Top 20 Worst Product FAILS of the Century (So Far)

Welcome to WatchMojo and today we’re counting down our picks for the worst product fails of the 21st century so far. In this list, we take a look at blunders like the Nintendo Wii U, Microsfot Windows Vista, Blockbuster Total Access and the Segway - amongst others. Have you owned any of this products? Let us know in the comments!
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[@Jesusfreak79]

First

[@Reaperguy67]

​@@Jesusfreak79 no one asked if you are

[@blutomindpretzel1735]

I remember the EZ Squirt ketchup. I loved the green, though my mother constantly said it didn't taste right/different

[@Cinezillaaa]

​@Reaperguy67 The question is... Who was?

[@Reaperguy67]

@@Cinezillaaa most of the time its bots , but it doesn't matter if anyone is first. You don't get anything for it

[@johnseelinger9803]

I have a Wii U, got it when I graduated high school, and I think it's a real fun video game system. I also have a Nintendo DS and a Nintendo Switch.

[@maxxh5331]

Dude, so do I! and I’m happy about it!

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

I don't suppose you thought it was a Wii meant for college? :D

[@mcontreras7595]

I feel like it’s the PlayStation vita they just didn’t support the console

[@BigJDawg4523]

Why did the Wii U have to fail?

[@JZJ7777]

I’m glad to see someone else who thinks the Wii U was fun.

[@gaminggoof1542]

The freaking irony of Blockbuster the movie being on NETFLIX.

[@sheilaholmes8455]

Seeing Ellen fall off the Segway made my morning. Laughed out loud.

[@theteeman]

Yeah that was funny to see back then 😂

[@TheTimbs_]

The Wii U gets spat on way too much

[@ravenscarlettanis13]

Ikr? It was my childhood!

[@theteeman]

You're not wrong. As a Wii U owner myself, it was pure nostalgia, not the best though.

[@safehouse432]

Yes the wiiu was fine it just had possibly some of the worse marketing they could had done. For the first 2 years most people assumed the wiiu gamepad was to the wii was like what the kinect was for the 360 not realising it was its own standalone console.

[@elistewart3170]

deservedly

[@Savage--]

I have a Wii u and I love it, but it was an undeniable failure.

[@blutomindpretzel1735]

the Zune isn't a failure, Star Lord's life was changed forever because of it🤣🤣🤣

[@brianwolters7560]

I agree and ZunePass was one of the first subscription services for music and I loved it.

[@username82765]

One of the biggest problems with Blockbuster All Access was it structure. It inadvertently help Netflix more than Blockbuster. You see, when an All access member took a movie (usually that week's new release) off the shelf. The store Lost that movie to rent however it wasn't compensated in any way. And when regular members showed up to rent that week's new releases (every store's largest revenue source) there was nothing left in the inventory to rent. Then Blockbuster corporate would then yell at the employees for the store sales being down. It was actually better for the employees to push people towards Netflix rather than blockbuster all access. Because a Netflix customer couldn't come in and take your stores largest source of revenue off the shelfs. And that's exactly what many employees did.

[@jimroscovius]

There's a fascinating book about Blockbuster called "Built to Fail". Netflix didn't kill Blockbuster. Upper management did. Non-company franchisees were extremely successful.

[@JONATHANP1619]

The WiiU was an underwhelming hardware with some of the best 1st party game ever made. Having things like Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze, Mario 3D World, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Super Mario Maker, Mario Kart 8, Pikmin 3, the best version of Rayman Legend and a good legacy shop.

[@theosmith6275]

Don’t forget Super Smash Brothers for Wii U and Kirby and the Rainbow Curse

[@Apex_Yonko]

How could you not put Bayonetta 2 on the list?

[@artman2oo3]

@@theosmith6275My kids and I played so many hours of Super Smash Bros on the WiiU! I still have it, sometimes we still play it.

