New products that have been a complete flop

Eric Cartman · 08-11-2011 6:53pm

just on some of the flops that have/may come up

minidisc - still used in professional broadcasting as it was superior for recording.
laserdisc - had a huge run in the US and was used by many studios for pre-releases
betamax - far better than VHS , still used in professional broadcasting and its the only reason movies could be re-done for DVD/ high def
firewire - used by almost everyone in broadcast for disk drives , cameras and audio interfaces, superior to USB in every way.

now for my own -

electric cars
windows phones

Riesen_Meal · 08-11-2011 6:54pm

jonevin wrote: »

No lol just have a keen interest in that type of stuff lol was it featured on a programme

Yup, on History channel there a week or two ago, if you have sky player you could watch it again, or just download it... :P

I dunno why I love that show, I just do...

Oranage2 · 08-11-2011 6:56pm

The internet -

patwicklow · 08-11-2011 7:04pm

The pub trade..

Herb Powell · 08-11-2011 7:05pm

Tea_Bag wrote: »

The Internet.

It was created to educate people by helping Universities share data.

Now its used to numb our mind and be less productive at work. oh and its 99% pron.

The internet isn't a product. And it's not new either.

ejmaztec · 08-11-2011 9:05pm

The Herb Powell Book of Jokes.

:pac:

ringadingding · 08-11-2011 9:20pm

I think the 3DS will bounce back quickly, it's dropped in price, they've put a parental lock on the 3d of which the bad publicity was slowing sales.

And I think they've kept the DS price artificially high so people will buy the 3ds.

Benicetomonty · 08-11-2011 9:29pm

Duff Zero

nitromaster · 08-11-2011 9:42pm

IvaBigWun wrote: »

The Nintendo 3DS comes to mind. It was pitched as the most ground breaking hand held gadget ever but sales have been poor by Nintendo standards.

The 3DS sold at the same rate or (possibly better?) then it's predecessor did in the same period. both with pretty **** lineups, and that problem being solved for the 3ds now.

rest of your points are pretty valid though.

Biggins · 08-11-2011 9:43pm

Downlinz wrote: »

Too early to call the 3DS a flop, many game systems start slowly.

http://ds.gamespy.com/articles/117/1172578p1.html

Great graphic! :pac:

DEFTLEFTHAND · 08-11-2011 9:48pm

The DeLorean.

t1mm · 08-11-2011 9:57pm

USB 3.0

Its new technology. Did you expect your computer to sprout a new set of USB ports as soon as it was designed? The next computer you buy will more than likely support it. Also, it is not a product, but a standard.

Saila · 08-11-2011 10:06pm

Originally Posted by IvaBigWun ]
The Nintendo 3DS comes to mind. It was pitched as the most ground breaking hand held gadget ever but sales have been poor by Nintendo standards.

Others;

Dasani; The finest tap water that Coca-Cola could sell you.

The Apple Cube

HDDVD

New Coca Cola. Though I personally think this was the best marketing ever. Give people a crap new product, get them talking and then bring back the classic one.

Windows Vista.

Google Buzz/Circles/whatever they're calling it today

What else?

why? what was wrong with it?

Logical Fallacy · 08-11-2011 10:08pm

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

MiniDisc players wiped out by MP3.

I still have my Mini-Disc player...great for field recordings...other than that...useless.

44leto · 08-11-2011 10:08pm

I might be speaking to soon, but I don't fancy 3D teles with the current technology taking off.

My brother got one and I think he only seen 1 thing in 3D and he wasn't to impressed.

Besides I don't imagine a family viewing tele all wearing the stupid looking and expensive glasses.

yoyo · 08-11-2011 10:09pm

t1mm wrote: »

Its new technology. Did you expect your computer to sprout a new set of USB ports as soon as it was designed? The next computer you buy will more than likely support it. Also, it is not a product, but a standard.

Exactly, USB 2.0 did have quicker catching on to though from memory, USB 3.0 will deffo be more successful than Thunderbolt I'm sure, just basing this off Firewire-better than USB but still no way widely as used due to Apples proprietry licensing bullsh!t

Nick

Rhys Essien · 08-11-2011 10:14pm

Bulmers Pear

wildefalcon · 08-11-2011 10:15pm

yoyo wrote: »

Exactly, USB 2.0 did have quicker catching on to though from memory, USB 3.0 will deffo be more successful than Thunderbolt I'm sure, just basing this off Firewire-better than USB but still no way widely as used due to Apples proprietry licensing bullsh!t

Nick

USB 1 was very slow to take off. It was years before I started seeing USB printers and all.

Anyway, back on topic - how about the HP webos Slate/tablet thing? The Touchpad? Or the Microsoft "kin"? As in fu "kin" 'ell, they sold none of them! And, just to keep the fanbois happy, remember the Apple Newton?

jockeyboard · 08-11-2011 10:16pm

Does anyone else not have a clue what 99% of these products are??

psychward · 08-11-2011 10:20pm

ejmaztec wrote: »

This

That bike rocks. The oil companies conspired to ban us from having proper roads like below in this vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgbWu8zJubo

The King of Moo · 08-11-2011 10:23pm

Herb Powell wrote: »

...

I'm surprised you haven't mentioned this.

Maybe the memory's still too fresh

Eric Cartman · 08-11-2011 10:23pm

yoyo wrote: »

Exactly, USB 2.0 did have quicker catching on to though from memory, USB 3.0 will deffo be more successful than Thunderbolt I'm sure, just basing this off Firewire-better than USB but still no way widely as used due to Apples proprietry licensing bullsh!t

Nick

firewire has nothing much to do with apple, every good video camera has a firewire port marked i.Link or DV.Link

Sticky_Fingers · 08-11-2011 10:23pm

psychward wrote: »

That bike rocks. The oil companies conspired to ban us from having proper roads like below in this vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgbWu8zJubo

Yep, that and those idiots who actually may want the ability to turn around corners, philistines the lot.

Hersheys · 08-11-2011 10:24pm

jockeyboard wrote: »

Does anyone else not have a clue what 99% of these products are??

That's the point.

psychward · 08-11-2011 10:26pm

I remember there was a search engine with an Irish name that was hyped up as a ''Google killer''
That was the first and the last I ever heard of it . It barely lasted 2 years, lost a lot of money and was plagued with problems.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuil