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!
#2
Microsoft held a literal funeral procession for the iPhone when they introduced the Windows Phone.
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57points
#3
For a brief moment in time Segways were the future.
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52points
#5
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.
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43points
#6
About 25 years ago, they thought ostrich meat would be as popular as chicken.
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40points
#7
Betamax. Superior in video quality but lacked hardware support, thus making it more expensive.
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40points
#8
Hoverboards. Most users actually physically flopped and tanked onto their butts!
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40points
#9
Those weird 4D movie with the smell? Does anyone even remember those? They felt like fever dreams.
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36points
#10
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.
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.
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34points
#11
I will defend it until my dying breath but Minidisks were supposed to revolutionise music. CD quality, basically indestructible, rewritable, massive storage. I _loved_ my MD player but MP3 players just killed them dead.
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33points
#12
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.
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32points
#13
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.
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.
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30points
#17
More recently: Threads. Twitter was supposed to be dead by now.
28points
#18
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.
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.
27points
#20
Zune, I remember everyone who had one telling me it was gonna replace iPod.
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26points