox one and switch, this used to throw me off for at least half an hour before I get used to whichever controller I switched to 010 0
🎃 Ryan S. Pumpkins 🎃 (Any Questions?) @ryanwritesgood.bsky.social · 25/07/2026THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS 😭😭😭 040 0
arcanealchemist.bsky.social @arcanealchemist.bsky.social · 25/07/2026its fully a japan vs US thing, with Japan refusing to standardize btw. there is a reason pretty nearly every third party PC controller uses xbox layout, its because Microsoft made sure their controllers worked on any device that would let them. and didnt mind if 3rd party used those drivers. 020 0
Mattie 🦇 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💛🤍💜🖤 @mattierawr.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Tell me about it. When I go from Xbox to Switch 2 it takes me a minute to recalibrate my muscle memory. 131 0
Sweets Art Corner @sweetsartcorner.bsky.social · 25/07/2026it's been my biggest challenge introducing my mom to gaming 😂 whenever we're playing online multiplayer I have to have a reference image up for her controller to check what her buttons say 120 0
Darksaturn9 @darksaturn9.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Lol I mostly play on xbox my nephew Henry plays mostly on switch when we play each other's devices we get mixed up. Though he did do very well in hades 010 0
Lack Tone @lactone.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Probably because Japan reads right to left while we read left to right 030 0
Aura 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇹🇼🏴 @aura-olympian.bsky.social · 25/07/2026It'd be nice if having almost exactly the same controller meant you legally had to produce exactly the same button placement. That inversion is terrible. 010 0
SIEGESVIPER @rashomon.vip · 26/07/2026That's why I got this bad boy. Comes with extra letter-less buttons! Hire me 8bitdo lmao 000 0
Weston the demonic skull @weston.lol · 25/07/2026I love the 8bitdo Pro 3 because the buttons are magnetic and I can switch them around. I’d like to see more controllers do this (and probably figure out how to make the buttons less clacky) 010 0
Marcus @gerowen.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Nintendo had their layout first; my guess is XBox just didn't want to get sued if they copied it directly with the OG XBox, and here we are. 010 0
InstantKarma23 @instantkarma23.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Nintendo was first, so they actually have the correct format I say this as someone who primarily plays Xbox 010 0
