Sega Didn't Make A Dreamcast Mini Because It Was Too Expensive
Sega has revealed that the reason why there isn't a Dreamcast Mini is that they're too expensive to produce. The Mega Drive Mini 2 is Sega's upcoming retro console in Japan, which will feature a mixture of Mega Drive and Mega-CD games, which are the names of the Sega Genesis and Sega CD outside of North America.
The Sega Genesis is the system that Sega often goes to for ports of its old games, as many of the titles on that system are still beloved to this day. The Sega Master System's visuals haven't aged as well as the Sega Genesis, so games on that system are rarely ported. Sega's later systems are also rarely ported, with the Sega Dreamcast mostly seeing individual HD ports on digital stores, while the Sega Saturn is almost completely ignored.
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Back in 2020, Sega mentioned the Dreamcast Mini, and this led many fans to believe that one was on the way, but the next retro console will be the Mega Drive Mini 2. The reveal of the Mega Drive Mini 2 might be disappointing to some, even though it features a lot of Mega-CD games that have never been ported before. There is actually a reason why the Dreamcast Mini doesn't exist. Sega’s classic hardware producer Yosuke Okunari recently spoke to Famitsu (as spotted by My Nintendo News), and he explained that the reason for the lack of a Dreamcast or Saturn Mini is due to the ongoing semiconductor shortage.
According to Okunari, Sega had considered the Dreamcast Mini and Saturn Mini, but there are hardware issues preventing the systems from launching. There is an ongoing semiconductor shortage, in part due to the pandemic, which has resulted in a number of shortages in video game console production. The
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