Graveyard
The Product Graveyard
Products that failed or were shut down, and why.
I started this list because the same few causes keep killing products. A shutdown notice rarely tells the whole story, so each entry separates what the company said from what reporting and later analysis found, and every cause links to its source.
27 products
No end date
Apple Maps (2012 launch)
Apple Apps and online services
Still live as of October 2026; Apple rebuilt the map and finished the US rollout in January 2020
Aug 2026
ChatGPT Atlas
OpenAI Apps and online services AI
OpenAI scheduled Atlas to stop working on August 9, 2026
Apr 2026
Sora app
OpenAI Social networks AI
The app and web version were discontinued on April 26, 2026, and the API on September 24, 2026
2026
Amazon Go
Amazon Marketplaces and commerce AI
Amazon said most Go stores would close February 1, 2026, and its California stores later
Feb 2025
Humane AI Pin
Humane Wearables AI
Sales ended February 18, 2025; Humane said the Pins would go offline February 28, 2025
Dec 2024
Cruise robotaxi service
Cruise (General Motors) Personal transport AI
GM said on December 10, 2024 that it would stop funding Cruise's robotaxi development
Mar 2023
Google Glass
Google Wearables
Google stopped selling Glass Enterprise Edition on March 15, 2023
Jan 2022
BlackBerry
Research In Motion (BlackBerry) Phones
Legacy BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry 10 services ended on January 4, 2022
Dec 2020
Quibi
Quibi Streaming
The app stopped working on December 1, 2020; Roku bought its content distribution rights in January 2021
Jul 2020
Segway PT
Segway Personal transport
Segway retired the PT and ended its US production on July 15, 2020
Dec 2019
Windows Phone and Nokia Lumia
Microsoft and Nokia Phones
Microsoft ended support for Windows 10 Mobile on December 10, 2019
Apr 2019
Google+
Google Social networks
Consumer Google+ shut down on April 2, 2019; its workplace successor, Currents, closed in 2023
Mar 2019
AirPower
Apple Consumer hardware
Announced on September 12, 2017 and cancelled on March 29, 2019, without ever going on sale
2019
Tata Nano
Tata Motors Personal transport
Tata Motors built no Nanos in 2019 and never formally announced the end
Sep 2017
Juicero
Juicero Consumer hardware
Juicero suspended sales of the Press and its Produce Packs on September 1, 2017
2017
3D TV
Samsung, LG, Sony and others TV and video
LG and Sony, the last two major makers, dropped 3D from their 2017 TVs
Mar 2016
Tay
Microsoft Assistants and chatbots AI
Taken offline after about 16 hours; a brief return ended on March 30, 2016
Nov 2015
Zune
Microsoft Consumer hardware
Microsoft said in October 2011 it would no longer make Zune players, and retired Zune services on November 15, 2015
Aug 2015
Amazon Fire Phone
Amazon Phones
Amazon ceased sales in August 2015, when the phone sold out
Sep 2014
Orkut
Google Social networks
Google shut Orkut down on September 30, 2014
Aug 2011
Palm Pre and webOS
Palm Phones
HP said on August 18, 2011 that it would discontinue webOS phones and the TouchPad
Feb 2008
HD DVD
Toshiba TV and video
Toshiba said on February 19, 2008, that it would no longer develop, make or market HD DVD players and recorders
2002
New Coke
The Coca-Cola Company Food and drink
The original returned as Coca-Cola Classic on July 11, 1985; New Coke, renamed Coke II, was sold until 2002
Aug 1996
Virtual Boy
Nintendo Games and consoles
Nintendo dropped it in Japan in December 1995 and for good in August 1996
1994
Crystal Pepsi
PepsiCo Food and drink
Pulled from the market in 1994; back for a sweepstakes in 2015, a limited run in 2016 and a contest in 2022
Oct 1982
DeLorean DMC-12
DeLorean Motor Company Personal transport
Production stopped in May 1982, and the receivers began the Belfast plant's final rundown on October 19, 1982
Nov 1959
Edsel
Ford Motor Company Personal transport
Ford confirmed on November 19, 1959 that it had discontinued the Edsel