A few thoughts (Gaming)

by stabbim , Des Moines, IA, USA, Thursday, October 19, 2017, 08:24 (2393 days ago) @ Ragashingo

I don't know if it's really a new trend or not, but it feels to me that these days if something isn't a 110% hit it is quickly abandoned. Things aren't given time to grow.

This isn't really gaming related, but the same thing happened to WebOS after HP acquired Palm. They launched a tablet with the latest greatest WebOS on it (I still have mine), and they gave it... I think 2 weeks? Something like that. And then shut down the whole division.

I kind of got the feeling that HP didn't actually want to make the WebOS hardware at all, they were just finishing up whatever plans had already been in motion at Palm. I still hate them for it because WebOS could have, should have, been great. A lot of the stuff we take for granted today in smartphones came from there, and it STILL has the best mobile multitasking interface I've ever seen.