Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-99.71.121.131-20151230194621/@comment-29714788-20160705061639

EmbraceEvil wrote: however you are correct with the latter. it's possible part of the reason japanese vocaloids get so many appends is because of merchandise sales but idk (yamaha and vy1v4 could be an exception because they don't have to pay license fees to themselves) Also because it takes longer to both record and program an English voicebank than a Japanese voicebank would. But it's true that Japanese Vocaloids rely heavily on character popularity to be successful. (Because of idol culture in Japan) On the other hand success for Engloids is defined by product sales.