Actually, the Emmy goes to… Dual Shock

Hydrapinion’s Seamus Byrne decided to follow up the claim of Sony‘s SIXAXIS controller bagging an Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts & Science (NATAS), and he’s apparently found a rather large discrepancy.

The winner of the Emmy for Technology and Engineering isn’t the SIXAXIS. It isn’t even the Wiimote-Nunchuk combination.

It’s the DUALSHOCK (or Dual Shock, if you prefer).

At first, Byrne was somewhat annoyed with the original announcement because the SIXAXIS didn’t really have an original design, since it’s an adaptation of Dual Shock controller and all, minus Immersion‘s rumble technology. Imagine his, and our, surprise when Christine Chin from NATAS sent a follow-up message. She writes,

I understand you had contacted Cheryl Daly, Director of Communications at NATAS to confirm if Sony won for their PS3 controller. This is incorrect, Sony won for their dual shock analog controller. The award is from the Video Game Technology Group. It 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.

I would like to confirm that Sony did not win for their PS3 controller, they won for their Dual Shock Analog controller.

All we can say is, this really isn’t the best way to start the year. Still, props to Sony for the Dual Shock win.

Hydrapinion’s Seamus Byrne decided to follow up the claim of Sony‘s SIXAXIS controller bagging an Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts & Science (NATAS), and he’s apparently found a rather large discrepancy.

The winner of the Emmy for Technology and Engineering isn’t the SIXAXIS. It isn’t even the Wiimote-Nunchuk combination.

It’s the DUALSHOCK (or Dual Shock, if you prefer).

At first, Byrne was somewhat annoyed with the original announcement because the SIXAXIS didn’t really have an original design, since it’s an adaptation of Dual Shock controller and all, minus Immersion‘s rumble technology. Imagine his, and our, surprise when Christine Chin from NATAS sent a follow-up message. She writes,

I understand you had contacted Cheryl Daly, Director of Communications at NATAS to confirm if Sony won for their PS3 controller. This is incorrect, Sony won for their dual shock analog controller. The award is from the Video Game Technology Group. It 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.

I would like to confirm that Sony did not win for their PS3 controller, they won for their Dual Shock Analog controller.

All we can say is, this really isn’t the best way to start the year. Still, props to Sony for the Dual Shock win.