The supply of Sega Genesis Mini 2 will be much lower than the original offer

The mini-console fad has subsided ever since NES Classic And the SNES Classic Peak, with fewer companies giving the concept a chance. However, Sega remains an exception, as it is releasing not one but two new retro-minded machines by the end of the year.

only one of those, Sega Genesis Mini 2Coming to the United States. Sega confirmed to Ars Technica that the system in question will be incredibly limited: “about a tenth” of the 2019 Sega Genesis Mini.

Mini production run for Mini 2

The news came as a surprising answer to an entirely different question. Ars contacted Sega shortly after the launch of the Genesis Mini 2 announcebecause we wanted to clarify who exactly produces and ships the system.

Genesis Mini 2 confirmed months after Sega’s announcement A living room box similar to its Japanese fan, Mega Drive 2. The number “2” indicates that this is a follow-up to the 2019 concept, just with a whole new batch of built-in classics and emulations from the Sega 16-bit console generation (this time with Sega CD games introduced).

Sega of America has handled the promotion and shipping of the 2019 Genesis Mini, while Japan’s Sega appears to be the one slated to ship this year’s Genesis Mini 2, which is scheduled to ship on October 27. For example, its official website is in English, but it Hosted in the Japanese domain Sega. Most importantly for interested buyers, is the Genesis Mini 2 Only available through the US Amazon listingwhich claims that all purchases will be shipped from Japan — thus skipping the usual Amazon Prime shipping discounts and guarantees (and potentially burdening US buyers with customs issues).

My questions about Genesis Mini 2 shipments were sent to Sega from the company’s Japanese office, which eventually confirmed that the new mini console was a “Japan-only project” for the company. “The Sega Genesis Mini 2 can only be produced in small numbers due to the global shortage of semiconductors,” reads a message from the Sega president’s office, so the company chose to produce a small Western batch of Genesis Mini 2s along with its order of Mega Drive Mini 2s.

The message states that “the number of units for this project is approximately one-tenth of the total number of the previous Genesis Mini”.

You may need to decide in advance

Since Sega has never announced total sales numbers for the original Genesis Mini, or Mega Drive Mini sales in other regions, we can’t accurately estimate how low this manufacturing number will be. By anecdotal, the original Genesis Mini seemed to fall somewhere between the rampant sell-out of Nintendo’s own consoles and the fate of poor and quickly reduced performance. Playstation mini 2018 disappointing. Upon release, Genesis Mini stock remained stable and accessible until early 2020 (and I got big discounts by May 2020). These days, they are no longer manufactured and hover in the $160-200 range at both official retailers and eBay listings (well above $80 MSRP).

Most mini consoles have come out of the last decade and gone with only one or two manufacturing processes, Lots of customer dissatisfaction. Sega’s statement does not inspire confidence that we should expect anything different from their latest device – and the same applies Astro City Mini V Japanese onlywhich will resemble the 2020 Astro City Mini (that you reviewed earlier) but this time it includes a vertically oriented screen and classic arcade games to match.

The statement doesn’t say what percentage of the scaling might have been applied to the Mega Drive Mini 2 compared to the first Mega Drive Mini – but it also doesn’t say anything about a European model, leaving us suspicious that European Sega would make a system full of multilingual games branded “Mega” Drive 2 Mini”.

As of press time, Amazon US The site is still showing up The Genesis Mini 2 is available at a price that hovers around $103 – which has fluctuated since its announcement, due to its Japanese manufacturing origin and its price is based on the Japanese yen. This update from Sega of Japan indicates that anyone interested in the western version of the Genesis Mini 2, which will contain western versions of some games and original Japanese versions of others, should not hesitate to place an order.

Ars Technica has already ordered its Genesis Mini 2 hardware and is in touch with Japan’s Sega about getting its hands on the system ahead of its launch. But in light of this apparent scarcity, My review for the original 2019 It may help you decide before it’s too late to get this anywhere near the MSRP. Both Genesis Mini models are made by the same team at M2 and appear to be based around the same simulation cores and interfaces. I’ve mostly praised this system for its price-to-content ratio and glowing simulation performance, and the games this system has announced so far include Genesis and Sega CD classics at a similar price per game (along with a default bump to a six-button controller as a bundle option).

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