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

If anything good came from the Wii U, it’s that LEGO game fans got to play _LEGO City: Undercover_ before the game came to Steam.

[@Reaperguy67]

I still have one. It was nice being able to reply games like assassin's creed 3 and the Wii version of need for speed carbon. When it comes to need for speed carbon, it's so much better on the PS2. Motion controls with driving is a worse experience.

[@Cinezillaaa]

@Reaperguy67 that's why I want a switch so I can play assassin's creed games again. Also I see they remastered every Arkahm game but not Arkahm Knight):

[@mckai4717]

And pikmin 3 that game has stood the test of time so well and graphically looks better than most of the games coming out today

[@Reaperguy67]

@@Cinezillaaa they have a few on there , for example, I have the ezio collection, black flag and rouge. All those games I got on sale .

[@DRCEQ]

The Wii U's failure is what lead to the Switch being invented. Nintendo directly credits the failure of the Wii U as the inspiration to go back to the drawing board and get the Switch right.

[@RomaroBrandon]

Wii U, PSP, and Google Glasses were ahead of their time. 3D TV might have been as well but you could also argue it came a little too late. Like I see 3D TV being huge in the 2000s and evolving into 3D streaming in the 2010s, but then again Nintendo 3DS was a thing and there's a reason that didn't continue or was rivalled.

[@ScubaSteveCanada]

You know 3D was a fad back in the 1950s? It was a fad then, it was a fad in the 1970s (yes it reappeared mid 1970s) and it was a fad in the 2000s. As long as you know that, it will make a reappearance down the road ... as another fad. The TV makers didn't see the light and built TVs for a temporary fad thinking it would last.

[@IdaliBaez-em8ei]

I actually liked the Wii U (I use to have one)

[@Reaperguy67]

I still have one and will use it some times . But most of the time I play my switch or PS2.

[@ravenscarlettanis13]

Same

[@Markimark151]

Honestly the Wii U should be lower on this list, because it wasn’t a massive failure, since it wasn’t really a bad console, it just had shortcomings, and it’s successor the Switch was a massive success! Nokia N-Gage should replace the Wii U on that spot. The Google glass was so horrible, that someone was wearing it at my cousin’s high school graduation, and we called out the creep!

[@NoHateLikeChristianLove]

I think it’s based on money spent on development, marketing, and distribution versus how much money they made back. Not just being “bad”. I mean the Wii was beloved and all those games and more were in Wii U. But the second tablet thing was more of a gimmick than anything, and forcing you to use it was frustrating I heard. I can’t speak personally I never had one, but what I hear from folks who did.

[@Markimark151]

@@NoHateLikeChristianLove yeah I found the Wii U felt more like an add on for the Wii, rather than a next gen console. And it’s more in the line of failure like the Sega Saturn, but not a massive product failure that was widely panned by consumers like Nokia N-Gage, which was such an awkward cell phone design and games that were hard to swap and play! I’m just talking about the rankings of the failed products in this video.

[@NoHateLikeChristianLove]

@@Markimark151 Fair enough. Yea I think they should be more clear with the label “fail”. I know from a financial standpoint they took a hit and it cost them the lead in the console market. Whereas the Wii put them in the lead. And most consumers mentioned exactly what you said. Nothing new enough to warrant a whole console, which had the same graphics. I know graphics aren’t Nintendos big selling point but still. I actually thought it was just the little pad thing being sold.

[@Markimark151]

@@NoHateLikeChristianLove even though the Wii U was a dud, Nintendo wasn’t that financially hurt, since they had billions in the bank and 3DS kept them afloat, they were able to invest in developing the Switch. In the short run, Nintendo lost some money, but nowhere as impactful in the long run as Nokia with their N-Gage and their failed mobile OS platform Symbian! Nokia would’ve had the mobile gaming platform, if they focused on their OS being user friendly and able to download games easily!

[@theteeman]

Marketing was bad as well. Reggie did confirm why the Wii U failed as well and there were some details in his book, "Disrupting The Game."

