>>3087875Let's face it, since the beginning vtubers were a marketing gimmick, be it kizuna ai shilling shit from her early days to various vtubers becoming ambassadors for companies and many collaborations.
And this isn't the first time a company got their own vtuber, pic related made ME question how far this will go and when she was doing slot machines in videos is when I was freaking out, but nothing came out of it, and she retired gracefully if never getting traction, making me realize how fucking retarded I was thinking a gambling vtuber would ruin the scene (but I admit she was cute)
Even playasia has their own mascot and she's just as good as any indies we get, let alone more that I may not have heard of, as for netflix's attempt we can only wait and see and seeing how this is netflix of japan it'd do better than anything a western company would ever shit out just because they (surely) have a better grasp of how vtubers work.
Remember, a good entertainer will always be a good entertainer, avatar or not, being a literal spokes-bot for a brand without any sort of entertainment or level of connection with the audience is the death of anyone in the entertainment industry
