Shigeru Miyamoto wins Innovation Award by The Economist magazine
October 20th, 2007 by astrotriforce
All hail Miyamoto! The legendary game designer has won another award to add to his extensive collection.
The British world-affairs magazine The Economist has honored Mr. Miyamoto-san (a.k.a. “Shiggy”) with an Innovation Award for Consumer Goods, as selected by “an independent judging panel of industry experts.” As everyone should know by now, Shigeru Miyamoto is considered as one of the greatest game designers to walk this earth and a pioneer and innovator of the industry. Not only is he a great personality, but he is also one of the key reasons for the success of video games, having created Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong and numerous other games from Super Mario 64 to Pikmin. He has also had a key role in all of Nintendo’s innovative controllers, including the Wii.
“No one is more identified with modern video games than Shigeru Miyamoto,” Econonmist business editor Tom Standage told MCV. “His pioneering vision and creativity truly created a new category of entertainment.”
Since it launched in November 2006, the Wii has been an ongoing success story. Last month The Financial Times reported that around 9 million Wii units have been sold worldwide as of the end of July. According to industry analyst firm the NPD Group, more than 4.5 million Wiis have been purchased in the US as of the end of September. Shigeru Miyamoto made Time’s 100 Most Influential People of the Year list as well as won a lifetime achievement award during the Game Developer’s Conference so he is no stranger to awards. Congrats Shiggy! — Via GS