Sega recently announced its next Mini console, Mega Drive Mini 2, which will include 50 Mega Drive and mega CD games, including arcade transplant works and "mysterious new works". Mega Drive Mini 2 will be launched in Japan on October 27 at a price of 9980 yen. Sega has not yet announced whether it will be sold in Europe and the United States.
Although the news was exciting, fans began to look forward to mini versions of other Sega game consoles, such as Saturn and Dreamcast. Then, why Sega decided to release Mega Drive 2 instead of other hosts, aochengyangfu, producer of Sega Mini host series, explained the impact of the epidemic on the production cost in a recent interview with fami Tong.
Aochengyangfu said that the team had also explored, but the internal hardware of MD Mini could not handle the games on Saturn and DC platforms, and the cost of developing and manufacturing new chips during the epidemic was very high. Even if Sega has launched the mini host of Saturn and DC, the price will be very expensive and may be the same as that of the next generation host.
Sega chose Mega Drive Mini 2 because it is only the "expansion" of the first generation of Mega Drive mini and easier to manage in terms of manufacturing during the epidemic. Even so, the final production of the mini host is still lower than expected. Sega has also decided to focus its sales on Japan. Although Sega also understands overseas demand, it still gives priority to the Japanese market with a clear understanding. Due to the improvement of chip and memory, the price of Mega Drive Mini 2 is higher than that of the previous generation. However, aochengyangfu believes that a stronger game library will prove that Mega Drive Mini 2 is worth its money.
Aochengyangfu also mentioned that the team was considering manufacturing another game gear micro, but the rising semiconductor price made the cost 1.5 times that of the previous version. It was said that the team could not risk selling at the same price and did not want to raise the price, so they shelved the plan.
