Аз нямам Sony Playstation,
но винаги съм се питал защо на бутоните за управление на
игровата конзола (или приставка, не зная кое е правилното) има триъгълниче, квадратче, кръгче и хиксче.
От това интервю на Teiyu Goto,
който е работил по външния дизайн на PlayStaion-ите и техните контролери става ясно, че
триъгълничето символизира гледна точка (или поглед), квадратчето - лист хартия, а кръгчето и хиксчето
- "да" и "не".
Ето оригиналния цитат:
"Other game companies at the time assigned alphabet letters or colors to the buttons.
We wanted something simple to remember, which is why we went with icons or symbols,
and I came up with the triangle-circle-X-square combination immediately afterward.
I gave each symbol a meaning and a color. The triangle refers to viewpoint; I had it
represent one's head or direction and made it green. Square refers to a piece of paper; I
had it represent menus or documents and made it pink. The circle and X represent 'yes' or
'no' decision-making and I made them red and blue respectively. People thought those colors were
mixed up, and I had to reinforce to management that that's what I wanted."
Видяно от
PCWorld.