The Nation Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has decided to give Sony the Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for Sony’s PlayStation 3 controller. The Sixaxis controller will be honored this evening during the International Consumer Electronics Showcase 2007 in Las Vegas. Sony released a statement about this award that included a list of other awards Sony will be receiving at CES. These awards include CES Best of Innovations Award for 2007, PC World’s 20 Most Innovative Products Award, Sound & Vision’s Editor’s Choice Award and Digital Entertainment Group’s Emiel N. Petrone Digital Innovation Award. Sony rips off Nintendo, and get an Emmy for it?

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