Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-6433273-20180322113157/@comment-53539-20180412100222

Vivi's attack from the VO'ers, my own skepticism included was just because of what happened in recent years. We had Alys and Planty-P, both of which gave signals that Vivi also gave off. That was the first time in the history of drama I honestly felt our reactions were unfortantely but really natural. The group didn't handle things that well, and had to learn the hard way about how to present a Vocaloid. Especially since the twitter account of one of those associated was full of touchy imagery. People didn't like how it was handled, it was sloppy. IT made everyone believe they were being duped and this was yet another scam/fake Vocaloid.

I honestly don't blame anyone for the reaction, the moment you make a vocaloid is the moment you have to be professional. You can't afford to be amateurish because the most common Vocaloid buyers are, as I said before, EDM folks in the west and DtM crowd in Japan. They *expect* certain things once you sell a professional product. At the end of the day, no matter what you want of your creation, you have to consider the target audience.

I do value the freedom to speak out, though agree someone should have stepped in the Vivi topic sooner and locked it to cool things down sooner then they did. But only to get everyone a chance to cool down so the topic can be re-opened.

@Catsgomo, PowerFXs departure has nothing to do with Ruby, but rather the change of management. The Vocaloid software, unlike with Zero-G, never earned PowerFX that much of a presentation. The matter of more vocaloids went down to Bil leaving, as he had more vocaloids planned and had been talking about it to me via e-mail. However, the product taking centre fold at PowerFX was Soundation, as it was proving to be a profitable service the company was offering already. I think Soundation is also part the death of Vocaloids from PowerFX, as it was requiring more and more attention. The companies loops also earn more profit then Vocaloid does.

I lost touch with PowerFX pretty much when Bil left and when I had last spoken to them, the team was unsure if they wanted to continue with Vocaloid. Sadly, the news came earlier this year the worst case had indeed occurred.

All and all, Vocaloid, even in Japan, is a low-profit software which is why the price is so high for each unit of sales and the licensing. The only difference is Vocaloids from Japan can pump them out faster, due to how many companies are making them and how quick they can be made, plus they still sell overall more then overseas Vocaloids. Japan buys the most vocaloids...