Talk:Fukase/@comment-25839827-20181024101725/@comment-53539-20181024111837

Most of the youtubers you'll find often turn out to have illegal versions of Vocaloid not legal, least here in the west. In Japan its the opposite. Someone on VO forums when it existed did a survey and found VY2 had been downloaded some 40,000+ times, the most popular packages are the multiple voicebanks ones each had 100,000+ downloads or there approx. For every old Vocaloid there are often 2,000 or sold illegal downloads at times. ITs a harsh and very sad reality. And people who claim they legit often lie about it. :-(

While this is not every case bare in mind the most common type of producers to be buying him are Japanese. The statement is made from within Japan and was correct at the time of its writing. The problem is the Vocaloid, and all vocal synths have been on decline on-line interest in Japan since 2014. Japan is where he counts the most to sell things.

Bare in mind also we really don't know how many he has sold... Remember Avanna had a presence of for example 30 images on DeviantArt against Olivers 1,000 or so, the same ratio was roughly true on youtube too. But Avanna had secretly sold many copies and was the first Vocaloid to take no1 spot on Zero-G's yearly charts. One person can buy the software once and make many songs, and artists have no commitment to buy at all while Vocaloids are excepted to only sell a few thousand units at times.

The statement was also referring back into his first year of existence. The first year of a Vocaloids lifespan is often their most important and while they may sell many in their lifetime, the most usually comes when a Vocaloid is brand spanking new and not after 3 years. Miku herself sold 60,000+ units, but 40,000+ were in her first year.

Its sad to talk about all of this.