User blog comment:OtterJiang/So, Uh.. VOCALOID 4?/@comment-3076833-20141222040520/@comment-53539-20141222161845

A lot of the early vocaloids sold much better then later. :-/

Even in English vocaloids, Oliver and Avanna did better then Yohioloid, save the Japanese vocaloids. Only Nana didn't do well there because the rest sold on name.

The reason for the rush to get V3's out was to grab the audience attention, promote V3 and... Well... Because it took so long to release vocals lots of the studios had vocals ready for sale on day1.

This time they've had less notice, so there is only Vy1v4 ready on day1. This is a advantage to Yamaha because it means for the moment to THEIR vocal is getting sales... this is important for Yamaha because VY1 is their primary standard vocal they make to showcase their software. I think this is better because its forced the studios to spread their releases out more. :-/