The PlayStation controller was originally designed with Circle as the confirm button and Cross as the cancel button in mind. This was flipped around for the West, because of the questionable idea that Westerners associate a cross with a checkbox. In october, articles came out saying all PS5 would use the Western layout, unlike Asian PS4, which still used the original layout.
Now that the PS5 is out in Japan: Is it true that Asian PS5 use the Western layout too? Is there no setting to change it to the original layout (without swapping Circle and Cross themselves)? Are there games that ignore this and still use the original layout?
Best Answer
According to this article:
The original source for this article was from Famitsu (translated to English):
Multiple sources, including this source state that for PS5 games, the traditional layout for Japanese users will remain the same, thus the circle and X options are only swapped in regards to the PS5 hardware:
So, it seems that when dealing with menus specific to PS5 hardware, X and circle are swapped (X to confirm, circle to cancel), but in games, they are what Japan has been using for decades (X to cancel, circle to confirm).