[@lukeclover3420]

I got a Segway from my granddad a few years ago because nobody else wanted it (which should've been a sign). It didn't take me long to realize why it didn't take off. It was fun, but a pain in the ass to haul around when not riding it. No way in hell I'm dragging that thing up the stairs in my building with the broken elevator

[@dreamguardian8320]

I remember there was an Heinz Ez Squirt commercial with Shrek in it. "It's Just Green."

[@JamesDavy2009]

Dishonourable mentions: Google Stadia and the Ouya. The WiiU wasn't the first failure Nintendo had but it was the only one this century

[@waheedabdullah6371]

Really wish Wii U didn't became one of the failures for giving us Splatoon and Mario Maker

[@erichume1285]

Don't forget ZombiU

[@staringcorgi6475]

But splatoon and mario maker still stuck us on the switch so the wii u did have an impact

[@DanielleWhite]

I remember attending the first Google"Glass Roadshow" demo event in Durham, North Carolina. We had 10 minutes hands-on with demo models and any interest I had before that was gone as a result. The HP TouchPad was partially a failure because it was too late. It was a Palm product designed as a competitor to the original iPAD, against which it might have done better, but was released after the second generation iPAD.

[@James-gj8rn]

It's weird because looking back, the Wii U had some of Nintendo's best games on it, it was just marketed wrong and suffered for it, people didn't know what it was and that was the problem (where are the Zelda remasters on Switch Nintendo?)

[@alexfilmsprojects]

I love my wii u. Am I the only one who loves the wii u?

[@mrfroghello]

I love my wii u 2

[@shadow010174]

No, love mine too ❤

[@mrfroghello]

@@shadow010174 i played BOTW on my Wii U it was awesome! Idk why people hated it.

[@shadow010174]

@@mrfroghello and I love the small Games too. Just fun.

[@SlipperySoap]

Interesting concept!

[@PhatMacin08]

Man I miss my Zune

[@chrislocke9852]

Literally the first time I've ever heard of Orkut 😅😅

[@stephenandujo729]

I love my Wii U, I have such classics as Xenoblades chronicles X, super Mario 3D world, cars 3 driven to win, LEGO city undercover, and Nintendo land.

[@theteeman]

Many good memories and NintendoLand I liked, even though it was an underrated game

[@paulovsdasilva]

Orkut was gigantic in Brazil when it was launched in 2004. After Google bought it the quality went down and they hideously changed the layout. Then, of course, Facebook happened.

[@Reaperguy67]

I know one problem with the Wii u. Basically it whould have to be in the same room to play it. It whould also lose connection if it was taken out of the room .

[@stow9802]

Dyslexia

[@Reaperguy67]

@@stow9802 nope .it's pretty sad that you have to make false claims about others.

[@JZJ7777]

That’s literally one of the only problems I have with the Wii U.

[@Reaperguy67]

@@JZJ7777 same here. When it comes to my favorite feature of it. I like that you can be able to play it on a TV or the screen itself.

[@CH-uk1il]

Will you cut the Wii U some slack already? Jesus!

[@jimwoodard64]

I still have a 3D Vizio that doesn't require powered glasses to work with any 3D movie. Still, I have to put them on, so... yeah, it flopped. I like the Wii-U though. We also have the NES, 64, Wii, Switch, and several DS's. We love to game!

[@TheRManProds]

JEEZ GIVE THE WII U SOME SLACK!

[@kurthill9070]

I personally got the WiiU for the retro store, and the few and rare good Wii and WiiU games (including LOZ:BOTW). took a couple of accessories to rig an external hard drive (and work properly); but it was worth it.

[@destronia123]

I enjoyed Windows Vista and had no problems with it on several PC's that I used at the time.

[@TheRManProds]

THE SEGWAY IS STILL AROUND!

