It's select and start.
What's it supposed to be, windows and hamburgers?

Did the buttons really need renaming? It's not like options and share or + and - make any more sense

Start and Select for life. SNES was my first gamepad.

My nephew was so confused when I kept telling him to press "Select" when we played on a PS5.

The touchpad is just "big select".

I'm not sure who in the name of all fuck decided that controllers should have a dedicated Tweeting button, but I suspect this gen will be the last of that.

Everytime I start up Burnout: Paradise Remastered it tells me to hit Options to start the game. No! It's Start to start!

Yeah, same. I actually forget the name of the button, too, so when I give someone the controller so they can play and they ask “how do I open the menu?” I’ll say “oh press start. It’s not called start actually but you know press the button that looks like it should be called start.”

Could we take the guy who put a dedicated screenshot button on the controller instead of another options button and drown him in the nearest septic tank?

Same. My older SO corrects me. I won't have any of it.

I'm sorry, are we discussing paddles?

Had this argument with someone a couple days ago. Said my start button was sticking and they gave me shit for it.

I am not a violent man. I do my best to be as kind and caring as possible. I wanted to drown him.

So... I believe I'm old now...

*insert "I'm in this meme and I don't like it" picture.

But....we have two buttons right? The right one was always start and the left one was options ig? I'm an Xbox 360 player

Hello my name MonsiuerPatEBrown, and I use two spaces after a period.

I will always call it the start button, but to be honest, menu or options are better names for what it does.

Curiously enough, the "start" button is now more of a "pause" button. Sometimes also a "skip cutscene" and "open menu" button. Microsoft was into something by actually renaming it to "menu" in the Xbox, since that's what it's used for nowadays. Sony probably chose to call it "options" on the PS4 onwards solely to avoid being sued for plagiarism.

My main controller is the 8bitdo sf30 pro, which as basically the Super Famicom controller but with sticks and extra buttons for modern functionality labels them Start and Select, as ordained by heaven.

Should've gone the Nintendo route and used symbols. "+" and "-"

the worst is when they change the shapes to make them smaller (switch & ps5), gotta save pennies on manufacturing costs i guess