Have you ever heard of the Gizmondo, the handheld do-it-all device from Tiger Telematics that had a big buzz behind it in 2005? If you haven't heard of it that is because the Gizmondo handheld hype turned into a disaster. GameSetWatch has written a detailed 10,000 word article on the Gizmondo disaster story that peaked with the infamous Ferrari Enzo car crash.
So, here's the first of the GameSetWatch 'holiday special' articles, and it's a kinda interesting one. The first thing to note is that it's out of date - it was originally written in January 2005, and never published. And, well, it's an investigative article written by me about Gizmondo, the now-famed Ferrari-crashing, money-squandering handheld company.
But because it goes into unprecedented detail about the financial history of the company, I think it's worth publishing. In fact, it goes into somewhat ridiculous, almost 10,000-word long detail, which is one of the reasons that it was never published. But let's give you some context here - when in Gizmondo's history was this published, and why didn't it make it out at the time?
Even if you are not into gaming this is still a classic business meltdown story.
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