>>19752721Tbf he was right though. From a purely business perspective Counxil probably didn't meet Cover's internal projections.
People get caught up in comparing Niji and Holo when the reality us that they aren't really the most important comparison since projections and standards for success are always doing to differ from company to company based on costs, established reach and projections.
Council can be argued to be a failure, perhaps, because it didn't really build on the HoloEN brand despite that bring the obvious intention.
Compare this with Niji who managed to go from being a very small presence in the west to having some of the highest paid EN vtubers by building up brand perceptionwith a series of waves that increases salience and momentum.
While Luxieum would probably have done well if they were gen 1, they probably wouldn't have achieved the same level of popularity without the girls to establish a foothold on the market.
