Talk:Mew/@comment-24401357-20140406130906/@comment-53539-20140406165924

Prior to Miku becoming famous, there wasn't much popularity for any Vocaloid, and most of the popularity was because fans created memes and all that. Not many knew who many of the providers were prior to becoming a Vocaloid, even in the CFM crowd.

I'd argue in the case of Gackpoid as well, that fame is not a instant indication of super hit success... Gackpoid does well, but he is among the bottom end of the Popular 8 Vocaloids.

the other issue is, Mew was released the same day as Gumi V3 was, With most fans going for the Megpoid software rather then the other 3 options they had on V3's day 1 release (seeU, Mew and VY1v3). VY1v3 was also reliable for its quality, with a reputation to support it so those who missed out on VY1 due to V3's arrival would have gone for VY1v3. SeeU was Korean, so the Japanese crowd took an instant dislike to her. Mew was a big unknown too, and people are more likely to put faith in what they know then what they don't know.

Mew also hasn't had any really big hits, and this tends to make a difference, ditto the same for Tone Rion. Oliver also got popular for a Engloid when Bee and Puppycat promoted him, making 4 million hits between the series within about 6 months. Such little things make a difference like that.

Also, I shy away from Fingers idea of professional vocals, as this doesn't necessary stop a Vocaloid selling. All the Big 8 were built for producers who were professional, even those 4 of those vocals didn't have professional singers behind the vocal. At this point, its really hard to tell who is going to be a hit or not. :-/