User blog comment:Pihou/Theory to the Community's Problem!/@comment-3076833-20140608211743

"Almost there" is what i'd rate your theory. The main flaw in your theory is that you're failing at highlighting one key aspect : Producers Vs Casual Fans.

It is fairly safe to assume that the people who are asking for male Vocaloids are the casual fans, and my definition of casual means anyone in the fandom who has never touched the software, and most likely never will. It goes without saying why what they want don't sell since they refuse to devote the money to invest in it. Sometimes this can be for legitimate reasons such as lack of funds, control of money, but that doesn't excuse the fact they act like companies should do as they say rather than what will help fund the company make the most money to produce more.

Then you have the producers, the ones that will help a company progress on by buying their Vocaloids, and by promoting the voices they use encourage others to buy Vocaloids. By no means is it a particular producer's fault for not using enough males in their works but the issue with the lack of males is the fact that very few producers do actively use them. The only real exception (which you also never mention) is the Western fandom where there is a fair handful of them, which is why there is less of a male:female ratio in Western based voicebanks, as opposed to Japan.

In short : You missed out a few details in that otherwise you're fairly spot on.