This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 24.58.88.46 (talk) at 03:11, 5 August 2007 (→Bibliography). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 03:11, 5 August 2007 by 24.58.88.46 (talk) (→Bibliography)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) "Fail" and "Phail" redirect here. For Failure, see Fail (disambiguation).In general, failure refers to the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective. It may be viewed as the opposite of success.
Commercial failures
A commercial failure is a product that does not reach expectations of success, failing to come even close. A major flop goes one step further and is recognized for its complete lack of success.
- For flops in computer and video gaming, see List of commercial failures in video gaming.
- For company failures related to the 1997–2001 Dot-com bubble, see Dot-com company.
- See also Vaporware.
Notes and references
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Failure" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2007) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |