Sony Earns Award at CES...

[Spankey]

Not too bad for a company HD-DVD fans thought was all but dead...

Sixaxis honoured with Emmy

Sixaxis honoured with Emmy
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Matt Martin 09:16 08/01/2007

PS3 controller picks up prestigious gong at CES

The PlayStation 3's Sixaxis controller has been honoured with an award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

The Technology and Engineering Emmy Award comes as the console manufacturer also revealed it has shipped one million units of its PlayStation 3 to North American retailers.

"The overwhelming consumer demand and critical acclaim for PS3 is testament of the platform's strength and the industry's desire for a true next-generation entertainment system," commented Jack Tretton, CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America.

"The full potential of this powerful machine has yet to be realised. What you've seen so far is just a taste of what will be on the table for 2007 and years to come," he added.

The Sixaxis controller has added motion sensing technology to re-define the original Dual Shock controller, detecting natural, real-time movements, along with input via pressure sensitive buttons, analogue sticks and triggers.

Sony's PlayStation 3 has also picked up the CES Best of Innovations Award for 2007, PC World's 20 Most Innovative Products Award, Sound and Vision's Editor's Choice Award and a Digital Innovation Award from the Digital Entertainment Group.
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[Alex Pallas]

i'm sure gates was tickled pink

[KenThompson]

Sony will always be #1 in my books.Should come as no surprise the playstation 3 is cutting edge.One million already shipped,showing no signs of slow down. T'vs are first rate and Bdp S1 is a beaut. Yeah I'm a fan boy and proud of it

[reiella]

I'm confused...

It's a bluetooth wireless controller. But ok .

[theknub]

why are u confused?!?

[reiella]

Originally Posted by theknub

why are u confused?!?

Mostly as I'm really struggling to see what the innovation was beyond making it Bluetooth .

I mean, it's a nice controller, and bluetooth is a very smart way to go for a wireless controller for obvious reasons, but I'm really at a lose as to when it's competiting for Technology and Engineering. Just seems odd, especially compared to some of the other stuff that it would be competeting against over the year.

[ Add ]
The big part is I misread the news aritcle at first to be that the Sixaxis won the Innovation award, admittantly, it's a "Technology and Engineering" Emmy, which can be quite easier to understand given that is well made .

[Banjo]

Um, you know... as much as I like the controller but I thought Nintendo's Wii Remote and the Nunchuk was pretty innovative.

That's just my opinion though.

[D-Block]

Originally Posted by Banjo

Um, you know... as much as I like the controller but I thought Nintendo's Wii Remote and the Nunchuk was pretty innovative.

That's just my opinion though.

I heard Nintendo stole Sony's idea for a controller with Motion Sensory and Rumble.

[Banjo]

Originally Posted by D-Block

Nintendo stole Sony's idea for a controller with Motion Sensory and Rumble.

I remember Nintendo coming out with a 'Rumble Pak' out for StarFox 64. Then Dual Shock came when Gran Turismo was released on the original PS. So, how did Nintendo exactly steal it from Sony? Mind you, didn't Sony had to settle a lawsuit with a small company for a patent infringement regarding the rumble feature?

Not trying to spark off a war here, but as far I am aware... Nintendo did not steal these ideas from Sony. I'm not a fanboy of any consoles, but I'm not going to make up some ridiculous claims.

After all, I didn't accuse anyone of stealing ideas. I only said that Nintendo deserved the award more than Sony did in this round.

[reiella]

Originally Posted by Banjo

I remember Nintendo coming out with a 'Rumble Pak' out for StarFox 64. Then Dual Shock came when Gran Turismo was released on the original PS. So, how did Nintendo exactly steal it from Sony? Mind you, didn't Sony had to settle a lawsuit with a small company for a patent infringement regarding the rumble feature?

Not trying to spark off a war here, but as far I am aware... Nintendo did not steal these ideas from Sony. I'm not a fanboy of any consoles, but I'm not going to make up some ridiculous claims.

After all, I didn't accuse anyone of stealing ideas. I only said that Nintendo deserved the award more than Sony did in this round.

Every game company settled with Immersion. Nintendo and Microsoft pay 1.50$ or 2$ [I forget how much honestly] per controller to Immersion in royalty costs, and also settled for past patent violations, including StarFox 64.

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by reiella

Every game company settled with Immersion. Nintendo and Microsoft pay 1.50$ or 2$ [I forget how much honestly] per controller to Immersion in royalty costs, and also settled for past patent violations, including StarFox 64.

It may seem like a trivial payment, but in the case of Sony, Immersion decided to ask for back-payment for the sum-total of $175m or something just as ridiculous. Sony, quite rightly, told where to go.

[reiella]

Originally Posted by Maxpower1987

It may seem like a trivial payment, but in the case of Sony, Immersion decided to ask for back-payment for the sum-total of $175m or something just as ridiculous. Sony, quite rightly, told where to go.

It's not a trival amount. I agree. When you look at it as a microtransaction scale, it may seem trivial, but it's still a 2$ price increase. That the consumer is going to have to pay, ultimately.

[Banjo]

Originally Posted by reiella

Every game company settled with Immersion. Nintendo and Microsoft pay 1.50$ or 2$ [I forget how much honestly] per controller to Immersion in royalty costs, and also settled for past patent violations, including StarFox 64.

Nintendo didn't get sued by Immersion for either Nintendo 64 or Gamecube. Though it did get sued by Interlink for the Wii Remote.

[reiella]

Originally Posted by Banjo

Nintendo didn't get sued by Immersion for either Nintendo 64 or Gamecube. Though it did get sued by Interlink for the Wii Remote.

Accurate, and I was wrong, I had misread a previous article referencing that. The issue being that apparantly "Sony and Microsoft use a different method to rumble".

As a sidenote, it goes further back yet than StarFox 64, there were a nice handful of gameboy games and 3rd party SNES addons that featured the ability as well .

[mbslrm]

Originally Posted by KenThompson

Sony will always be #1 in my books.Should come as no surprise the playstation 3 is cutting edge.One million already shipped,showing no signs of slow down. T'vs are first rate and Bdp S1 is a beaut. Yeah I'm a fan boy and proud of it

Weld said.

~mbslrm

[Banjo]

The Emmy Award for Peripheral Development and Technological Impact of Video Game Controllers

Nintendo
Sony Computer Entertainment America

http://www.emmyonline.org/emmy/advme...s_release.html

Apparently both Nintendo and Sony are being honoured for their innovations in developing their video game controllers over the past decade or more, not just Sixaxis.

Now I understand. At first, I was puzzled about why the Emmys would award Sony for Sixaxis. It makes sense now.

[reiella]

Originally Posted by Banjo

The Emmy Award for Peripheral Development and Technological Impact of Video Game Controllers

Nintendo
Sony Computer Entertainment America

http://www.emmyonline.org/emmy/advme...s_release.html

Apparently both Nintendo and Sony are being honoured for their innovations in developing their video game controllers over the past decade or more, not just Sixaxis.

Now I understand. At first, I was puzzled about why the Emmys would award Sony for Sixaxis. It makes sense now.

Okie, a bit more sense now. And they are different approaches, so I can understand the use of two different awards [that and they are tech awards so :P]. A bit more sense to me,