Talk:Status/@comment-34881979-20180905112517/@comment-53539-20180906211228

We do know we don't expect any PowerFX vocaloids going forward and a new Vocaloid from CFM would be a miracle at this point when their already looking at updating Kaito, Meiko and Luka (again).

I myself am worried, every new engine so far as seen the death of a version 2 back. That means in 2 years time we could see the pressure on V3 retirement. However, since V3 voicebanks aren't much different to V4 or V5 overall, there is hope this isn't going to be the case in this generation as so many Vocaloids would be taken out in a V3 retirement. V1 and V2 were much lower quality vocals overall, and most of the Japanese catalogue was replaced except Piko. The harshest part of if V3 is retired is we loose all Spanish Vocaloids and half the Korean Catalogue, Ouch!