Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3076833-20141017184700/@comment-25599810-20141030134700

Unfortunately, Miku won't being going away anytime soon. With how overhyped she is and preferred by Japanese producers, she really isn't going to stop selling to the public, much to others and my own dismay.

A lot of companies have been just rapid firing VOCALOIDs and some of the fans are waiting on the "Miku killer," which is much similar to how people view new MMOs and a possible "WoW killer."

My answer is this:

It's not going to happen.

Miku, like WoW, is a commercial sucess exceeding others in their fields.

Since both are heavily advertised and usually updated every so often, they remain at the top of their line-up. Despite the disadvantages of some flaws such as WoW's dated graphics and Miku's "number of slurry or chopping vowel sounds", their companies being reputable and the products being so beloved by the community, they're practically invincible.

Unless Crypton heavily advertises a new product with the same enthusiasm as they did Miku, she's not losing any popularity, but I must admit V3 Luka might out-do Miku only if they fix her pronunciation (for both English and Japanese) and her well-known issue of being muffled (dear God, the muffled vocals were a pain to work with) and difficult to understand. But until we get a good demo of Luka's V3 Japanese, we won't know her capabilities to best Miku (if it's possible). So far, her English demo sounded really clear and easy to understand (far more understable than Miku English's demos and final product, if I may add), but English doesn't sell with producers as much as good quality Japanese voices do.