Talk:Utatane Piko/@comment-88.22.162.194-20181027191048/@comment-53539-20181029125955

Its doubtful if he will ever get an update, as I've said before we do have replacements for him in Yohioloid, Yuu, Arsloid and couple of others. He is not so unique anymore that loosing him will be devastating. You also have to factor in English Vocaloid has lost 8 vocals and Japanese 1... I'm sorry but to me... I just don't care. The problem was he was one of the last V2's made at a time we knew V3 was a echo being whispered, a male vocal, Mid-quality and released at the same time as the Kagamine Append, plus Sony peeved off the producers by putting restrictions on the vocaloid demos. 5 days to learn how to use Piko, get an idea of his voice plus on top of that there was issues with Sony removing uploads on Nico Nico Douga using his demo. No other company did that. There was little more then a single page of information on him.

Basically, he was held back.

The biggest one being "male vocal", as 80% of the producer base was male at the time, being DTM subscribers (DTM was a music magazine). They just were more interested in females, a curse still impacting male vocals today and critical likely now interest in Japan in vocal synths on Nico Video has died each year by 40-55%.

Plus as I now say to everyone, if he had an update would you buy him? Even if "yes" is given... Its not enough, 1 person isn't going to make him a hit. Also adding to this, could you use him? Could you make music with him? If "no" to either or both are given as an answer then you can't fuel interest in him. Are you Japanese? If no, your not his intended market and can barely contribute to his popularity because of it. ITs harder for westerners to break into Japanese markets and the Japanese are the ones suppose to be buying him.

Sometimes... Its heart breaking but we have to accept something will never happen. If your a fan of Japanese vocaloids, they've lost 1 vocal, but to an English fan thats 8 lost and we've had to accept a bigger heart ache. What will happen when V3's time comes if they retire all V3's? There are a lot of vocals lost there.