Why don't devs for once say, "We have made a piece of crap let's scrap it."

[Onyxmeth]

LordTheNightKnight said:
Wait. Does the OP mean just throwing out an entire game, instead of just starting over?

Well that does actually happen, but usually it's due to budget or downsizing or management, instead of the developers realizing the game is just bad.

He didn't really specify, so it could mean either. I think sometimes it's difficult for a team to even realize their game is bad because they have to work past their pride in creating it to think objectively. I remember when Square almost wanted to throw out Kingdom Hearts because they realized people would rather see Looney Tunes than Disney characters in an RPG, but after that CG movie debacle they just had to release what they had.