This is the middle ground. Corpos can't recycle vtuber models since we expect the character to be played by only one person. Talents lose subscribers and branding associated with the model they play if they get fired or can't come to an agreement with a contract. This means that both parties want to be able to agree that the talent can play their role, and both have something to lose should they not be able to come to this agreement.
I would think that getting screeched at by Kiwifarms users would be the first hint that you're speaking truth.
The comparison is not helpful. I associate Nintendo with coasting along on a few gimmicks, old IPs that keep getting rehashed to death, never spending enough money on game development or hardware, and making stuff for kids and people that can't let go of childhood nostalgia. Meanwhile, Hololive doesn't skimp on funding their stuff, everything looks top-tier, the stuff gets marketed towards adults, and Hololive does branch out with new vtubers, and nostalgia isn't really a thing for stuff that's as new as Hololive is.
I believe the main thing with Nintendo is that it's been noted numerous times in business that they don't really compete with Sony or Xbox because they're in their own lane. The idol avenue does that for Cover, as they're the ones that are willing to throw a fuckton of money at it while guaranteeing that even if you are the runt of your gen or branch, you're still going to get the support. By all means, Stars would have been shuttered for their poor performance in a lot of other agencies but they let them stick around and grow (partly because they're Yagoo's pet project).
YAGOO working to hit that TAM! (Total Addressable Market, for anyone that doesn't know the business lingo.) But, the Stars have still been profitable for Cover, though they also get far less direct investment. Though with issues of none of them really popping off, letting them go full time and scale the product, it's more niche. However, niche products still make money, expand reach and, as long as its viable/stable, you always have a chance to catch lightning in the bottle one day.
Q4 for Nijisanji started on February 1st and ends April 30th. They're doing everything they can to pad that Q4 financial report. NijiEN was already having a heavy downward trend in revenue/profitability but the Selen shit dropped on February 5th, so that financial quarter is plagued with that shit right at the start. Think back to February and how a lot of their big talents in NijiEN just weren't streaming in February to avoid the fallout. Ignoring the obvious drop in viewership and earnings from streams, having one-third of your quarter consist of non-existent streaming is horrific for the branch's financial performance. Their Q4 is going to look horrendous, hence the padding.
It'll be 4 by the time they push out the report. Millie and Enna are scheduled to debut later this month before the 30th.
I was actually thinking about Millie and Enna. I completely forgot that Rosemi and Petra had their 3D.
Well japan is fucked and thats bad cause Tamaki is nijijp and I like Tamaki and theres no way niji is going to give her model up
I don't pay attention to Niji merch drops as a Holofag, is this normal for Niji this time of year? I was gonna say that it seems insane until I remembered the almost $250 i dropped at the end of the Feb-March Hololive Promise birthday gauntlet.
They are still selling Pomu merch, and Hex is in the same gen, methink they wouldn't even care to wait until the end as he would make the bulk of profit anyway
Kaela's Collab with Kronii only barely fell short of it in CCV and Mumei's karaoke outright surpassed it
1.8 million yen, around 1.2K USD. i dunno if i would count that as an L, but again i'm not familiar with the numbers a big collab should bring to the table.
I like to imagine a Niji intern angrily E-Mailing Epic about this, and the reply consists of the following:
To: Anycolor
From: Epic
Subject: Selen Tatsuki's Fortnite Account
Dear valued customer,
get bent.
Kind regards
Epic
