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

[LordTheNightKnight]

Soriku said:

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.

I'm saying scrapping an idea that is bad to begin with. COmpletely scrapping, yeah.

If the idea is truly bad, and the developer goes with it anyway (BMX XXX), you're not likely to see them realize it's bad in the middle of development.

The more common problem is the execution of a game, not its idea.