New products that have been a complete flop

IvaBigWun · 08-11-2011 06:20PM #1

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?

James__10 · 08-11-2011 06:21PM

This thread

foxyboxer · 08-11-2011 06:24PM

The Eamon Dunphy Show.

PapaQuebec · 08-11-2011 06:26PM

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.

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?

Windows ME

ChunkyLover_53 · 08-11-2011 06:29PM

The Delorean DMC-12

It was useless.

Whenever I reached 88mph I ended up in 1955 where I had to fight off advances from my own mother!

I really should stop hanging around with that old guy down the road.

Bluefoam · 08-11-2011 06:29PM

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.

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?

Others;

Dasani was tap water with added carcenagens...

Son Of A Vidic · 08-11-2011 06:31PM

MiniDisc players wiped out by MP3.

ChunkyLover_53 · 08-11-2011 06:32PM

Laser Discs

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

Also INB4 Atari Jaguar

Tom Russell · 08-11-2011 06:32PM

Dab radio

Tea_Bag · 08-11-2011 06:33PM

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.

foxyboxer · 08-11-2011 06:34PM

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.

By jove I think you're spot on.

08-11-2011 06:35PM

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

MiniDisc players wiped out by MP3.

Not for me, I still use them for portable recording, far superior than any mp3 player tbh...

MidlandsM · 08-11-2011 06:36PM

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.

...whats pron?;)

I would say the minicall pager yokes

jonevin · 08-11-2011 06:37PM

The Nintendo virtual boy was their first 3d attempt as far as I can remember and was a total flop

foxyboxer · 08-11-2011 06:38PM

3.5 inch Floppy disc.

08-11-2011 06:39PM

jonevin wrote: »

The Nintendo virtual boy was their first 3d attempt as far as I can remember and was a total flop

Watching Pawn Stars the other day?

It had one on it, they aren't all that rare anymore though, a container full of em was found in Dubai a few year ago...

ChunkyLover_53 · 08-11-2011 06:40PM

There's potential for a Viagra joke in this thread somewhere.

jonevin · 08-11-2011 06:41PM

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

ejmaztec · 08-11-2011 06:41PM

USB 3.0

Son Of A Vidic · 08-11-2011 06:41PM

Fieldog wrote: »

Not for me, I still use them for portable recording, far superior than any mp3 player tbh...

Totally agree with you, they are much superior sound quality wise. But they just lost out in the all important marketing war.

touts · 08-11-2011 06:42PM

Google+
Nokia Windows Phones
iTV (poor Apple really went through hell after Jobs died)
Saorsat
The Euro

oh wait..... Fogot to change the time on the DMC last weekend....

Mr. Incognito · 08-11-2011 06:43PM

Guiness Light and Guiness Beo.

The "new" tasting Coca Cola

ejmaztec · 08-11-2011 06:43PM

foxyboxer wrote: »

3.5 inch Floppy.

ChunkyLover_53 wrote: »

There's potential for a Viagra joke in this thread somewhere.

You missed it.

Rowley Birkin QC · 08-11-2011 06:44PM

bahahahahaha....

Wikipedia wrote:

Early advertisements referred to Dasani as "bottled spunk" or featured the tagline "can't live without spunk". These slogans were used seemingly oblivious to the fact that spunk is slang for semen in the UK

ChunkyLover_53 · 08-11-2011 06:46PM

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Guiness Light and Guiness Beo.

The "new" tasting Coca Cola

Hudson Blue Cider

Downlinz · 08-11-2011 06:46PM

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

Celly Smunt · 08-11-2011 06:47PM

what's all this new tasting coca cola?

Sticky_Fingers · 08-11-2011 06:48PM

Tea_Bag wrote: »

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

Nows there's a 99% I have no problem protesting to protect

ChunkyLover_53 · 08-11-2011 06:51PM

Sinclair C5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_C5

Oh and Tracker Mortgages (for the banks obviously)

Tea_Bag · 08-11-2011 06:52PM

Sticky_Fingers wrote: »

Nows there's a 99% I have no problem protesting to protect

being free though, noone is profiting from it, so technically still a flop. a beautiful flop.

fap... fap... fapfapfapfapfap.

ejmaztec · 08-11-2011 06:52PM

This

New products that have been a complete flop

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