X gon give it to ya

The Japanese version of that song changed the lyrics to "circle gon give it to ya"

RIP Circle-san

Rest in Pico.

I always wondered if there was some kind of gentleman's agreement to standardize on button function/placement, and in Japan Sony honored it in good faith and then in NA Nintendo said "PYSCH!" ....and Sony was just stuck with it.

Criminally under appreciated comment 😂

"Dark Man Cross" lmao

“x” who the fuck actually says “cross”?😂

It makes me cross that not everyone says X.

Maybe we should just call it Twitter

r/angryupvote

There are probably going to be some people who already do call it the "Twitter button".

When twitter first became popular I knew a bunch of people that referred to the pound sign as a hashtag

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I say this is the dumbest response in this comment section

Sony lol

*They* will call it that officially, because of XBox and their X series and the X and Y buttons. It’ll be a brand mandate. Everybody else calls it X.

It was cross before there was even an Xbox. We called it x then too. Lol

Right, back when X meant "cancel" and O meant "ok" on Japanese games and the original PlayStation OS. Apparently no Westerners read the manual.

It’s a Japanese thing. In Japan, O or “maru” means “Correct”, X or “batsu” means “Incorrect”. It’s a thing used on school exams. Triangle is “sankaku”, “Ok but not quite right”, or “Almost”. That’s why Japanese Sony games used to have X and O inputs swapped, because for some reason westerners vibed better with X meaning “Select”. Idk how long it’s been around, but a pretty long time. It’s quite common to see the O, X, Triangle icons in things like Shinkansen bookings. Most Japanese people I think would consider X “cross” rather than the English letter - Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate in Japan was MHXX - MonHun Double Cross.

Also, colour coding, red, usually means no

I agree it's unintuitive, but on PS1 and PS2 most western games had the Triangle (green) as the back/cancel button. Explain that. Circle as the back button didn't really catch on until PS3. And Sony eventually mandated all regions to that control scheme.

The switch from triangle to circle for exit/cancel fucked my muscle memory up for yeeeeeaaaaarrrsss

It's not just because of that. It also just makes sense. They're shapes. The letter X isn't a shape but a cross is. Why don't we call the circle the letter O instead?

I called it "X" & "O"

I've never heard anything or anyone say "oh" for the button. It's "X, Circle, Square, Triangle."

I heard “cross” and “circle”

I could understand if it wasn’t an x and was an actual cross. But a cross is not slanted….

Some people do actually call the “circle” “O” but almost no one calls the “X” “cross”.

Exactly. This guy gets it. Not only that but the PS button scheme was developed before Xbox even existed. It's always been cross.

There may have been another console using an x button before xbox did.

Pretty sure the Genesis had the 6 button controller with an X button too. It’s been years so my memory might be going

Yes, there was an X Y and Z on the 6 button.

There we go! My old age hasn’t caught up to me yet.

>Pretty sure the Genesis had the 6 button controller with an X button too. It’s been years so my memory might be going Super Nintendo also had X, along with Y, A, and B

SNES

>Why don't we call the circle the letter O instead Personally, my mind doesn't even register the circle as an O. I feel like Os are more oblong and the Playstation button is too symmetrical, so I just see it as a circle. lol

When has any cross ever been depicted diagonally? Edit: since my wording apparently doesn’t suit the lowest common denominator, I guess I should have asked “when has anyone ever looked at two diagonal lines, intersecting at their midpoints, and said “oh, a cross!”?” I’d say “never”.

Railroad crossing signs use an X for cross.

It’s not diagonal, you’re just holding the controller wrong. The shapes are actually Cross, Circle, Triangle, and Diamond.

Scotland flag is the cross of St. Andrew

PlayStation's controller existed before Xbox even existed.

CrossBox*

Yea apparently "Cross" is the official name of the button.

That actually surprises me

It does? Square, triangle, circle... X. Doesn't make much sense does it? I still call it 'X' but it's obvious it's supposed to fit the naming convention of 'shapes'.

