• ooterness@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Nintendo set the standard in 1990 with the SNES. Microsoft broke it in 2001 with the Xbox.

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        9 months ago

        NES only has two buttons, but it did establish the “A on the right” norm. The SNES established the four-button diamond labeled A, B, X, and Y.

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          9 months ago

          Ah that’s right. I forgot it was only a two button controller. I was just thinking about the A button.