🔮 Top 5 Botched Console Launches | Fact Hunt | Larry Bundy Jr 

I won a nintendo wii in a contest and was supposed to receive it on launch day in November. I got it in March lol.

4:31 the Atari 5800. Larry, you never told us you had the secret Atari console the kids on the playground are talking about.

Fun Fact the shell-mould of the Atari Jaguar was reused for Dentist equipment

It's a true shame that Larry doesn't have more subs. I do understand he doesn't produce enough content to draw in a steady stream of new viewers and subs, but his overall content is truly interesting and original

There's something comforting about how I can safely hope there will be a potshot against Peter Molyneux

Sony - "300$" *drops mic. Walks away* Legendary Larry delivers the quality facts again

Every time I hear his “hello you!” I SMILE SO WIDE.

R.I.P. to the histories world's greatest game console known to all man DREAMCAST

Every time he says "Hello you!" he makes me feel so special

It's amazing when you remember that the PS3/Xbox/Wii are a whole decade old now.

I love when that guy kills his TV with the Wii remote. LOL

Damn... I stop counting how much the original Atari company refused to pay someone on your show :/

What a fantastic concept for a Fact Hunt video, Larry! I love how the game says "Perfect!" when the guy breaks his TV. Lolz.

I think no list of botched console launches is complete without the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer. The thing came out in the US in 1993 with a price of $699 ($1,074.93 adusted for inflation) and had only one game (Crash & Burn) on the shelves at launch!

The disastrous launch of the Saturn would not spell the end of the problems for the poor system. From what I heard, the Playstation was actually struggling when it first launched in the U.S. This was thanks to having Bernard "Bernie the Bastard" Stolar at the wheel, who would abuse his veto power to deny localization of various Japanese games, most notably RPGs, and pushing sports title instead, a genre that was getting rather unpopular at the time. In fact, the Playstation almost never got Final Fantasy 7 because of him, but Sony Computer Entertainment executives acted quickly and were able to oust him before he ruined everything. A gang of yakuzas breaking into his office and broken knee caps may or may not have been involved. So where did Bernie go after he was rightfully kicked out at Sony? Well, coincidence of all coincidences, Kalinsky just so happened to have left SEGA of America at the time, leaving his post as CEO vacant. So what did SEGA do? Why, they put the guy who got fired from Sony in charge of their company, of course, where Bernie proceeded to do the exact same thing he did at Sony. Veto a bunch of Japanese games, mostly 2D games, in favor of sports titles, completely failing to take advantage of the system's greatest strength. And that's not getting into the communication problems that were happening between SEGA of America and SEGA of Japan at the time, which were a giant mess in and of itself. I'm not entirely certain, but from what I hear, part of the problem was because the CEO of SEGA of Japan was jealous of how the American branch was able to make the Genesis such a success in the west, when he repeatedly failed to make the Mega Driver a proper contender for the SNES in its home market. Really, you could make an entire episode detailing everything that went wrong with the Saturn.

Larry had to change the thumbnail after people assuming that the Nintendo Switch would be mentioned here. You could say that this video's upload was... 'botched'.

every time you put up peter's face, his mouth appears smaller and smaller...eventually I expect it'll be just a dot by next year

It's worth noting the 5200 controllers were self centering... sort of. The rubber boot was supposed to keep things centered, and when it's secured and in good shape it *does*, but over time, much like the rest of the controller, it doesn't hold up well.

I know they always say GameCube was a failure but I absolutely loved my GameCube and games such as Viewtiful Joe

Dreamcast had very shoddy distribution in Sweden, me and a buddy went from store to store asking until we finally found a couple of units in an obscure toy store. So even before we forked over the cash we knew the machine was bound to become a failure, but it had some great games. Totally worth it.

Nothing like hearing about Sega Japan tanking their company because of international jealousy. It really should be taught as a cautionary tale for all MBA students. "If you hire experts, don't get all butt hurt when they do expert things, cause you'll cause a 'can't-lose' brand to fold." Then again people will ignore it cause Sega didn't really die, it just started the drought they never recovered from. Glad this one was number one.

