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And the Emmy goes to… PlayStation

by Ingrid on September 30th, 2005

The gaming console, PlayStation, has been awarded an Emmy Award by National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievement in technology and advanced new media. Not a shabby 10th year anniversary present, I must say.

According to PlayStation’s press release:

Sony Computer Entertainment America president and CEO Kaz Hirai will be on hand to accept the award at the 57 th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards today in Princeton, New Jersey hosted by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). Breaking the 100-million unit sales milestone in June, the original PlayStation is the best-selling in-home game console worldwide, and is primarily regarded for transforming videogaming into a mass-market proposition.

Read the whole thing here.

Congrats, PlayStation. Next stop: The Academy Awards. Hopefully we’ll get some nice shots of the console going down the red carpet.

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