Talk:Utatane Piko/Notable songs list/@comment-26890372-20160109113516/@comment-53539-20160109135539

Reasons;
 * Male vocaloids are harder to sell in japan then females, this was more true in V2 then even now as 80% of the DTM magazine audience was male. This is why also modern male vocals like Arsloid and Fukase have to put more effort in.
 * Bad timing (released during the same period as the Kagamine Append whic offered 6 vocals)
 * Voice wasn't that HQ and was MQ at best
 * VY2 came along shortly after and was a better young male vocal, the tone was deeper but the voice HQ.
 * Demo restrictions from Sony put people off, Sony basically removed demos off of Nico Nico Douga
 * No big producer really picked him up, sometime this makes or breaks a vocaloid.
 * V3 became the focus of attention within 6 months of release and with it, even more vocaloids.
 * The voice was built for higher registers wic were covered by half the girls at that point or Len. The lower ranges were not so good and Gackpoid and VY2 were better vocals.

The range wasn't that impressive for a Vocaloid also. People go on about how impressive Kaito's V1 was, but in reality it was crap and the engine just made what little range he had extend. I don't see what makes Piko so special, mostly because when the V2 announcements were made the fuss over Piko was not a big deal to me.. Loosing 1 Japanese vocal? We're loosing 5 English ones, my concern is over them instead of Piko. We have plenty of vocals at this point who could replace him.