Nintendo Wii and DS win Tech Emmys

by Rob Peters | January 8, 2008 at 10:40 am

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It's weird how many of my pushing-30 friends have Wiis all of a sudden--even the least likely of gamers. I'd get one myself but I have Zelda addiction issues.

The tech Emmys were announced this morning, and among the long list of takers is Nintendo's seemingly unstoppable, often unfindable Wii, and the humble DS. The Game Controller Innovation award was given to both consoles, while the Handheld Game Device Display Screen Innovation was shared between the DS and... the Atari Lynx?! Ok, sure, the Lynx is almost twenty years old, but that shouldn't take away from Nintendo's moment of glory (again -- last year Nintendo won for the D-pad). Not heard from this year: Sony. Guess they learned their lesson about the tech Emmys back in 2007.