Talk:IA/@comment-86.11.145.120-20121123225141/@comment-53539-20121126160309

The point was that the most iconic will always have a legion of fans willing to buy merchandise and any old crap. That is what Miku is. Sure other Vocaloids will gain ground on her, butthere will always be nintendo-fanboys who buy up Mario stuff no matter what, there will always be Pikachu stuff that pokemon fans buy, etc, etc. Miku will stay a "cult icon" despite loosing out on popularity because she stood out early on. This is sadly how things work. If they didn't, things made 20 years ago wouldn't be able to sell any merchandise at all, even if nothing is produced for that franchise. Example can be found in some of the most iconic movies characters and what-not.

Whether or not we like it, Miku is there and an awful lt of folks get to know her or other CFM vocaloids before they get to know other vocaloids. That impact is long lasting and for that reason, its hard to judge. Miku will likely never suddenly NOT sell her name and not be assoicated with Vocaloid, no matter how much we all want our favourite vocaloids, or just other vocaloids, to steal the spotlight from her.

And for that reason Miku is just like Mario, Pikachu and any other iconic mascot or character we know about.

Still, I will note in regards to this that I said last year I don't see CFM being top fo the vocaloid studios in 10 years time, thats now 9 years....