Gamers may be familiar with the triangle-shaped logo, box, circle or a cross like the letter X that existed at the Sony PlayStation control buttons. But you know the real meaning of these symbols?

Teiyu Goto, the designer of the famous Japanese game console that it was finally open the voice and tell the origin of how the logo symbol was created.

“Other brands are using the sign alphabet or numbers, but we want something more concise,” he explained, as quoted from 1Up, Saturday (28/08/2010).

Apart form that has meaning, it turns out each color is inherent in the symbol also has a special meaning. “I give symbols with different colors, and each has its own meaning,” said Goto.

Logo green colored box, for example, according to him is a representation of the meaning of the appointment of future directions. Then there is the symbol of a box defined as part of the paper that serves to open the document.

While the circle and cross logo is a sign and do not agree. “Many who thought the color for the circle and cross mixed up, but I was intentionally doing it,” said Goto.