>>16537040Yes there was. Lurk more.
Not all of them left, but a significant chunk did, enough to balloon Hololives numbers to a decent degree, and the rest snowballed in a self-fuelling viral event like any other.
Hololives success was built up on Hololives success building up. It was a fluke of a fluke.
This is why YAGOO stretching out in so many different directions is quite risky, they could easily fucking collapse if shit goes awry.
He said after the China shitstorm that they were going to settle down a bit and secure a more solid foundation for income streams, fast forward a year and they rolled out a few more generations and spending like crazy in chasing memes.
This whole Metaverse thing they are doing and walking the like of NFTs could go tits up and make the EN side despise them. The JP community will wonder "why do they hate them so much", and they will then realize why it is hated so much and become hateful of it as well.
This is a worst case scenario, sure, but it could still happen. I sure hope it doesn't.