Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26341692-20151015170513/@comment-7882956-20170317160811

@ Conversation regarding YANHE updates:

There is no way Shanghai HENIAN would dump her since she is part of the Vsinger cast. That means she is most definitely one of the big priorities. They have expressed an interest in updating ALL of their VOCALOID3s. Despite the fact that Tianyi is the most popular, she also needs an update. Some of her samples aren't the best and she could do a lot more with an update. She is dated. Shanghai HENIAN has been making improvements with every VOCALOID they make and she would benefit well from that (and YANHE would too).

Shanghai HENIAN actually needs to prioritize Longya, Qingxian, and Moke. Those three have been long overdue. If it weren't for the fact that the past president messed up, they all would have been released a while ago. However, that would also mean YANHE wouldn't have been released, so it's a good and a bad thing at the same time.

It also should be taken into consideration that SHN basically has the power to do as it pleases with the projects. There's basically no other company actively competing with them since Gynoid does whatever with Flower and Xin Hua, and Quadimension/Beijing FUTUO kinda partnered with SHN anyways to make Stardust. :P As much as I would actually hate to see them follow Crypton's path and habits of update upon update upon update, at least they have schedules set for new(ish) refreshing vocals and characters.

YANHE is, for now, in a safe secure spot in popularity. She's actually more or less in the middle if you compare her with all Chinese VOCALOIDs combined. However, of the 3 Vsinger cast with released voicebanks, she is the least popular. But having that Vsinger brand marked on her puts her at a higher advantage over a VOCALOID like Xin Hua. I wouldn't start to worry about her being left behind until more Chinese VOCALOIDs become available. With SHN having the monopoly in the Chinese market, there really is no worry.