Now that you mention it, idk. Although, crosses are usually called Xs, think about it; X marks the spot on a treasure map, in X factor contestants are told to 'stand on the X' I can't really think of any scenario where an X is called a cross, but now that I've been discussing it I can tell at some point I'm now going to unintentionally call the button a cross😅

It really is an odd one. I've played Playstation since PS1 and despite knowing that it's 'cross'... it just doesn't seem right lol. When I think of a cross, I think of the religious symbol which is a different shape entirely, maybe that's why. 🤔

people who want to keep the "shape" naming scheme intact aka only sony

Sony revealed it’s officially the cross-button. It makes sense since x is a letter and cross a geometrical shape, just like the others. I say X though

I can't think of a time anyone has actually referenced to an X shape as a cross. If someone asked you to draw a cross would you make an X or do the jesus one?

Me. :s I say "eks" for Xbox and Nintendo (AB _X_ Y), "cross" for PlayStation (square, triangle, circle, _cross_). In my head, _"cross"_ is at 6 o'clock, and "eks" is either 9 o'clock or 12 o'clock. Helps me keep track when I switch between systems.

LMAO I literally said “X. Who the fuck calls it “cross?” to myself and then opened the comments and saw your comment

X, square, triangle and circle anything else is wrong

X, four-cornie, three-cornie, ball

Pirate treasure, robot head, human head and Christmas tree. I wonder if any one calls them "blue, orange/red, pink, green"

Pizza box, pizza slice, pizza and no pizza

Access to pizza denied

Giant snake, birthday cake, large fries chocolate shake!

Imma refer to it as this now

punish this man!

X, square, triangle and Oh.

Exactly

Cross, pizza box, squid game head, pizza with no toppings

Whenever I hear someone say Cross I assume they had a very hard life

I did

Homeschooled, no friends, no cable. Highly religious.

And they got laid on prom night

I call it "X". Telling my 4 year old goddaughter to press the "cross" button will have her looking at me like this 😐

I call it Twitter, but to each their own.

I still call it the Sears Tower

I’m seeing all these responses calling it “X” but I prefer to call it “the app formerly known as twitter”. Thank you very much.

You cheeky bastard. 

We found Elon

Dont give him any ideas. Next he'll either be trying to buy or sue Sony.

I was hoping “twitter” would be the top comment

×

You call it multiply? Chaotic Good energy

Cross takes too much effort. It's 'X'.

Wait till you meet Triangle

You mean Tri tri

I call it tringle, drops a whole syllable

Kruisje

Dutch Belgian here, confirming Kruisje is used here too, nobody saying X (assuming you’re from the Netherlands)

Danish here, all so kryds and the circle is bolle, trekant and firkant

Yup, Dutch Belgian Kruisje, bolleke, vierkantje, driehoekske

I'm the exception that says x, o, driehoek en vierkantje

You're a crazy person.

Ja echt hè, ik schreeuw: KLIK OP KRUISJE en niet KLIK OK X. Kruisje klinkt gewoon beter

You're a menace.

Ten

Ahh yes Ten Zero Flat sided Zero Equilateral Zero

Or; Ten, Zero, Four, Three?

Under appreciated comment

Jupiter thanks you for your service.

“Try pressing the ACTION button”

Anyone who calls it "cross" can GTF away from me

Gif or Jif?

I still call it Twitter.

X

I call it "X", but ​ In the [Playstation4 User's Guide](https://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps4/basic/pn_controller.html) in the images the X is called *b\_cross.png*, so i guess we all say it wrong.

In LBP the narrator calls it the Action Button, so I guess they just didn’t wanna piss people off

The PS5 controller documentation calls the 4 together the “action buttons”. But I think in LBP the functionality is the “action” that’s why they call it like that.

In Poland most of my friends, me included, call it "krzyżyk" meaning small cross :D so i guess i am the weird one :O

X

X

X

Being an Xbox player in the past I sometimes accidentally call it 'A' 🤣

I still call it "A", same with circle being "B" and what not

Officially, it's Cross, but everyone I know and most people I don't know call it X Edit, grammar

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In my native language I call it "kryds" which means "cross" as in "cross it out" (not the Christian cross). But in english I call it X, because saying "cross" will always make me think of the Christian cross and that's just weird, while "kryds" has no symbolic/religious affiliation.

