Should you’re hoping to safe a Sega Genesis Mini 2 when it arrives in North America this October, you may wish to act quick.
This technique, loaded with over 50 basic video games together with Sega CD titles, is anticipated to be in brief provide. Ars Technica reached out to Sega’s important workplace and obtained affirmation the Mega Drive Mini 2 may solely be produced in “small numbers because of the world semiconductor scarcity”.
In consequence, it is actually a “Japan-only challenge”. Whereas the corporate will produce a “small” batch of Genesis Mini 2 for the North American market right here within the west, availability is anticipated to be far lower than the earlier Genesis Mini.
“The variety of models for this challenge makes up round one-tenth of the whole for the earlier Genesis Mini.”
This information is not all that shocking if you happen to’ve been following tech provide shortages. Simply final month, Sega’s basic {hardware} producer Yosuke Okunari warned that manufacturing of the Mega Drive Mini 2 could be “a lot decrease” as a result of provide points and the elevated value of parts.
There is no phrase on a European launch of the Mega Drive Mini 2, however you’ll be able to be taught extra in regards to the North American launch in our earlier submit:
Will you be including this method to your Mini assortment on October twenty seventh? Remark down under.