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http://today.reuters.com/news/newsa...83737_RTRUKOC_0_US-MEDIA-SONY-PLAYSTATION.xml

Sony's PlayStation video game console wins Emmy

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) PlayStation video game console has won an Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the company said on Thursday.

The Emmy, which will be accepted by Kaz Hirai, president and chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment America, was awarded for outstanding achievement in technology and advanced new media.

The Emmys for popular television shows were presented earlier this month in Los Angeles.

The award for the Sony PlayStation will be among those handed out on Thursday at the 57th annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards in New Jersey.

 

[Wario64]

i wonder how many people will bash this, considering Xbox Live won an emmy...

 

[drohne]

i suppose nintendo will want one too.

 

[typhonsentra]

The Emmys are clearly anti-Nintendo.

 

[..pakbeka..]

can't wait untill I become a billionare and buy my own emmy, with my own exclusive category too

 

[Matlock]

Feh, it's the same institution that likes Arrested Development.

 

[Tenacious-V]

Bah emmy, I already have 2, they're helping prop up my coffee table.

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

i wonder how many people will bash this, considering Xbox Live won an emmy...

QFT

 

[ManDudeChild]

i wonder how many people will bash this, considering Xbox Live won an emmy...

It should be bashed though, as should and did the Xbox emmy. It's nothing but fluff.

 

[littlewig]

The Emmy, which will be accepted by Kaz Hirai, president and chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment America, was awarded for outstanding achievement in technology and advanced new media.

 

[impirius]

Don't worry; next year, Nintendo will win an Innovation in Motion Sensing Control Emmy or something. They're just making this stuff up as they go along.

 

[Dragmire]

I don't see how PlayStation or PS2 (whichever they're talking about) is an achievement in technology. X-box Live is also a bit weird. I don't know what I would choose, but those choices seem strange to me.

 

[human5892]

Feh, it's the same institution that likes Arrested Development.

Matlock, I like you and all, but for a second there I really was hoping you'd have a heart attack.

 

[evilromero]

Thank you Sony for saving the video game industry! And thank you for the analog stick, rumble pack and the innovation. I'm glad someone got the pat on the back they deserved.

 

[MetatronM]

Why would the Playstation win an Emmy for outstanding technical achievement in 2005?

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

Why would the Playstation win an Emmy for outstanding technical achievement in 2005?

PSP?

 

[The Bookerman]

I'm sorry but the only guy who deserves somethin close to an emmy is... Hideo KOJIMA.

 

[DDayton]

This Tech Emmy business is getting annoying. Xbox live barely qualified, and that was because it used internet gaming... I can't see how the PS2 qualifies at all.

 

[Tellaerin]

Why would the Playstation win an Emmy for outstanding technical achievement in 2005?

They're handing out three different videogame-related Emmys this year.

Development and Impact in 8-Bit Consoles - Atari 2600
Development and Impact in Polygon Consoles - Playstation (PS1, the original)
Development of Multiplayer Console Technology - Xbox Live

Strangely, there's no award representing the 16-bit era, and the only 'contemporary' award is for multiplayer tech, which was a guaranteed win for MS. Seems to me like the only reason the other awards are even being handed out is to establish that XBL is an achievement on par with the Playstation or the Atari 2600. (Live fans may agree; I think it's debatable at best.) Sony PR appears to be trying to take those lemons and make lemonade with them, rather than just being part of the setup for an XBL promotional push.

 

[mckmas8808]

I'm sorry but the only guy who deserves somethin close to an emmy is... Hideo KOJIMA.

Umm... I thought that his best games played on that Playstation thing.

 

[Sanjuro]

Development and Impact in 8-Bit Consoles - Atari 2600

Isn't the 2600 more like a 8-Kb Console?

 

[Tellaerin]

Isn't the 2600 more like a 8-Kb Console?

Hey, I didn't make the categories. I don't even think the 2600 has an 8-bit CPU. ^^; If we were talking about real 8-bit machines, I'd've said NES FTW.

 

[Sanjuro]

Hey, I didn't make the categories. I don't even think the 2600 has an 8-bit CPU. ^^; If we were talking about real 8-bit machines, I'd've said NES FTW.

You did make the categories...and for your mistake I will toss in my vote for the...

 

[Tellaerin]

You did make the categories...and for your mistake I will toss in my vote for the...

No, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS... hmm, spell that backwards...) made the categories. Can't pin that on me.

As far as the Master System goes, I loved that machine. To be fair, though, the category's called 'Development and Impact in 8-Bit Consoles', and the NES had a much bigger impact on videogames in the 8-bit era than the SMS did.

 

[Sanjuro]

No, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS... hmm, spell that backwards...) made the categories. Can't pin that on me.

As far as the Master System goes, I loved that machine. To be fair, though, the category's called 'Development and Impact in 8-Bit Consoles', and the NES had a much bigger impact on videogames in the 8-bit era than the SMS did.

I know I'm just being a sarcastic bastard. SMS was great, but NES was my first love.

 

[Agent X]

Hey, I didn't make the categories. I don't even think the 2600 has an 8-bit CPU. ^^; If we were talking about real 8-bit machines, I'd've said NES FTW.

The 2600 has an 8-bit processor, very similar to the one the NES uses in fact.

 

[Dr_Cogent]

i wonder how many people will bash this, considering Xbox Live won an emmy...

My thoughts exactly.

 

[Ruzbeh]

PSP?

That would actually make sense.

 

[typhonsentra]

Except that as a portable, it doesn't really have anything to do with television games. If they're covering portables too, then why didn't they give an award to the GameBoy for practically inventing the freaking medium?

 

[Tellaerin]

The 2600 has an 8-bit processor, very similar to the one the NES uses in fact.

Thanks for the info. Some sites have the 2600 CPU listed as 8-bit, others as 4-bit, so I wasn't sure. (Though I do seem to recall that the Intellivision was the world's first 16-bit console... )

 

[evilromero]

If we're discussing the impact of a system in the 8-bit era then there is NO question that Nintendo would be the proper choice. Remember, IMPACT, not favorite. And while the 2600 did establish a successful industry, it also contributed to its demise (although 83 was just a bad year for everyone).

 

[Mihail]

Why do they feel the need to put these and other video game awards in the hands of people that don't know anything about video games?