![]() Throwing their hats back into the ring is Sega, who has been licensing its old software and hardware for years as part of third-party plug-and-play devices of less than desirable quality. If you thought that high profile failure would deter others from following suit, well then you would be wrong. Not to be confused with the awful other mini Genesis units out there. Maybe Sony still made money off of the machine, but it wouldn’t be surprising to learn the electronics giant took a loss either. Top it off with no dual shock and a hefty price tag just made the console undesirable. And the games that had have been readily available for download or in compilation packages for years. The problem was it may have been too reverential for those early days as a lot of the software just hasn’t aged too well. There was a clear desire to have this device harken back to the early days of the Playstation as a celebration of one of the most popular gaming devices of all time. ![]() ![]() It wasn’t for a lack of effort on Sony’s part. Sony just didn’t have the software muscle to make the Playstation Classic a must-own console. Originally retailing for $100, you can probably score one now for less than half of that as they clogged shelves during the holiday season and failed to excite. ![]() Last year’s Sony Playstation Classic arrived with a thud. Commemorating 30 years of the Genesis, Mega Drive to you non-Yankees, in comes the Genesis Mini to go along with your other mini consoles.ĭid you think the era of the mini console was over? You would be forgiven if you had. ![]()
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