Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-6433273-20151126190829/@comment-53539-20151226152701

We knew this has been coming because of V1 has already had this. they can sell Vocaloids for a while, but see in the case of Miriam, eventually those codes will run out. So some new vocaloids will be around.

On the other hand, it will become easier in the net decade to know when Pocaloid itself is in place because like with Miriam, its only a matter of time before no new purchases can be made. :-/

You sadly can't support dated software forever, its not feasible to invest resources into the older tech as it means you have less resources for newer stuff. Costs too much money. The V2's are being retired earlier then the V1's, but on the bright side I think this may signal that V5 is in full production myself. On the other hand, also don't forget older versions of retired things can sometimes rise in price, though its rare with software, those desperate enough will fork out money if they want something bad enough. We've already seen this with the Kagamines Act1 where people can pay up to 50% more of the original price.

V2 itself is not always a good software. In terms of money, you pay more for any V2 then a V4 in the long run because of that "every version has the full engine". It also has less features and will not have as much of a demand. When I look at V2 vocals English banks, I can't help but notice how the 3 Zero-G vocaloids, didn't achieve the same success Avanna, Dex and Daina are getting. While people are still buying them, removing them also means more focus on the newer ones. This is also perhaps for the best as the newer ones are overall "better" then the older ones in terms of quality and have a habbit of leaving a better impression then vocals like Big Al.

If the V2 -> V3-> V4-> system works, then it should be fine without that shortcut tool.

Either way, the retirement still saddens me as I was after Sweet Ann for a long time. Then there is the issues round loss of vocal, which even Chipspeech is taken as one of its most valuable aspects. :-/