Talk:Status/@comment-5051846-20150704193314/@comment-53539-20150705190123

Its more fustrating when you know even if a design has appeal, it can be turned down by Yamaha. See Avanna.

And fustrating when you know how fans react to things like this. whether we like it or not, whats done is done and the fans are stubbornly going to go against the art and choose Syo + Nat's if they buy Ruby. Even with promises of additional vocals, they will let their feelings take over and this could cost sales based on people's feelings.

I'm not going to side with either the company or Syo. I don't side with companies on issues because I know coperations don't always keep promoises when they make them. But I'm not siding with Syo because I don't want to get too empathetic towards the situation and let this blind me to the point I rage like other fans. As far as I'm concerned nothing is final until release and even then, Zero-G changed Sonika's boxart so it can change at any point.

If PFX feels like they need to appeal to EDM, then its fine. PowerFX spent V2 trying to appeal to professionals, spent V3 trying to appeal to fans... Their targeting specific audiences likely to expand their user page. PowerFX is a small company. My only concern is the kickstarters, but PowerFX may be more willing to go with the fans if the fans have produced and already paid their way for a lot of the production.

On the one hand, Zero-G has already attacked the EDM audience, got its attention and is in a position where they can experiment thanks to Avanna's success. Zero-G is a slightly bigger company and can appeal to a wider audience simply because Vocaloid isn't their only big product.

If we go over to the other option, Crypton... then we have another possible disaster there, on a bigger scale. CFM would have likely taken Ruby out of Syo's hands over time, and then proceeded to milk her for all she is worth should they adopt her like their current vocaloids. success was certain, sure, but at a cost. Not everything about CFM is peachy, not only that since their focused on their CV you'll be waiting for Ruby for longer possibly.

I see problems on many fronts that Syo could have gone to, and thats the problem with dealing with companys. In truth... He was really only the developer and nothing more. I image as well, they opted out of Nat's art to avoid royalties and make any possible update easier for them. :-/