Talk:Status/@comment-53539-20190105203521/@comment-53539-20190106111315

I already know that and added it to the V5 page. I couldn't read the last half and stuck it in a machine myself, but the last half talks about a rumour and I can't translate it and the machine doesn't help either. If need be I'll put this in front of Dame. For now I didn't want to bother them.

Its not dead as its still popular and growing in China it seems. However, it has reached its peek in Japan and the article states going forward people would be happy just to get updates to classics, but this refers to the lack of information and how people feel, just knowing their favourites would get updates is enough for them when their so desperate for *something*.

There are still large numbers of songs being uploaded on Nico Video, the issue is that the Vocaloid trend is over in Japan. This is why I had a go at people who didn't want Miku to branch out into other languages, because the trend for Vocaloid had already peeking by 2010 and there was a risk it would level off within the next few years. In other for Vocaloid to survive, it needed to expand and it couldn't stay within Japan as it would kill it completely. If Vocaloid fails now in Japan, the Chinese have about 4 years left and will give reasons for a V6. English is still going strong but it never took off like Japan and China. This is why Miku *had* to have Chinese also ASAP because she wouldn't benefit from being with the part of the fandom that is fading.