Marketing failures

[FFactory0x]

I have to breifly present a product that was a complete marketing failure. Any idea's?
I thought of the divx player but cant find info on that thing anywhere. Any one have a link

 

[CPA]

The Ford Edsel is the classic of all marketing failures.

 

[pyonir]

Tucker Automobiles.

 

[DnetMHZ]

New Coke

 

[Jzero]

BetaMax?

 

[PingSpike]

The back to the future car? You know...the regular one without a flux capacitor installed. That's an option you know.

 

[notfred]

Segway

 

[WhiteKnight]

Originally posted by: PingSpike
The back to the future car? You know...the regular one without a flux capacitor installed. That's an option you know.

DeLorean

 

[poopaskoopa]

Clear Pepsi?

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: dnetmhz
New Coke

oooo, that's a good one. Man, it was like a media riot when that was announced.

 

[Turkish]

Segway.

 

[GasX]

internet advertising...

 

[kaizersose]

laser disc

 

[MikeMike]

was it pets.com that went under really fast, even though they had the superbowl commercial?

MIKE

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: Xiety
Segway.

Segway hasn't failed......yet.

But it's certainly well on the way if they don't figure out how to make it much much much much cheaper.

 

[Entity]

OS/2.

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
was it pets.com that went under really fast, even though they had the superbowl commercial?

MIKE

Probably BECAUSE they had the superbowl spot.

 

[Jzero]

Double post caused by the mechanism that's supposed to prevent double posts.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: dnetmhz
New Coke

teh winnar is yuo!
Alternatively, RDRAM if you want to write about something geekish. Superior to DDR but failed miserably in mainstream because of legal issues despite better performance + marketing.

 

[Ikonomi]

Well, you guys beat me to it, but New Coke would be a great one.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: FFactory0x
I have to breifly present a product that was a complete marketing failure. Any idea's?
I thought of the divx player but cant find info on that thing anywhere. Any one have a link

you can probably find some stuff on old phonographs. Edison's phonograph was technically superior, but failed because it's competition had a better grasp of user needs and market demands.

 

[Lonyo]

Dreamcast?

 

[Kelvrick]

The Hulk

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: Xiety
Segway.

Segway hasn't failed......yet.

But it's certainly well on the way if they don't figure out how to make it much much much much cheaper.

And signifigantly less queer. I wouldn't be caught dead on one of those f@g wagons.

 

[aircooled]

Atari Jaguar