PlayStation and Xbox were finally at peace until this CEO

PlayStation and Xbox were finally at peace, until this CEO said something

“The X button is in the wrong place. An innocent joke, but a hefty debate between fans of PlayStation and Xbox flared up again.

For as long as PlayStation and Xbox have been around, there has been disagreement over which console is actually better. And with each new generation of consoles, the discussion flares up fiercely again. From arguing over hardware to who has the best exclusive games, there is always some disagreement.

One topic hasn’t been discussed for a long time. That discussion, where emotions could run high, seemed forgotten. Let’s leave it alone, PlayStation and Xbox seemed to have said. Until an Xbox boss brought it up again the other day. And so old console cows were pulled out of the ditch again.

An ancient debate between PlayStation and Xbox

Someone who doesn’t know gaming might say that it doesn’t matter which console you game on anyway. Whether you have an Xbox or PlayStation in your home, you can game just fine on both. That might be true, but even an outsider sees one big difference between the two: the controller.

PlayStation and Xbox were finally at peace, until this CEO said something (image: Sony)

PlayStation and Xbox controllers are very similar, but at the same time not at all. For example, there is a distinct difference in the placement of the joysticks. PlayStation has them side by side, while Xbox places them diagonally from each other. Another, and perhaps the biggest difference, is the color of the buttons.

Put and Xbox gamer and a PlayStation fan side by side and ask them to press the X button. The result couldn’t be more different. On the PlayStation controller, the X is on the bottom of the four buttons, on Xbox, the X is placed on the left. Well, who is right?

Xbox boss made a dangerous joke about the X

Does it really matter where the X is on the controller? No, you might say. As long as the user of the controller knows where it is. Still, the location of the X is an old point of discussion among console enthusiasts. This discussion seemed forgotten for a long time.

Until Xbox CEO Phil Spencer made a bold joke. During the Tokyo Game Show, the bigwig is called on stage to play a game. He gets a PlayStation controller pressed into his hands. Shortly thereafter, he playfully asks, “Which button is the X again? The room laughs, but an old discussion ignites again.

PlayStation and Xbox were finally at peace, until this CEO said something (image: Microsoft)

PlayStation fans immediately corrected the CEO. ‘The button is not called X, it’s called cross (or cross),’ echoed online. At the same time, Xbox fans proclaimed that the CEO was correct: “It’s an X button and it’s on the left!

The discussion will never be resolved

Chances are we’ll still be hearing the same discussion among gamers in a decade. It’s not exactly made easy for us, either. Almost every gaming console has a controller that has an x button on it. With Nintendo, this button is in a different place, on the top.

In any case, it is a very entertaining discussion. Competition between fans of certain consoles will always exist. And as mentioned, the debate over which console is better flares up every now and then. We can almost put the next moment in the calendar.

With the PlayStation 5 Pro coming soon, a reaction from Xbox is still expected. Will they also come out with a stronger, better console? And if so: how strong (and expensive) will it be? At least one thing we can say with certainty: the X button will probably be on the left side.

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