Comments on: The Playstation symbols mean something?

By: Jesus

Jesus — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:18:35 +0000

It’s simple, the number of lines of each symbol.
Circle: 1
X: 2
Triangle: 3
Square: 4
It is a universal language

By: Griffith

Griffith — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:26:05 +0000

I don’t know what it means, but it’s just probably that they replaced the double circle by the square so they would all have different shapes and be identifiable more easily.

By: brian

brian — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:31:39 +0000

So what’s the point of the double circle being on here? There’s not one on the PS controller, it’s a square. What does the square mean?

By: Griffith

Griffith — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 09:07:02 +0000

Which is highly unlikely since of the gamepad configuration in most games.

By: Punisher2K

Punisher2K — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 14:00:44 +0000

Or they could just be random symbols.

By: Griffith

Griffith — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 13:20:19 +0000

However, Americans and Europeans use X alot to confirm actions in games, and I think that’s due to the different cultures, while in Japan the children learn that X is Bad, in America they learn that X marks the spot or goal.

By: John

John — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 11:34:24 +0000

Those symbols are also used in traffic signs all over the world. Yield signs are triangles, you will never see a round sign that means stop or something bad, and X is fairly universal.

By: Klif

Klif — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 04:27:14 +0000

My Fiance says they use those same characters in the Nintendo DS game “Zookeeper”. X for bad, Triangle for mediocre, Circle and Double Circle for Good and Really Good, respectively.

Interesting.

By: stefan

stefan — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 02:28:19 +0000

You know – there are school systems in California that also use symbols. But, they use them as a grading scale versus using the standard A,B,C. It almost sounds like they do something similiar?

Not sure which is better though – a circle, triangle, or a trapazoid.