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A flop loses money or makes so little that the entire endeavor was a waste of time.

The only other definition I would consider is if a game is so bad that it brings down a franchise.

Personally, I'm a bit tired of seeing "flop" used seriously to describe something that made money, even if it didn't make as much as projected, or for a game with modest expectations.