Rumour: SEGA could be gearing up for low cost 2D centric handheld device
· My Nintendo NewsSEGA has successfully dipped into the mini console trend and released two Mega Drive Mini consoles but what’s very interesting is that an individual who says he works for a small specialist electronics manufacturer received a Request for Quote from a company that has worked on licensed SEGA hardware before. The request was for what appears to be a modern low cost 2D centric handheld gaming device. This could be SEGA dipping its toes into the handheld market with a modern handheld that plays classic SEGA games. Here’s what the post author wrote:
- Low cost handheld gaming device
- Low power ARM processor, not x86
- 5″ OLED panel (same form factor as the Vita), aggressive cost cutting elsewhere to accommodate this
- Seemingly pretty limited internal storage
- Removable game cartridges
- No mention of 3D acceleration beyond basic UI/compositing
- References being designed for “modern 2D titles” and “pixel art presentation”
The cart design is the the most interesting part:
- Not the usual high capacity consumer NAND you’d expect of a modern handheld
- Looks like low capacity industrial eMMC modules – these are readily available and not caught up in the AI memory price inflation
- Smaller storage, makes sense if the target games are 2D Indies etc.