Talk:Utatane Piko (VOCALOID2)/@comment-71.207.6.128-20150417065002/@comment-53539-20150417092614

While tone-wise he offers a great range for a high pitched male vocal... Overall he was a MQ V2. :-/

And I imagine he fell into the problem that a lot of Japanese males encounter with there being a lesser interest in the purchase. Ontop of this, don't forget he competed with Kagamine Act2. This meant he and Len were head to head with Len basically offering more. Even though the Kagamines main products were snubby quality, the Appends in contrast were some of the highest quality vocals of V2. So not only did the packages offer more, they were better quality and for those with Act1/Act2 there was an established base of interest.

And then came VY2 soon after who, though a lower toned male, did everything Piko could do better, save songs that were built for high males like Piko's voice. VY2 was also a younger male vocal and a HQ product... So Piko didn't even have that much over him. :-/

With Sony involved... I don't know if we'll ever see an update. It depends on just how bad he was impacted and their personnel contracts.