Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-27916289-20160304224651/@comment-27916289-20160305044113

24.214.82.9 wrote:

VOCALOIDISEVERYONE wrote: But in here, I speak of all Vocaloids, not just Crypton. There are many other companies that make Vocaloids Eevee pretty much summed up what I was going to say, but money is also a very big issue in this topic. Money is what's influencing all these companies' decisions. Some companies likely can't afford extensive promotion for their own vocaloids. Even companies that make fairly popular vocaloids such as AHS couldn't afford to make separate voicebanks for all their vocaloid's V4 updates because they simply didn't have the funds. I know additional voicebanks may be slightly off topic, but Miku is literally the thing that kept Crypton alive. When KAITO turned out to be a commercial failure, Crypton decided they'd try & make one final vocaloid, cross their fingers & hope she'd be a success. Miku was a success, a very large one. As Eevee said, she's Crypton's cash cow. If other vocaloids do become very popular, they won't ever gain Miku's (& the other Crypton vocaloids') position of virtual super-stardom. The closest competitor to Miku would definately be IA. IA's pretty impressive in terms of popularity, she's reached Big 8 level & she's had multiple live performances all around the world. I agree with you. And I am happy that IA is rising up, she and her voice provider definitely deserve fame. Hopefully her success can continue and she carry lesser known Vocaloids up with her.