Top 10 Companies that Went Downhill
Companies, regardless if they're video game companies or cartoon companies that have gone downhill tremendously. However they have to be a respected company to really qualify on the list.
Cartoon Network is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner. They focused on live-action programming, which's taking away the purpose of the channel.
Sony Group Corporation, commonly known as Sony and stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan, Minato, Tokyo, Japan.As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional electronic products, the largest video game console company and the largest video game publisher. Through Sony... read more
From caring too much about graphics with all of their damn consoles from terrible Adam Sandler movies Sony doesn't seem to be improving anytime soon.
Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972, currently by Atari Interactive, a subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA. They might've helped gaming, but they haven't done anything great in years.
Bungie, Inc. is an American video game developer located in Bellevue, Washington, United States. The company was established in May 1991 as Bungie Software Products Corporation by University of Chicago undergraduate student Alex Seropian, who later brought in programmer Jason Jones after publishing Jones' game Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete. Don't get me started on Destiny 2...
They're not even trying anymore.
Boomerang is an American digital and satellite television channel owned and distributed by Time Warner through Turner Broadcasting. They got rid of the boomerang logo and replaced it with the Cartoon Network box.
It's owned by Cartoon Network and has just as bad of a schedule.
Activision Publishing, Inc. is an American video game publisher. It was founded on October 1, 1979 and was the world's first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles. It's really hard to take them seriously nowadays...
Walt Disney would feel insulted if he saw most of the garbage on Disney Channel's schedule.
DreamWorks Animation LLC (DWA, also known as DreamWorks Animation Studios and simply known as DreamWorks) is an American animation studio that produces animated films and television programs and is a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, a division of NBCUniversal, which is itself a division of Comcast. The studio has released 42 feature films as of September 2022. Most of their movie were mediocre but now they're lucky to release something that doesn't suck.
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington, that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services. From how terribly slow the Xbox One one is to terrible Windows updates... Microsoft definitely does suck now.
Nickelodeon is an American basic cable and satellite television network launched on December 1, 1977, and is owned by Viacom through Viacom Media Networks and based in New York City. They once got rid of the splat logo and took away so many good shows and had a big emphasis on generic sitcoms.
They recently aired the programming block Nick Studio 10, which interrupted shows with gross content, dropping the ratings by 30%.
Now the only good cartoons they have are SpongeBob and the Loud House.
Thankfully, they brought the splat logo back in 2023.
Electronic Arts, Inc., also known as EA Games, is an American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games headquartered in Redwood City, California.
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney, is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. Their TV channel fell downhill the same way channels like Nickelodeon did.
Its biggest problems are their emphasis on generic sitcoms.
Yet what's worse is that many stars ended up on the wrong roads despite having decent shows back then.
I'm glad stars such as Zendaya, Hilary Duff, and Cameron Boyce (R.I.P.) along with Chris Trousdale (R.I.P.), Ross Lynch, Zac Efron, and Austin Butler didn't end up there.
Plus, they close down great attractions at their theme parks to retheme them based on Disney (made/owned) movies, which's taking away the value and magic of the attractions.
And lately, they're making live-action/CGI remakes and adding woke content, promoting such culture.
Netflix is an American entertainment company founded by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph on August 29, 1997, in Scotts Valley, California. Just like Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, Cartoon Network, the History Channel, they cancel great shows that are underrated.
They cancelled the Marvelous World of Mrs. Maisel, Anne with an E, the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and Fate: The Winx Saga, for example.
This is why so many people (including me) lost faith in Netflix, even when they're still airing popular shows such as Stranger Things.
Amazon.com, commonly known as Amazon, is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company that was founded on July 5, 1994, by Jeff Bezos and is based in Seattle, Washington.
Target Corporation is the second-largest discount store retailer in the United States, behind Walmart, and a component of the S&P 500 Index. It ran into problems with LGBTQ+ branding & people asked for a boycott. They lost $15,700,000,000 to decisions surrounding LGBTQ+ Pride merchandise as the stock dropped another 0.4% on Monday. Target's market value was over $74,000,000,000 before they made national news.
YouTube is a global video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States. The service was created by three former PayPal employees on February 14, 2005. In November 2006, it was acquired by Google for US$1.65 billion. YouTube is ranked as one of the most visited websites, securing the 2nd place, only surpassed by Google Search. As of 2024, the CEO of YouTube is Neal Mohan... read more Once Susan Wojcicki owned it, they went downhill with all the copyright and demonetization issues.
They also enforced the COPPA act which banned comments from videos "made for kids" and force its users to pay for a $42,530 fine if they make made-for-kids content as adults.
Thankfully, she resigned.
Plus, so many people are quitting YouTube especially in 2024, which's 19 years after YouTube came out.
TikTok, known in China as Douyin, is a short-form video hosting service owned by Chinese company ByteDance.
It hosts a variety of short-form user videos, from genres like pranks, stunts, tricks, jokes, dance, and entertainment with durations from 15 seconds to ten minutes. Once Universal Music Group failed negotiations with the artists, they got rid of all music from such artists after their contract expired (January 31, 2024).
TikTok was once the fastest-growing social platform in general (until Instagram Threads grew faster) and even rivaled YouTube in quality.
Once Pleasant Company sold American Girl to Mattel, the long term future became bleak.
The American Girl Revue theaters at the American Girl stores were shut down after a contract regarding the AEA labor strikes expired in 2008, putting an end to store-built musicals, and taking away much of the magic, history, and originality the stores had
Plus the magazines ceased in 2019 after COVID-19 took over later.
And speaking of COVID-19, the annual benefit sales stopped in 2023.
Plus, stores have been closing as their leases haven't been renewed and as people focus on digital shopping (which doesn't include doll hospitals or eating at the cafes).
So many people turned away from American Girl to this day.
With the high prices of the dolls and accessories (along with making custom ones) along with the impact COVID-19 had on the economy, plus the inflation from democracy & COVID-19, there's no point in the company staying in shape unless they sell to a company that improves them in many ways.
If only Pleasant Company bought it back under Mattel's agreement despite it competing with Barbie in popularity during its history.
They really jumped the shark when they cancelled Our Flag Means Death.
That was the biggest and fastest-growing full-time series on the network, even surpassing Euphoria.
It didn't survive the writers' strikes after all.
The Samsung Group (or simply Samsung, stylized as SAMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea. It comprises numerous affiliated businesses, most of them united under the Samsung brand, and is the largest South Korean chaebol (business conglomerate). As of 2020, Samsung has the 8th highest global brand value... read more
