Week 1: Tech failures

Nexus Q

Nexus Q is not-mobile digital media player, that was developed by Google. On June 27, 2012 this device was originally announced. The reason why this media player failed badly is it's high price and lack of streaming options comparing to alternative devices. Nexus Q streams from Google Play and YouTube only and there is no options to play from other media servers like Netflix, Hulu Plus or an attached drive. Most similar media devices are much cheaper and provide more functionality. New York Time's technology columnist David Progue wrote about this "It’s wildly overbuilt for its incredibly limited functions, and far too expensive. For now, I can think of only one class of customer who should consider buying the black Nexus Q sphere: people whose living rooms are dominated by bowling-ball collections."

 Nintendo Virtual Boy

The Virtual Boy is a 32-bit 3D video game console, developed by Nintendo. It was released in 1995 and discontinued next year on March 2, 1996. Virtual boy failed for many reasons, some of them are high price, poor marketing campaign, discomfort and painful physiological symptoms while playing.
Although Nintendo had promised a real virtual reality experience, in fact it was weak red and black monochrome graphics, that hardly gave any feeling of immersion. Howard Lincoln, the chairman of Nintendo of America said, that the Virtual Boy "just failed."

Nice Virtual Boy review below:) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyVAp0tOk5A

 

Sony Tablet P

The Sony Tablet P was released in November 2011. Due to it's unique clamshell design with a big black hinge splitting up the screen in 2 parts thereby increasing portability, this device failed badly. It was awkward to play games, read or browse internet on such screen, so the whole experience became a mess.

By the end of 2012 this device was taken off from Sony's American website.