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SEGA back in hardware market with SEGA Vison handheld in 2009?

by Steven Williamson on 6 October 2008, 11:09

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According to Register Hardware, SEGA will be launching a new handheld device in 2009, but disappointingly, for us here at HEXUS.gaming anyway, rather than being a games console to rival that of the DS or the PSP, its primary function won't be for playing videogames

Though we'll be able to play Java-based games on the SEGA Vision, its main function will be as a portable media player, with features including a camera, video and music playback,an integrated TV tuner, voice recording functionality and an e-book reader.

Sega moved out of the hardware business in 2002 and, after being faced with debt and competition from Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft, it discontinued its Dreamcast hardware. Having already released and failed with its own handheld, the Game Gear, it seems surprising that SEGA has decided to move back into the market where it has not done particularly well in the past.

A video showcasing SEGA Vision was doing the rounds, having initially surfaced on The Register, but suspiciously the video has now been removed from You Tube.

Does SEGA Vision really exist? If so, why? Can SEGA really compete against the likes of the PSP and iPhone?





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waste of time imo. what a shame because SEGA where brillient a console company.

now even on games they suck.
This will just be another fail :( Whats the point of them trying to compete in an already overcrowded market, with something I very much doubt will do anything better then whats already available …
Interesting. The new DSi already does what this rumoured sega device is gonna do, except for the tv tuner bit.
oh dear. they might as well have made it a phone as well and maybe stood a chance.:eek: