Sega Has No Plans for More Mini Consoles - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 January 2025 / 4,400 Views
Sega America and Europe CEO Shuji Utsumi in an interview with The Guardian was asked about the company possibly releasing new mini consoles based on the Saturn or Dreamcast.
"I’m not going for the Mini direction. It’s not me. I want to embrace modern gamers," said Utsumi.
Utsumi added, "We are not a retro company. We really appreciate our legacy, we value it, but at the same time, we want to deliver something new – otherwise we’ll become history. That’s not what we’re aiming for."
Sega has released five mini consoles and the most recent one, The Genesis Mini 2, released in 2022.
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"We are not a retro company" Yes, yes you are. You make some great modern games yes, but you also re-release your classics just as often as Nintendo does.
I would say with Atlus they pretty much set the trend. Release a game and make as many versions of it as possible stretched out over a couple of years and multiple systems. When remaking a game, going the vanilla route instead of the complete edition.
They should release those games in a classics compilation, just like they did with "Sega Genesis Classics"
Thats too bad. Really wanted a Master System Mini.
Sounds like they don't like money or maybe they're about to release a ton of stuff digitally from Master System, Saturn, and Dreamcast.
SEGA always will be perceived as retro creation company, because of its rich history :)
Missed opportunity.
Yes, yes, okay. But what about a new console? Please? PRETTY please?
Yes. It would be epic to see a Sega console again. They have such a deep catalogue of well-established IP that are instantly recognizable. Young gamers of today are far more receptive to Japanese games than they were at the turn of the century... I wouldn't mind it at all if Sega replaced Microsoft in the console space. It would revitalize my interest in modern gaming, ten fold.
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