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According to some reports, the movie Joker (2019) cost $70 million to produce but had a marketing budget of around $120 million. If there was an argument to be made for the prevalence of hype culture, that was it! But for every "next big thing" that changed our lives, there were a bunch that didn't. So, we decided to comb through the internet and put together a list of the ones that disappointed people the most. Continue scrolling to check it out!
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#1
Microsoft held a literal funeral procession for the iPhone when they introduced the Windows Phone.
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#4
3D tv. i remember those being sold somewhere when we had to buy a couch, and accidentally renting the 3d version of a movie, but it never took off.
#6
Betamax. Superior in video quality but lacked hardware support, thus making it more expensive.
#8
Those weird 4D movie with the smell? Does anyone even remember those? They felt like fever dreams.
#9
The Tata Nano. The company set out to build the lowest price new car in the world, and it succeeded.
Unfortunately, newly middle class Indian families didn’t want the stigma of owning the world’s cheapest new car, so sales never came anywhere close to expectations.
#10
Bio-hacking. It was supposed to be this big thing and I read an article about a dude that had a bunch of sensors on him, some nifty glasses that displayed the data and he used all this data to adjust his daily things, like eating and drinking. He claimed that "in two years, everyone will be bio-hackers". That was four years ago and the closest we've got are activity monitor watches that people use and ignore. Dumbest next big thing ever.
#11
Universal Picture's 'Dark Universe.'
The Mummy with Tom Cruise was supposed to start a whole line of movies, but when that one died it took the rest with it.
#15
Beanie babies.
Little bean bag plush stuffed animals from the 90's. People thought they were going to become incredibly valuable collectors items like the original Star Wars toys. Some people went nuts and spent all their money on the things. I remember hearing about a divorcing couple fighting viciously over the collection they'd amassed.
#17
Zune, I remember everyone who had one telling me it was gonna replace iPod.
#19
Pepsi Blue. I tried it once and really liked it, but no one bought it so it vanished overnight.
#20
Juicero. Was going to be the keurig of fresh squeezed juice but the "pods" were proprietary bags with a full glass' worth of specially diced fruit amd the machine would squeeze them.
The Dollop podcast has a great episode for all the details.
#24
Lytro. It was a light-field camera that allowed you to change a picture's point of focus after taking the image. It had a cool design and neat features capturing an Apple like aesthetic of form and function.
Huge failure but I was obsessed with them for a while.
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