User blog:Pihou/Theory to the Community's Problem!

I notice how the community, especially on the wiki, are always asking for a new male VOCALOID or at least not another  female and Japanese VOCALOID. And I understand that and I  feel the same way. But then they are released and most o f the time they don't sell well at all.

Look at KAITO, when he was  first sold in V1 he undersold by VOCALOID standards, Hiyama Kiyoteru was the least popular AHS VOCALOID released to date, Gakupo was outsold and beaten in popularity by GUMI when she was released and Gachapoid, well....he kind o f just happened and no one really cared. The same happened with Utatane Piko, but people liked him more at least. VY2 and Big Al were  fairly alright, but VY2 isn't used as much as VY1, especially in commercial things like to "head o f ficial Yamaha products", where VY1 is used instead. YOHIOloid wasn't as well received as OLIVER (o f course because he's a shota or has high voice), and Tonio is the least popular VOCALOID to date.

It's not just male VOCALOIDs that are the problem, though. It's also when we add new VOCALOID  females that are di f ferent  from usual. Mew, who has a deeper, huskier voice and Megurine Luka (least popular o <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">f the CV series), <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"> as well, VOCALOID2 miki (who I love so much!) and YANHE are not as popular because their voices aren't higher pitched, the voices are changed or sound "robotic", have something "o <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">f <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">f" about them (v  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">flower's lisp and some o <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">f the loudness o <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">f her voice at times -only way I know to describe since I own her-), <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"> or their designs aren't as attractive (Sweet ANN, SONiKA, Clara etc). With the exception o <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">f IA, Yukari, kokone or Merli, and a  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">few others who are more popular.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">With the exceptions o <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">f Kagamine Len (even though he's less popular than Kagamine Rin), the later success o <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">f KAITO's V1 and the V3 update, the Camui Gakupo V3 update and OLIVER, it's sa <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">fe to say that male VOCALOIDs aren't popular. Which I think is  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">funny, since we're always asking  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">for more male VOCALOIDs. But when we do get them, we don't want them and they end up being less popular than the  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">females.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">I'm not saying that we should just give up on males, that's stupid. :-D I'm re <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">ferring to the idea that I  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">found in a YouTube video. I recently  <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">found a channel called Game Theory, and it's great! Then I came across a video about how Game Theory: Are Gamers Killing Video Games?, and there are many similarities between video games and VOCALOIDs that I noticed!

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">And I don't think that it's so much that we all are like this, but the people who want change/innovation/male VOCALOIDs, are the minority. And when we get what we want, the majority ignores it and that's another reason why the males don't sell as well. Because those who want the change and innovation are outnumbered by the ones who want the same things over and over again.

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);">What do you think? Am I correct or no? :-)