Sony, Nintendo, id Lauded With Emmys

Nintendo, Sony, and id Software have all been given Emmy awards for technology-related contributions to gaming and entertainment. Nintendo's Wiimote, obviously, garnered an Emmy for Peripheral Development and Technoogical Impact of Video Game Controllers, while id collectively received two awards. John Carmack was given The Pioneering Development Work in 3D Game Engines award, and id as a whole received an accolade for Quake's rendering technology. As reader NexusTw1n points out, though, there was something odd about Sony's award. "On Monday, Sony claimed their revolutionary SIXAXIS controller had been honoured with an Emmy , leaving many wondering why the Wiimote had been ignored. Yesterday, that press release was clarified, with a statement making it clear the award was actually for the PS2 Dual Shock controller, rather than the new PS3 model."

Comments

Stop Digging

[tfinniga]

Sony's PR lately has been the worst PR I've ever seen.

Although some might say that's because I haven't been watching Sony's PR long enough.

Sony Award

[TwistedSpring]

"Sony, we will be honouring your legendary controller technology with an Emmy." "AWESOME we cannot believe we won over Nintendo with our hasty stab at copying their functionality. Release lots of embarrassing press releases patting ourselves on the back and saying how fantastic we are for our revolutionary SIXAXIS controller!!" "Haha, only kidding. It's for the DualShock, suckers" How much of a smack in the face is that? Quality work Emmy dudes.

Re:SIXAXIS disqualification

[odie_q]

Actually, it detects rotation and translation along three axes, and also has two dual-axis thumb levers. So that's seven axes, and ten degrees of freedom.

So what _are_ the six axes?

[Draconix]

My best guess...

1)x
2)y
3)z
4)t (time)
5)? (???)
6)p (profit)

Re:Technoogical?

[Chris Burke]

What does Technoogical Impact of Video Game Controllers mean?

It means what happens when your Wii remote hits your 40" plasma screen. :)