Talk:Status/@comment-4494553-20130328183520/@comment-53539-20130329095714

I think Anders may have addressed that before when it was asked at VO, but its so long ago I wouldn't know where to look to find the answer.

But basically, its not just the time we have to take into account but the cost. The cost is what makes it impossible just as much as the time. Every time you make a vocaloid you buy the license from Yamaha. Making new characters is much more cheaper then updating old for this reason, simply because the price of expanding or renewing the license each time grows.

With that in mind, its one of the reasons why updates of older vocaloids can only happen if the circumstances behind it have allowed them to make such a dare.