Years ago, we saw hundreds of products advertised as things that would change the world.
Two men in costumes sit on a bench. The text reads, “It will change your life forever.”
While some actually found themselves wild and revolutionary, others found themselves as common flops. If you want to take a trip on the memory bar to remind you of the largest failures of society, you are in the right place. In a Reddit thread, people shared the largest floppy flops that were blown away as “the next big thing” and it is very interesting to look back at some of them.
Here are 20 of the largest failures in the last few decades, as said by Reddit users:
1“Google+ was supposed to be the big Facebook killer. It was just an invitation to start and everyone wanted it-then after they had it, no one was interested.”
Close to smartphone screen showing the Google+ and Facebook app icons
-Will_write_for_tacos
2.“3D TVs.”
A man sitting on a sofa holds popcorn, watching TV in a living room with a fireplace and a book shelf
-Mozer
3“It was supposed to be Quibi. My sister was working in marketing and she would not be silent on how streaming would change forever. They spent millions on ads, huge celebrities participated, and died faster than my New Year’s resolutions.”
A person holding a phone with the logo on the “Quibi” app on the screen
–Cutenbeautiful
4.“Ouya was advertised to revolutionize games and was one of Kickstarter’s most successful campaigns. It turns out that no one really wanted what was essentially mobile phones as a television box with almost no good games. He crashed and burned . “
-Moepoo
5.“The metabolism. I was camping with a person who works in finance when he made his debut and he was looking for Internet connections to make purchases of virtual spaces and saying that we all need to buy virtual real estate in Metaverse. I went.”
Man laughs while using a virtual reality headphones in a negligent indoor setting
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6.“Microsoft Zune. From what I understand, the management thought it was so killer on iPod that they made a funeral for iPod.”
Two hands holding an iPod and a Zune music player showing a comparison of size. Zune’s screen shows an image
-Nurseproject123
7.“Segway or anything. The Creator continues to increase expectations for how his creation will change the world, to go on television everywhere. Then, year or later, he revealed it and people were like” Oh, well. ”
Robbe
8.“The mini disc. I loved mine, but it never looked to get caught and then there was mp3.”
-Polz34
9.“Google glasses, but I just think it was too early. I think something like this will be basically in 10-20 years.”
A man wearing a suit smiles while adjusting Google Glass’s smart glasses on stage
-Sgkurisu
10.“Cuecat. The scanning barcodes on your computer was to make our lives easier. In fact, a second thought, I am not surprised that it failed.”
-Thekip
11.“I remember at the beginning of the pandemic; the household app was advertised as something that will keep us all connected as we distance ourselves from each other. After another 2 weeks I have never heard of it again.”
The hand holds a phone showing the home application application logo in front of a laptop screen showing the same logo and text
-Tezilibat
12.“Nabaztag. It was the thing in 2005 and then came smartphones and Alex. I’m sorry that a little Bunny, you were too good for this world.
Bunny -shaped animated devices showing different light patterns
– -Atigguana
13.“Sega Dreamcast. It was the first console for online games games just to be brutally destroyed by the PlayStation of Sony 2.”
-Cal shoulders
14.“The topics had to replace Twitter, but they forgot to actually do everything with it.”
-Electronic-Hope-1
15.“Dippin points. The ice cream of my future ass.”
A person holding a small glass of Dippin ‘Dots ice cream with a spoon in an external setting with people in the background
-Linus81
16.“VR, they continue to try to do it, but I have the feeling that it will never take it until the headphones are cheap, light and without cables. We couldn’t persuade people to wear 3D glasses in their own homes, how are they going to We convince them to wear what quantities of an expensive bicycle helmet with cables hanging from behind?
– Totalica sound
17.“Concord’s video game. They spent ridiculous sums of money to create not only a game but also a brand new dominant IP. It failed within 2 weeks.”
-Pinklesmore8471
18.“Curved TVs. Curved. TVs.”
-Ditholipdust
19.“Crystal Pepsi.”
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-Guest1019
20.“False meat. I hoped that by now it would be more cheaper than the beef and a more captivating substitute. Like certainly, the mixing of some plant proteins on a scale must eventually be more cheaper than the rise of the whole cow For an ass, right? “
-Werner_herzogs_dream
Do you think something else belongs to this list? Tell me in the comments!