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title: "Sega did consider Saturn / Dreamcast Mini but costs were just too much"
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description: "Famitsu, a Japanese gaming journal, spoke with Sega's classic hardware producer Yosuke Okunari about the recently revealed Mega Drive Mini 2."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2022-06-10 14:11:54"
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Sega did consider Saturn / Dreamcast Mini but costs were just too much | General News | NintendoReporters

 [![Sega did consider Saturn / Dreamcast Mini but costs were just too much](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/sega-did-consider-saturn-dreamcast-mini-but-costs-were-just-too-much.jpeg "Sega did consider Saturn / Dreamcast Mini but costs were just too much")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/sega-did-consider-saturn-dreamcast-mini-but-costs-were-just-too-much.jpeg)**Famitsu**, a Japanese gaming journal, spoke with Sega’s classic hardware producer Yosuke Okunari about the recently revealed Mega Drive Mini 2.

Famitsu inquired of Mr. Okunari if they had considered releasing a Sega Saturn Mini or Sega Dreamcast Mini. Okunari said that they had, but owing to semiconductor shortages caused by COVID-19, as well as the internal expenditures of building Saturn Mini or Dreamcast Mini, they finally opted against it. The Mega Drive Mini 2 will be released in Japan in October and will have 50 games, including those from the Sega Mega CD. The Sega Mega Drive Mini 2 has yet to be released in the West.

## [](#sega-did-consider-them)SEGA did consider them

“Some of you may remark, ‘This isn’t a Sega Saturn Mini,’ or ‘I wanted a Dreamcast Mini,’ and it’s not that we didn’t consider such possibilities.” The Coronavirus has slowed the development of new boards, and it would be a rather costly product in terms of cost.”

That is not a it will never happen answer … so there is hope!

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