Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai did not reveal any details about Pyra and Mythra in this week’s issue Famitsu magazine, but he took the opportunity to share his thoughts on the recent change in confirmation button with PlayStation 5.
The right-hand A button for Nintendo consoles and the circle button for PlayStation have always been the ‘confirm’ or ‘action’ button in Japan. However, for the first time since the original PlayStation, the PS5 introduced a worldwide unified layout. This means that X is now the confirmation button in all regions. Overall, Japanese fans were not happy with the change. Sakurai put in his own two cents from the point of view of a creator in his Famitsu column.
Here are highlights from Masahiro Sakurai’s column on changing the confirmation button (via ryokutya2089):
- (Sakurai on changing the confirmation button) ‘You can not just suddenly change something that people have been used to for a while. When you think of the people who can make it difficult, the right thing to do as a developer is to support both. ‘
- “The consumer feels that they have no choice but to adapt to the current situation.”
- “As a video game maker, I believe it should do something with the utmost courtesy.”
- “If you can not do the obvious thing, it becomes stressful.”
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