[@jimroscovius]

3D TVs were awesome!! I have a 55" Panasonic 3D TV, along with a nice 3D Blu-ray collection. The only reason it failed was because the TV manufacturers and movie studios decided so. The people didn't get to decide.

[@ScubaSteveCanada]

No, 3D was a fad in the 1950s, a fad in the 1970s and a fad in the 2010s. Fads are always temporary. That's why it fails.

[@tfrowlett8752]

I have a Soniq 3D tv, I’ve only ever used the 3D feature once when we got it, and we haven’t bothered since, especially as most films aren’t in 3D and the ones that are are more expensive

[@destronia123]

I miss 3D tv's as well as lenticular phones and tablets.

[@mk3a]

I love how Microsoft has basically sealed Windows ME away from public knowledge because of how unstable that OS was.

[@Shebeast3]

that 'just meh' was epic😂

[@rstein926]

There are two more I can name that failed this century: Windows 8 & Windows Phone Windows 8 was a reboot of Windows and the first to get a new home screen since Windows 95. But Windows 8 failed due to infamously killing off the start button & having tiles instead of icons. This became complexed and confusing for people and they improved it with Windows 8.1 but in the end it was decided to go back to the more familiar Windows interface with Windows 10. Windows Phone was seen as a rival to Android and iPhone but it failed mostly due to lack of apps and never sold as many handsets as Android and iPhone even though the Nokia Lumia 520 was the most successful windows phone to sell it's units.

[@terricunningham6810]

I had a windows phone. it was hard to use and awful.

[@rodolfobrenner5404]

Orkut was very popular here in Brazil, people only started migrating to Facebook in 2010. I miss that time, we used the social network to interact and have fun, not to spread hate

[@TheRManProds]

NOW WE HAVE APPLE VR!

[@nikmidclayton5933]

Wii U was tight. Gonna be a collectible in 20 years

[@Greenyguy]

And now we have Apple VR.

[@TheRManProds]

THE WII U STILL HAD SOME FUN GAMES ON IT!

[@connorclouse321]

I remember Windows Vista when I was in like 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade whatever. It was so cool!

[@ravenscarlettanis13]

I remember it too, during my Spider-Man videos on KZbin obsession when I was about 6-7 years old

[@andrewsbbq]

Man I loved my Zune

[@lexidecker1610]

I had a Zune and an iPod, I prefered Zune by miles. It was easy to navigate and program unlike the iPod where you only had to use iTunes or any Apple programs to do anything with it.

[@JPkilla8116]

I definitely remember making fun of apple maps and just how abysmal it was compared to Google maps, and I literally never tried it ever again

[@whammy3323]

I had never heard of Orkut... Maybe if I had, it would've stayed?? X-D

[@theultimatedriver3858]

The Wii U is my favorite console of all time! Why does WatchMojo hate it so much? It has lots of great games, a comfortable controller(I have big hands), and the music and atmosphere make me happy and feel like everything will be alright.

[@Reaperguy67]

I still have one to this day.

[@stephenandujo729]

Me too.

[@theultimatedriver3858]

@@Reaperguy67 Same here. If anyone’s down to play Online sometime, lemme know. I’m gonna try and get max rank in Splatoon!

[@Reaperguy67]

@@theultimatedriver3858 I sadly don't have that game

[@theultimatedriver3858]

@@Reaperguy67 No worries! You got another game you had in mind? I’m only available on Weekends just to let ya know.

[@SuperRangerGuy1]

I don't agree with this list when it came to Nintendo Wii U; I actually enjoyed it

[@albertPI007]

I'm surprised that Google glasses still being the number 1 failure.

[@Artful_Synthesis]

Remember Quibi? What a dumpster fire that one was.

[@roseprevost8081]

Those who used Google Glass were sometimes called "glassholes", sometimes justifiably.

[@TheRManProds]

I ACTUALLY LIKED THE WII U!

[@ReaperFerril]

I STILL use two functional Zune players, so it certainly wasn't a failure for me.