"I LOST THE CONSOLE LAUNCH TO RNG, DUDE!"

Areola Soft has got to be a WatchMojo plagiarism trap.

SEGA: ...the Sega Saturn will be $399 at retail stores! *Later* Sony: $299 Audience: *Cheers*

Damn you, Larry. I was fixing to go to sleep.

Larry you absolute maniac, the comments are going to be in flames over the thumbnail choice for this video!

"to anyone in France everytime they say yes". OMFG

Blame on Hayao Nakayama for rushing the SEGA Saturn to America.

I was kinda hoping XBOX One would be on here. I mean sure it's a success, but I remember all the shit they got for announcing there'd be no physical copies of games, backwards compatibility wasn't supported, the Kinect would be recording the room it faced at all times, and the cherry on top? It required internet access 24/7 in order to verify "ownership" of games for its system (I quote that, because with no physical copies, Microsoft openly stated that gamers were buying licenses to play the game, and did not own the game itself). I mean a lot of these issues have been resolved, but the shit storm it created was brilliant. Plus at E3 the PS4 totally blew XBONE out of the water with its presentation.

Remember when the PS3 was originally going to be jet silver with a crescent moon shaped controller? Basically it was going to be Marvel Moon Knight themed console if you think about it.

That first story should have been titled "The Beginning of Atari's Downfall."

I'm sorry, theres a company named Areola Soft? Was Nipple Works already taken?

Congrats on 300k subs, well deserved

Holy Moly.. every time I see you post a vid, everything else gets put on the backburner... LBJ is the Ultimate Treat

The Wii U could have literally been called the Wii 2 and it would've done SO MUCH BETTER.

I actually have fond memories of the 7800. It was my first console (not counting the hand-me-down generic pong from my uncle). My grandmother bought us one sometime around 89/90, they must have been desperate to sell them as it came with 5 or 6 games packed in.

I think that the Wii shortage really fed into the 360's initial success. Tons of parents in the United States couldn't get a Wii for their kids and didn't want to shell out the cash for the then expensive PS3, so a lot of families settled for a 360. I was one of them. I remember sitting in overnight line after overnight line trying to get my hands on a Wii. Every time I went to the shops they would only stock like 3-10. The lines were also insanely long so even being towards the front of a huge line wouldn't exactly guarantee you a Wii. So my family settled with the Xbox 360. Which honestly was a terrible decision. We didn't have an HD television yet so playing the games was a challenge sometimes (looking at you DeadRising) and the early consoles for 360 were terrible. By the end of my two year manufacturers warranty, I had already shipped the Xbox to Microsoft 3 times for Red Ring problems. It even took like a month for the whole process to go through with all the shipping. They then extended my warranty for another two years and I still had to send the Xbox back in an additional two times (not including the time they shipped me back a non working console). Oh and did I mention it would disc burn games? Almost every game I owned I bought at least twice because the disc drive would leave this weird ring around the center of the discs that would render them completely useless. In the long run, the 360 had a great run and produced some pretty great consoles that would last for years, but in my experience the early launch consoles were terrible and it really wasn't worth the grief. TLDR: Still salty I didn't get a Wii.

4:32 "The Atari 5800." Now I want to see that console.

Thank you Larry. Had an awful day today and this cheered me up!

Roses are red Violets are blue Something something Peter Molyneux

Do an episode where the entire thing is just an extremely long Peter Moleneux joke

What the hell did you do to his lips?

I was happy to see you actually pointed out the Panther. What you missed was that the Panther hardware was the foundation of the Jaguar, which meant the Jaguar developers had to debug not only their new systems, but those of the predecessor as well!

This was great! I knew a few of the facts but the majority was news to me, great list! Really looking forward to the Dreamcast episode! :)

Aren't "bad luck" and "factors that are totally outside your control" the same thing?

New upload from Larry at 3:15am? Fuck sleep, fact hunt important!