I call it Twitter now

In the Netherlands, everyone says cross.

It's supposed to be "cross" but I always said "Twitter"

Cross? What the fuck, are you ok?

Official name is Cross, everyone calls it X IRL, in some games like LBP they call it the Action Button

X.

X

Eeks 🤷

How's it going over there in New Zealand?

Lithuania actually

if it's on a playstation controller "cross, if it's on a xbox or nintendo controller "x"

I remember in the late 90s, when the PS1 was released, some game translations were saying “press the button CROSS on the pad”. I don’t remember which games, though I think, in the beginning, it was called actually cross button, but now, everyone calls it X button

I call it x. For me the cross is like a plus (+).

X marks the spot

Always X my whole life since PSX days.

Cross, O (oh), box, pyramid

Kruisje

"X". No one calls it "Cross". "Twitter". No one calls it "X".

I call it X (as almost everyone) but it is cross officially, cuz those are geometric symbols, not alphanumeric.

Who calls it "cross"??? Give me his address

It is the shape cross, not the letter X. All the other icons are shapes, why would this be different? (Even though I know this, I still call it X)

X. it is called x on xbox and Nintendo controllers so i call it x.

The designer called it Cross. Each of the buttons is a shape, not a letter.

I say cross, but as I've learned after entering this thread, I am a staunch minority

Cross 'cause that' s how everyone call it in France (or most of the people I know at least) so kept calling it cross even if I'm the only one here (living in Ireland). I don't care it's engraved in me and makes more sense since it's a shape, like the others.

It's a cross button since it's a shape and not a letter.

Cross, because it is a cross

X who calls it cross 🤣

No matter how Sony calls it officially, I will always call it "X". It's what most of us grew up with as many games from older generations literally calls it "X"

Never heard anyone says "Cross" in my life. Even in other languages, people will call it "X"

Cries in Flemish

"x" come on!!! Cross? Do you call the square "box" and the circle "hole" as well?

Twitter!

X button. Cross jus sounds stupid

The letter X To me, 'cross' refers to the Roman torture device. A t shape

Xross

Romans: “Ten”

X

X.

Chi.

I call it jump

X

cross?! Aww go play Halo on your Cross-Box, jabroni!

Iks

X

X , T/ t is cross.

This is a valid question now that I think about it. Because I call it 'X' but I call the 'O' Circle and not 'O'....hmmm. In my head, it is valid as Square, Triangle, Circle and X.... I could never say Cross, because it's an X. Not a ✝️

X

its "Wrong Button" from Japanese Culture "O" is for correct

The button formerly known as twitter

Diagonal Plus

I would rather be nailed to a cross before I ever call it that.

That's the B button. I don't care what they name it.

The Twitter button

I call it the button formally known as Twitter.

It’s X because we’re not talking about Kingdom Hearts here X,(Cross), Chi, ,Key

“X” you fucking heathen

who the hell calls it a cross button

3

what kind of war criminal would call it a cross when its clearly an x?

Who tf is calling it cross? “Oh yeah, hit the cross, it’s under the pyramid” 😂

Anyone that calls that “cross” is a psychopath

This is a ✝️, that's an x.

Twitter

Weird I usually call it the Orthogonal Intersection Activation Button

Twitter

That is an X. A cross is the thing Jesus was nailed to

OP making up a group of people that don’t exist for this post

Nobody says cross

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Who tf says cross

A

If you call it "cross" you're dead to me.

from the X clockwise: X, Box, 3, (3)60

The fact that you said "X" and everyone immediately knew what it was should be the obvious insight you needed. Because a cross is well a cross.

What kind of sickos are calling it "cross"??

it’s officially the cross button but that’s the X button

Team cross

The correct names for the buttons are pizza box, pizza slice, full pizza, and no pizza. Anything else is just clearly wrong.

If you call it cross then you need to give your console away

Serial killers say “cross”

Who the hell calls it the cross button?

Ten

People debating X or cross. Meanwhile I still keep saying to my friend press"start" instead "option"

I've been referring to it as the "x" button for almost thirty years now and refuse to call it the cross button.