[@piggysister01]

I have a Panasonic 3D TV and last watched (Dune) in 3D mode on Good Friday! Yes, you have to sit up straight and put on the glasses but it’s SOooooo good with CGI (even in 2D movies) and what is there more and more of in movies? Like another commenter said, the failure was because programming wasn’t produced in 3D, not because the tech was bad.

[@shaliseshaw9385]

Top 10 Breakfast Cereals You Won't Find In Stores Anymore(Shrek's Cereal, Mickey's Magix, Cinnamon Marshamallow Scooby Doo Cereal, Kellogg's Smores, Cap'n Crunch Donuts, Alien Berry Fruit Loops, Winnie The Pooh cereal, Kellogg's Disney Chocolate Mud and Bugs, Ghostbusters cereal, Urkel O's, Mr. T cereal, etc.), Top 10 Extinct Cable Networks(Teletoon, El Ray, G4, ZNation, etc. ), Top 10 Hanna Barbara Characters(Auggie Doggie and Doggie Daddy, Quick Draw McGraw, Magilla Gorilla, Grape Ape, Yakky Doodle, etc.), Top 10 Worst Changes To Cartoonetwork, Top 10 More Dangerous Wild Animals(blue ringed octopus, aardwolves, antelope, caribou, coyote, prairie dog, capuchin monkey, scarlet macaw, foosa, white tailed deer, etc.), Top 10 More Movie Remakes No One Asked For, etc. 🎥🎥🎥📺🎬🎬

[@davidknightx]

Just a quick think about 3D movies. They're awesome if your watching them in a VR cinema. However, the big downside is all current 3D movies I'm aware of are either 1080P (which look blurry when stretched out on a massive virtual movie screen or you are forced to rent only on Big Screen.

[@NapalmDawn]

The HP Touchpad became a huge hit with android users once the firesale happened. You could modify the devices to run jellybean and more and they actually performed pretty well once you took WebOS off of it.

[@patrickasselin2326]

I don’t think I even heard of Orkut until this video.

[@mashedpotatos3750]

How some people seem to feel about the wii u (loving it regardless of low sales) is exactly how i feel about the gamecube

[@Sly88Frye]

Okay I have literally never heard of orkut. But I loved MySpace back when that was the social media king.

[@schxn]

My parents had a 3D LG TV. As a kid I thought it was pretty cool but the problem was the screen was too small so it never really gave the cool effect of watching a 3D movie at the theatre.

[@TheRManProds]

WELL THAT SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@spectrumbots4268]

I forgot 3D TVs were a thing.

[@WinsberryEntertainment]

So glad I didn't get one.

[@artman2oo3]

I was surprised to see WiiU on the list. I have one. My kids and I have played on it so much! Especially a lot of Super Smash Bros.

[@erickromeroalvarez9726]

Coa Cola coffee was great with Bacardi Añejo

[@__will__]

I think at the time the Wii U seemed like a bad product, but the handheld was literally the precursor to the switch.

[@serialmiller1987]

I'm surprised Google Stadia didn't make this list.

[@cameronhermann9400]

I like the Wii U, does it’s job well and is fun to play on a tablet while also looking at a tv while I play. Specifically Lego City Undercover

[@davinp]

Blockbuster could have bought netflix

[@theteeman]

Even though I still have a Wii U today, the system has many memories, but also the lack of marketing also contributed to the Wii U failing. The name Wii U is also confusing as well. I just have it to play my Wii games most days since my Wii stopped working is basically on display after just over 13 years of owning the console

[@laurenregnier3710]

Hey ! I have a WiiU ! 😊 I❤it !

[@daveotuwa5596]

No. XX on the roster is what I got for Xmas when I was a teen. I used it just for a fraction of a year kuzz I couldn't afford 2 download much on my electronic device.

[@Tigerhawk1981]

4:59 nice Second Life, going strong for almost 21 years now

[@radiorob7543]

20 products I would never want.

