Sega Vision portable console coming in 2009?

PALGN Rumour | Or is it more iPod than PSP?

Register Hardware reported earlier today that Sega is planning to release their own rival to the PSP next year, dubbed the 'Sega Vision'. According to the report, the unit will contain a TV tuner and camera, and will be able to play games, MP4 videos and music. It will also feature an eBook reader and voice recorder. They also claim that the unit will be launched in the UK next year, with a few working models already sitting in a central London arcade.

However, Unofficial RPG Site is reporting that they have contacted Sega, who have confirmed the device's existence, but also disproved the notion that it is a 'PSP rival'. According to the statement Sega gave, "The Vision is primarily an MP4 video player with some basic games functionality, and not a new handheld gaming machine." Unofficial RPG Site also reports that the unit can only play Java games, much like mobile phones, although this information can also be garnered from a short teaser animation which is floating around the internet.

No detailed technical specifications have been released for the Sega Vision so far, but for the moment it seems that Sega's long-awaited re-entry into the games market may still be far away.

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28 Comments

plazma

3 years ago

Wedley wrote

Everywhere I've ever lived in Victoria, I've had to have a massive aerial on my house to get even a halfway decent picture.

Where've you been living? our reception is fine, no massive aerials, and Win seems to be expecially good where i live.

or maybe thats just the massive win relayer aerial about 5 blocks down.

Sin Ogaris

3 years ago

plazma wrote

Black Wolf wrote

Ages ago, Sega once said that they vowed never to release another console after the Dreamcast failed to lift sales.

This isn't really a gaming console. Just a portable multimedia device, with TV which is pretty good, i havent seen any other devices out there with portable TV.

Except for portable TVs I take it.

defstar

3 years ago

If Sega made this a gaming device, for gamers then they would have something. Throw a nice big iPod touch style screen on it but acutally put some grunt in it... who cares if its a few cm thick. I'd sure as hell trade my cook book / puppy dog / pokemon DS in for it.