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[โ€“] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm surprised Xbox never sued them for the button layout.

Not terrible to use the same letter but the colours being the same is pretty blatant copying.

[โ€“] MoogMuskie@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Xbox does not have any unique rights to the ABXY button layout nor the green, red, blue, yellow of them, so anyone is free to do what they like with those buttons and Xbox has no right to sue them. This is unlike PlayStation, who have given themselves rights over the Cross, Circle, Square, Triangle buttons.

I don't know why, exactly. Nintendo used ABXY before Xbox did. My guess would be that Nintendo couldn't simply copyright letters, so Xbox was able to freely copy it.

[โ€“] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nintendo's buttons are arranged differently than Xbox. From left to right, top to bottom, Xbox goes XY AB, Nintendo goes YX BA.

[โ€“] diaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The SNES layout depends on region.

[โ€“] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No it doesn't.

Super Famicom controller, Japanese market

Super Nintendo Entertainment System, PAL market

Super Nintendo Entertainmen System, NTSC market

Identical except plastic colors and the YX buttons on the North American market are concave on top. Fun fact, the face buttons are keyed to their holes. You can't take the controller apart and mix up the buttons, because they have little tabs that fit in little slots. Even on the NTSC controller, the X button and the Y button are physically different because they used (almost all) the same molds.

[โ€“] diaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Huh, mandela effect or whatever then...

[โ€“] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago

Why would they? They'd be sued by Nintendo if they tried (they had those symbols and colours long before Xbox did)