Wii remote controller also wins technology Emmy (correction: Nintendo D-pad & Sony Dual Shock Analog reasons for their wins)

9 January 2007

Posted by:Ferry

Update: Thanks to sivart for pointing out “Sony won for their dual shock analog controller [first used in 1998's PS1 system] … along with the Nintendo D-Pad [first used in 1980's Game & Watch series] both of which were considered Emmy worthy for the development of the generation of controllers that followed the classic joysticks.” As quoted by Destructoid.

Ha! Dry those tears of sadness from the incomplete report earlier today about Sony’s PS3 controller Emmy nomination, because happy times are here for Nintendo as well. It turns out the Wii remote controller also won an Emmy!

Both wireless motion-sensing controllers won a (shared?) award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, when they announced the winners of its 58th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards at CES in Las Vegas today. And Nintendo and Sony weren’t the only videogame winners; Microsoft and id Software also won…

The Emmy Award for Peripheral Development and Technological Impact of Video Game Controllers:
* Nintendo
* Sony Computer Entertainment America

The Emmy Award for Development of 3D Software Engines:
* John Carmack
* id Software

The Emmy Award for Pioneering Work in Near and Real-Time Fully Programmable Shading Via Modern Graphics Processors:
* Microsoft
* AMD
* NVIDIA Corporation

“These are truly dynamic and exciting times for the television industry, and tonightâ€™s Emmy winners were rewarded for their significant impact in enhancing the consumer viewing experience,” said Peter Price, President/CEO, National Television Academy.

Via 1UP & the Emmy winners press release.

Categories: News

sivart

According to [Link: Destructoid] neither ‘motion-sensing controller’ won the award.

“The award is from the Video Game Technology Group. [Sony's DualShock controller] was nominated by our internal group and considered along with the Nintendo D-Pad both of which were considered Emmy worthy for the development of the generation of controllers that followed the classic joysticks.”
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drale

Why to spin a article full of BS statements. You’re no worse than Sony trying to claim they won for SIXAXIS in their reports. All you online bloggers have information on is the Nintendo and Sony won controller awards. You’re all assuming its for the new motion controllers. They have only been out a month and even though at least the Wii Remote deserves an award they haven’t been out long enough to show a shift in the gaming industry of innovation for the future. They will get their rewards for the new controllers eventually. Thanks for spreading the truth from Destructoid, sivart.
supadupagama

drale, thanks for generalizing all bloggers in one pile and then complimenting another blog, surely over 100 million people with blogs are all exactly the same!

We have no reason to spin anything. Every article/press release we came across mentioned the controllers (no matter how you describe them) won and so did we. We never said they won because of that technology, that’s an assumption on your part.

But truth be told we did think both companies won because of the new technology (hence the awards name) with their peripherals. It sure makes a lot more sense than Nintendo getting an Emmy award 27 years after Gunpei Yokoi’s first introduction of the Game & Watch series with D-pad controls in 1980…

… oh wait I’m not supposed to have any knowledge about gaming history or a common sense, according to Drale I’m a blogger that needs to spin BS into lies, how can I enforce this stereotype? Oh yeah: “Sony PS3 sucks totally dude! Wii clearly for teh win!” Please grow up yourself, your assumptions are the mother of all mess-ups. You should’ve realized incomplete reporting isn’t something we try to do on purpose, we respect 1UP‘s writers and haven’t seen them report before about something like the PS3 & Wii controllers winning an Emmy without confirmation, which it turns out they did.