Congratulations on 300K Subscribers! You really Deserve it as your Content Appeals to All kinds of People like my Dad who Grew up With the likes of The ZX Spectrum and people like me who Grew up on The GBA and DS. Your Quotable too!

Starting the day with a new Larry video means it's gonna be a good day.

"I'm bored asf right now." Checks youtube, Larry Bundy Jr has me covered XD

I still have my Wii that I bought on launch day and I'm in the UK :) Barely any games though...

Larry, you are one of the best at what you do! Another fact-filled, badass video. Can't believe the Master System sold so poorly here in the US. I remember one time my mom bought me Altered Beast for the master system at a yard sale but It would not work on my Genesis and I had no clue why.

Another great Episode Guru Larry! :D

$399 on the Saturn’s US release and since the dollar at the time was worth between £0.5 and £0.75, they decided the UK release price would be... £399. Inexcusable (and yet manufacturers still do it even now).

Sega of Japan: We need more time for the Saturn! Kalinske: Okay, I get it. (Later, at the first E3) Kalinske: Surprise! We're doing it now! Everyone: Excuse me what the fu-

I love how this poor chap want to fix his tv by tapping top of the tv. Priceless.

Nice job using the Segata Sanshiro theme music at the final entry Guru Larry! It fits as much as it could! Also, I like you showed a clip from one of the SEGA Saturn advertisement comercials in Japan featuring Segata Sanshiro! Rest in peace Segata Sanshiro...you'll always be remembered by us...

So Nintendo failed to understand the concept of supply and demand leading to shortages and scalpers ramping up prices. Shocker.

You're cool Larry! These videos are fun! It sucks that Sega had to launch the Saturn too early because our Walmart and other big name stores didn't sell the Saturn, and developers didn't want to make games for it, since wasn't selling well and hard to program.

Good vid as always, Larry!

Yeaaaaah maaaaan, another Larry vid! Been binge watching till this one came out!

>6:00 >Must-new have item

Hey Larry, good to have you back.

Love the cameo by Hiroshi Fujioka (Takeshi Hongo/Kamen Rider 1) in the final spot!

I found your channel due to you correcting watch mojo in the comments which I was going to do, taken back by your knowledge and comment I checked your channel out and I applaud your work I love your videos and content please keep up the hard work!!

Looking good with those 300K subscribers.

I'll be really fair. This is one Fact Hunt I never thought you would cover but I'll be honest, never expected this. It's still well done and I love every bit of it. #5: Atari were the ones that became household names and were also responsible for the video game crash, sort of. Had the 7800 been released then maybe, just maybe... the gaming industry would recover but nope. Incompetence is to blame. Go figure. #4: I didn't get my Wii until months after it came out. The surprising thing is that it was by pure luck. And that clip... oh my god. That idiot who broke his own TV. Perfect choice. Anyway the Wii was a hit but then it was filled with shovelware up the wazoo. #3: I never owned a Master System but I had absolutely NO idea that in Europe, the launch was a massive bomb. Geez Louise! I wonder if that was the sign that SEGA would slowly go downhill. #2: The Jaguar. No wonder it was such a bomb and the fact that the console couldn't even make it be a 64-bit console. Shoddy advertising, poor console support and it pretty much was the end for Atari as a console manufacturer. Tramiel and his family wanted out and Atari merged with JTS, a hardware manufacturer. #1: SEGA done fucked it up bad! Let's also not forget that they had so many consoles released that well, they oversaturated their own market, despite the Saturn being a hit in Japan. They had the Saturn, Master System, Pico, 32X, Genesis, Game Gear, Nomad, Sega CD... good god. 8 systems. Saturn's botched launch not only did a lot of damage to SEGA as a whole but it also ended the lifespans of almost every single console they made. And let's not forget Bernie Stolar and his bs draconian policies. Fuck that guy. No wonder he got fired a month before the Dreacmast's release because SEGA knew the guy was a bad egg.

Notice how we never see Larry and Superman in the same place at the same time...really makes you think doesn't it.