[@amberreed7704]

I begged my mom to buy ez squeeze and she never would. I went to the store with my dad one day and he got it for me. My mom was so mad she swore that would be the only ketchup I used until it was gone. Turns out she was correct about purple ketchup being gross AND she was deadly serious about making me use it. For a year if I wanted ketchup, she would only let me grab the ez squeeze. It got to the point where I just stopped asking for it. I still don’t really use ketchup like that today. I’ll dip my fries in ranch or something else before I reach for ketchup.

[@Cinezillaaa]

Hey Watchmojo, Can you do top 10 theories for the new Godzilla vs Kong New Empire movie?

[@polverizer2134]

Wiiu really wasnt that bad. Being able to play games and watch tv or watch netflix while doing other things was dope. People talk about the range from pad to console but i just took it everywhere around my house. The technology for the switch was just too far ahead and i love what we got

[@JonathonV]

The reason Windows Vista failed was that its predecessor, Windows XP, was on the market too long. People had ten-year-old PCs and then were mad that Vista didn’t run well. Windows 7 is eerily similar to Vista but was way better received. As for Apple Maps, it does have better GPS driving directions than Google, but it doesn’t have good walking directions and almost no cycling directions. The reason it wasn’t discontinued is that it works in China, where Google Maps is banned, so millions of people use it there.

[@reypapi655]

Everything crawls so 2024 could run 😂😂😂

[@patricksierra1]

Google Stadia should be on this list too.

[@LaetitiaRDS]

Orkut was huge in Brazil!

[@FrankCostanza82]

I still regularly play the wii u. Theres something charming about it

[@LogosLifestlyle2023]

surprised myspace missed the list

[@kiwikian20]

I really loved the Wii u I still have it and it's sad how it got cut off

[@blanchehermine]

The best thing about Zune was that black and orange Windows XP theme

[@SpeedyEric1]

I actually have some movies on Blu-ray 3D, and that's only because they have bonus discs that aren't available on the regular Blu-rays.

[@sergiofernandez7318]

Im so disappointed the wii u failed

[@deshawnwilson4046]

WiiU to Switch basically what the sega Saturn was to the sega Dreamcast

[@waffleoutlaw9951]

Wild how bad Google glass bombed, yet Apple still put out that new headgear. Maybe there's a market for it now, or maybe Google didn't have the diehard followers that Apple does

[@ChadH2023]

Everyone is returning the vision pro because they realize it's very limited and not worth the 3500. The videos are pretty much non-existent now on KZbin.

[@TraxxJamez2088]

Snapchat spectacles should have been on here

[@jamesmswenko8292]

We still have Wii U at home, two of them, so useless, we can't even sell them

[@Ratchetcomand]

The Wii U was like the Atari Jaguar of Nintendo. Both had awful controllers and most of their good games are on other systems.

[@Reaperguy67]

Exactly. I remember it was sold in black and white. When it comes to Nintendo consoles. I think the joycons on the switch are worse due to how small it is.

[@thedude15-sm2zu]

There were a few reasons the Wii U failed, but none of them were because of the quality of the system.

[@shaliseshaw9385]

I miss seeing the Heinz EZ Squirt commericials. ☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

Hee hee, the name Wii U makes it sound like a Wii that's going to or meant for college! Honestly I think they all along wanted the Wii U to be like the Switch but the tech back then just wasn't quite ready for it (in terms of getting the tablet small enough as well as affordable enough).

[@TraxxJamez2088]

Coke black helped me graduate from high school lol

[@georgeh6856]

Apple Macbook butterfly keyboard, Apple iPhone 4 (antennagate), Facebook Metaverse, Microsoft Windows 8.

[@scotthudema1853]

I would argue that Windows OS flop should go to Windows ME rather than Windows Vista.

[@Vindix007]

Orkut was successful only in Brazil. You forgot Windoze 8 (another big fail).