Sep 11th, 2023, 09:40 PM
Saw this Tweet and and had the question come to mind of whether or not you still call the Start/Select buttons on newer controllers by those names or if you moved to calling them Options/Share?
I haven't really thought of the buttons by any sort of name for a while now I think, or at least not consciously. I think when Options/Share first became a thing I still called them Start/Select but nowadays I'll usually think of them by their proper names. Options can at least be viewed as a Start button still given it didn't really change function when the name changed, but Share has no similarity to Select anymore except for being in the place that button used to be.
Or rather "Screenshot/Save video" as I don't properly "Share" anything. Also because those buttons aren't where the Select/Start were anymore made me think differently later. Options however is now half "Options" and "Start" because of having a similar functions of pausing a game. Home is now also half a "Start" button too because it in a way halts a game or stops you from continuous play even if some games do not pause if you press it, plus it's more closer to where "Start" was.