Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3076833-20141028204009/@comment-53539-20151018073148

There is more then one way of Vocaloid versions developing. In the begining they decided they wanted English and Japanese. Yamaha enlisted Crypton to find English studios to make vocaloid English, only Zero-G answered their call. PowerFX found Zero-G and Zero-G recommended them for English Vocaloid development. Crypton went on to release their own first Vocaloid Miku in 2007, after selling Kaito and Meiko on behalf of Yamaha.

This is the history of Vocaloid.

Then we have the case of Chinese vocaloids which were able to develop because a existing company (Bplats) had links to Yamaha. So there is another option. Then there is interest created by existing Vocaloid studios of expansion themselves, like Crypton, Internet co and Sh software's interest in English vocaloid.

I also imagine Cyber Diva was created with intent to grow interest in English vocaloid within America too, so Yamaha themselves can stir interest.

So expansion can happen many ways including;
 * 1) Yamaha hiring a 3rd party to locate interest in engine development
 * 2) Companies can use links via other companies to gain recommendation for development of new engines versions
 * 3) Existing studios showing interest in expansion into other langauges
 * 4) Yamaha puts the first vocal out there to incite interest.

It just depends on the circumstances, but most commonly Studio DO approach Yamaha for the license. However, for first intro into a new langauge, there are several cards that can be played here. Either way, this does not change that this won't happen for V4 and we're looking at V5.

This kinda is what got me into the boat that knew Alys wasn't really going to happen. It was coming up to the period when the next engine was due and that meant Alys wasn't going to be ready in time. Presuming there needs to be a year out for new engine development into the new language and then a year or so for a language like French, we'd not see her until V5. Thats a long time to mke people hold out for a vocaloid. thas without taking into account the group had no money and Yamaha doesn't do this for charity you know. Even Nana had to address the money issue.