Talk:Status/@comment-34881979-20180905112517/@comment-108.15.31.62-20180906215434

Keep in mind VOCALOID kindof keeps up with the times in the tech industry:

V1: XP/Vista

V2:Vista/7

V3: 7/8

V4: 7/8/10

V5: 7/8/10 also

V3 to VOCALOID is basically Windows 7 to microsoft. It's one of their widest ranges of products and would not be an easy thing to just discontinue. Many of their companies' contracts are on V3 still. Many of YAMAHA's own group of VOCALOIDs are also still in this era also (ZOLA, AnoKano, Mew, Galaco, Lapis, Merli etc.). YAMAHA would have to retire many of it's own products and they do not have many of their own in V4 (Sachiko, ARSLOID, Fukase and Unity-chan) and currently only have 4 released for V5. Most of what they have developed or have affiliations with are still on V3