Talk:Luo Tianyi/@comment-153.107.193.205-20180910001106/@comment-7882956-20180910141723

These points are essentially the biggest things to keep in mind when wanting to develop a Vocaloid for a new language and is one of the important things to note in marketing in general: Is there an audience for it and will said audience buy the product? I don't know much about the Korean and Spanish fanbases, but from what I've heard and understood, there are a lot of Spanish fans, but not many of them buy the software. And even when they do, they won't always buy the Spanish ones, which really hurts the sales and any chance for future products.

This is also a question Yamaha may ask as evident in Yuezheng Longya's production. Sometimes they may be hesitant because they're unsure if something may sell. For the Chinese Vocaloids, the females (especially young and cute females), typically sell better and may be more popular, even before Longya and Zhiyu Moke were released and before Yuecheng was given a Vocaloid voicebank (Zhang Chuchu seems to be doing a lot better in terms of viewcounts when discounting Yuecheng's demos). Admittedly, holding Longya back is kinda silly because tbh he probably would have been produced anyways, but it's still important to keep in mind the risks and certain questions.

All in all, Yamaha has the final say. They're the ones approving the voicebanks and checking for bugs, they're the ones approving the Vocaloid product and release dates, etc etc. This does include whether or not a language should be introduced to the software and that is something they have to consider.

All that aside, I think we can all agree that we would love a new addition to the language libraries. But it's important to know how this all works in the business aspect too.