Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-35301431-20140702193241/@comment-53539-20160710101002

Why was Kiyo not so popular?...It came to several reasons;

-Male Vocaloid released at a time when focus was very much on females -Kaito was used already despite being a V1 for the same roles. -2009 means "mid/late-stage" release for V2 (2010 was "late stage"). Nobody knew Ah software were going to come along and they came along with 3 vocaloids at once. Producers wouldn't have had the money for all 3, so they bit into eachs sales a little. Kiyoteru suffered the most. -they were new to a franchise that had a strong lead with CFM and even Internet co were often struggling to compete with them even at the time. -the 3 vocaloids had difficulty issues which gave ah softwares first 3 vocaloids a slightly bad rep in both terms of quality and user-friendliness. Back in V2, "balance" between difficulty and results did have more of an effect on non-CFM/Internet co vocaloids -The CFM wall didn't really start breaking down until V3 began and a lot of new talent came along with it in regards to making vocals and who became a vocaloid. And even now, most fans would rather by a CFM instead of any other Vocaloid because their both more likely to get noticed and their more loyal to them. But the strength isn't as held onto as it once was.