>>85036306Yeah, correct. For corpos, only merch matters in the long run. Idol activities sell merch, but a vtuber needs to become popular first for it to work. And the only reliable way to become popular is to stream and be a good streamer. But the moment a vtuber starts doing idol activities, she doesn't have enough time and energy to continue streaming properly. It's an intrinsic tension between the two broad demand types that exist in the vtuber audience.
