Same. Eve since I played on a ps1 I continued having these buttons (and select + start) for the pc controllers in my mind.
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What do you call those “extra” buttons?
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Same. Eve since I played on a ps1 I continued having these buttons (and select + start) for the pc controllers in my mind.
Nope. They have specific icons for it though. Which in my experience trip up players who wasn't familiar or know about clickable analog sticks more often than not. I guess they really couldn't came up with the name suit for it, which I don't blame them (For me it's a bit dumb to call it L3/R3 due to the position)
Also to answer the OP, I just stick with what the controller said. And doesn't have problem confusing Nintendo layout.
On SNES, it was L and R.
Calling them anything other than L1, L2, R1, R2 is a luxury we cannot afford.
Calling them anything other than L1, L2, R1, R2 is a luxury we cannot afford.
I think that's what Sony officially used for that button.
Depends on who I'm talking to, but I generally use the PS nomenclature regardless of actual controller.
I had some friends over the other day to play Cuphead. We were rotating 2 Xbox controllers and I couldn't help but notice that they used L1/L2 etc. when referring to the bumpers and triggers. Heck, even A/B/X/Y when out the windows in favor of triangle/circle/cross/square.
I'm used to Nintendo's placement of A/B/X/Y myself, so it was all a clusterfuck of button mismatch in our brains.
I'm used to Nintendo's placement of A/B/X/Y myself, so it was all a clusterfuck of button mismatch in our brains.
Bumpers and Triggers, because that's what they are. What the fuck is an L1? What the fuck is an R3? It makes sense the name the face buttons by the symbols on them because they're clearly visible, which can't be said for the shoulder buttons.
I call them R1/L1/R2/L2 on PS systems, RB/LB/RT/LT on Xbox and RLZRZL Switch. I didn't use Xbox before November so it's not some longstanding thing, just... Makes sense to call them what the system does, I think they are generically called bumper/trigger when in that 2digital 2analogue setup, unless denoted otherwise like on PS. It's not how it was when I started using that kind of setup on PS2 but it's how I would explain it to someone who hadn't used the system before.
I think RB/RT is easier for me to parse than R1/R2, but I just roll with whatever the current game is calling them.
The Switch naming scheme throws me every time, though.
The Switch naming scheme throws me every time, though.
Bumpers and triggers confuse the fuck out of most people irl. Or saying shoulder button. L1 L2 L3 have been clearly defined for ages and everybody instantly knows what they are, no matter which console. RT or ZR or whatever are just confusing. The basic 1 2 3 is the easiest scheme to remember.
Nintendo doesn't exist in OPs world.
I call them what they're labelled as when talking about a specific platform but generally I refer to them as shoulder buttons and triggers.
I call them what they're labelled as when talking about a specific platform but generally I refer to them as shoulder buttons and triggers.