Great vid once again mate cheers

Well, I’ll be looking forward to the follow up to this vid. We all know about the buggered-up release of the Switch, and the less said about the Wii U the better.

sega santshiro is sega's kiru kazama of the yakuza series even they join up in project X zone 2 on 3ds

I remember SEGA signing a deal with Standa here in Italy, the biggest department store company in the country at the time, and getting huge coverage on the onwer's TV channels, Mediaset, with famous actors and football players regularly featuring in the commercials for the Master System, Game Gear and Mega Drive.

9:59 "Ooh, yeah, that disaster, I wonder what he'll say about-" 10:03 "KITTY!... what was I talking about again?"

Oh my god my brother has actually broken a TV that way. Except he threw the Wiimote out of rage after losing a game.

I got a Saturn this Christmas. I love it to death and I wish I had more games for it. It had so much potential, but couldn't do anything with it.

I always look forward to your next video larry!

We had a Sega Saturn before we got a PS1. I absolutely love the Saturn and wish my console still worked. “Mr. Bones” is one of my all-time favorite games.

mostly accurate video haha - covering monster fuck-ups is the Larry Bundy Jr special :D but.. putting the switch in the thumbnail is massive clickbait, switch launch was pretty great

Only can Larry or iamchris4life make me stay up late. Never disappointed!

I will never get tired of that one gag where he makes fun of Peter.

The Jaguar was made in computer factories that had never made consoles before? That explains SO much.

(When the trash comments that say "never clicked on a video so fast in my life!" actually apply)

How's the top 10 worst game theory videos by matpat video coming?

/replays "Hello You" over and over again after last week, taking a shower in Larry's soothing amicable voice to wash away Dan's tartish hooliganism.

Mr Larry thanks for another brilliant episode

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Surprised you didn't mention the Wii U, for the name which confused consumers, the 8 to 32GBs of internal storage, lack of SD card support, and for the tablet gamepad which jacked up the price and made it comparatively powerful to the Xbox 360.

I love these little trips through history. 👍🏻

Oh Jesus the Peter cameo KILLS me every time. That's comic timing there folks.

And this is why Brit youtubers are hard to follow. It's 11 PM and I have to watch as soon as the notification gets.

8:30 did you say areola-soft? areola as in the ring of skin around a nipple...?

Even if it's sad news, anything said while the Segata Sanshirou song is playing sounds so motivating.

Me in University: -Need to write an Essay -Need to sleep -Need to write book reports -It’s 2:07 AM -New episode of Fact Hunt is uploaded. -Cancels all plans and sleep to watch video.

I thought maybe the Xbox 360 would of made the list, 20% of all launch 360's got the famous red rings of death. That's a pretty botched launch if you ask me. Plus why is the Switch in the thumbnail? I find that odd.

Everyone complains about lack of stock...And here i am in Canada seeing nintendo shit always stocked..

That Sega Saturn story was so heartbreaking. If only they had more time to promote it, and make deals with retailers, it would've had a fighting chance. I mean the N64 came out much later, and it still did well.

I still love every time you say Fact Hunt. I'm impressed you've gotten away with it this long.

I swear to God someone should make a compilation of Larry's Peter Molynoux jokes.

I think the PlayStation 3 should've been on this list. Especially when you consider: 1. The infamous E3 2006 event ("Giant enemy crab", anyone?). 2. The insane launch price of $599. Even then, Sony made a huge loss for every console sold. 3. Poor 3rd party support at launch, thanks in part to the Cell Processor being difficult to program for. 4. The XBOX 360 having a year head start. The only saving grace for the PS3 at the time was that it was the cheapest Blu-Ray player at launch, killing Microsoft's HD-DVD in the process.

I knew the Saturn would be number one on this list. I was actually working for Software Etc at the time that it launched, and I remember how dismal sales were. Despite this, it's still one of my favorite systems. Some great games were released on that console, and I spent many happy hours playing it. I really would have preferred to see it do better. But them's the breaks, I guess.

I'm sure you could do a sequel to this. There's the Amiga CD32, Panasonic 3DO, Sega Dreamcast, and probably a couple more that I can't think of.