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  1. 04-09-2013, 07:20 PM #1
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    Products that were actually game changers

    "Game changer" has become my top over-used sales cliche. Our new phone has a mildly revised software interface: game changer! The car now comes with standard power locks AND cup holders: game changer! We've come up with an entirely new name for rocker-camber-rocker: game...you get the idea.

    I'd be curious to hear what products actually qualify for the term in that they either 1. Created a new category/market where there wasn't one before (e.g. the Ipad) 2. Opened up a new set of capabilities or allowed a larger group access to them (e.g. the Canon 5D Mkii sparking the DSLR craze for video) or 3. Starting a massive shift in the direction of technological development (e.g. the Spatula or the Iphone).

    So what would you put on the list of actual game changers?

    Edit: Guess I should have added a rule about being in the last ~20 years for IVplay and iceman.
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  8. 04-09-2013, 07:58 PM #8
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