>>20089090>tl;dr No, but it'll shave off the hangers-on and "Non-Dedicated."We've hit a saturation point, there are so many Indie VTubers, Corporate VTubers, VTuber Companies, VTuber Products, VTuber Side Industries, and so on that there will eventually be "the plateau."
Am I say Vtubing is going to die next week? No. The money will slow down and "the next thing" will eventually pop up and the people who hopped on the gravy train will hop to that one. The market will equalize itself and there will still be an industry, if smaller, at the end of it.
Same thing happened with the Minecraft Boom, the Streaming Booms, Youtube Family Channel stuff, etc etc. Vtubing is fairly unique as it exploded SO quickly and everyone hopped on it. Side industries popped up, those weird Vtuber companies popped up, and the clout chasers emerged.
Personally, I think there will be a time when "The Traditional" Gamer / Idol Vtuber won't be feasible anymore. At that point we'll see solo gimmicks (like we're seeing already in the Indie EN Sphere) like "Book Vtuber" or "Cooking Vtuber" or "Pure Skit VTuber." Those that can diversify will survive, those who cannot will drop off in time. At that point we'll probably see more "Crunchy-Hime" or whatever that Crunchyroll VTuber was, a lot of money, a lot of effort, and a structured marketing plan to back it up.
Your Oshi isn't going anywhere, unless they don't care or can't diversify themselves. Major Corps. aren't going anywhere unless someone makes a BIG OOPSIE or gets fingers cut off by the Yakuza. Indie market will continue, bar something else massive hits and everyone jumps on that.
