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A '''flop'''  or '''product failure''' is a [[product (business)|product]] that doesn't reach expectations of success, failing to come even close. A major flop goes one step further and is recognized for its almost complete lack of success.

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* In the 1980s, [[Commodore International]] became the first company to sell a million home computers. Hoping to repeat the success of its multimillion-selling VIC-20 and C-64 computers, it released the [[Commodore Plus/4]] in 1984. It flopped. Commodore tried--and mostly failed--for 10 years to duplicate the C-64's success and went bankrupt in 1994.
* The [[INMOS Transputer]], a brave attempt at a different way of computing - but now largely forgotten.
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WebTV (now [[MSN TV|WebTV]]). Internet delivery via television set and set-top box. Cited by Jim Louderback as one of the "eight biggest tech flops ever".
* The [[Sinclair QL]] an unsuccessful attempt by [[Sinclair Research]] to make a [[16 bit]] computer in the mid [[1980s]]

===Video Game Flops===

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*The [[UK Conservative Party|Conservative Party]]'s performance at the [[1997 UK general election|1997 general election]], and also at  [[2001 UK general election|2001 general election]].  In both [[General Election]]s the Conservatives were routed disasterously.  Their showing was both times far worse than that of Michael Foot.
==See also==

* [[product management]]
* [[management]]
* [[new product development]]
* [[product (business)|product]]