SEGA America and Europe executive Shuji Utsumi has revealed that the company has no plans to produce anymore mini consoles going forward, so those hoping for a mini version of the Saturn or Dreamcast are sadly out of luck.
Speaking with The Guardian, Utsumi-san revealed that while SEGA is proud of its legacy, it isn’t ‘a retro company’ and as such wants to focus on delivering new experiences.
I’m not going for the Mini direction. It’s not me. I want to embrace modern gamers. 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.
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We have some great pillars – such as Sonic, Persona and Yakuza. But at the same time, we have other properties that really show the style, attitude and context of Sega. I think gamers will love it if we do this right. It will be a challenge – there are great expectations – but if we can respond to that, we can get back to being Sega.
SEGA released its latest mini console, the Genesis/Mega Drive 2 mini, back in October 2022. Back in July 2023, Sega’s president and COO didn’t rule out the possibility of a Saturn mini console, but admitted that the process of developing one is difficult due to the console being ‘surprisingly high performance.’
[Source – The Guardian]