Sega coming back to hardware?

[QueQueg]

By way of BoingBoing, the Sega Vision (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/10/03/sega_vision/):


Sega will next year launch a portable media player boasting enough functionality to threaten Sony’s PlayStation Portable, the Register Hardware can exclusively reveal.

The PMP is to be called the Sega Vision and it’ll work as a videogames machine, in addition to playing films. The unit will feature an integrated camera for capturing still images and video. A built-in TV tuner will provide yet another form of entertainment


The ability to play games is 6th out of 8 features of the device. Seriously though... is there room in the hand-held market for something that isn't a PSP or a DS?

EDIT Upon further (http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/10/more_info_on_sega_vision_shed.html) inspection (http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/10/sega_makes_a_return_to_hardware_business.html) I now see that in fact Sega has nothing to do with this device.

[Raen]

However, if you like what you've heard, then a handful of working models – believed to be the only ones in existence in the UK – are currently sitting in a central London arcade waiting to be won.

That's an... interesting marketing technique to say the least. This does sound a bit like the Gizmondo to me, a lot of features that no one really wants. I'm sure it'll have a lot of functions to play with, and be cool, but how well will they work? It just sounds like they've come up with every idea they can and shoved it all together in one unit.

[QueQueg]

Actually, if it really played genesis games I'd buy one just because I'm a sucker for nostalgic video game crap.

[Raen]

Wait so this actually is just some horrible Chinese player that Sega are sticking they're name to? Way to go Sega.

[Heretic Machine]

The downward spiral continues.

[President Fred]

It seems like Sega are actively trying to make bad decisions. I don't think people are going to buy a second iteration if the first is really crappy. Why do Sega make it so difficult to like them? Just produce Shenmue 3 already and all will be forgiven. Of course judging by their decisions of late it is probably for the best that it hasn't come out.