>>34619149I never really understood the "market oversaturation" cope. Imagine saying for example the (flesh)streamer market in general is oversaturated. If it's the case for vtubers, it's certainly the case for normal streamers. So... what are the actual implications then? If it's said to mean "there are too many streamers/vtubers, the market will collapse, no one will make any money anymore, and the medium will be dead", then it's retarded, because that will not happen. It did not happen for fleshstreamers (who are way more "oversaturated" than vtubers), and it will not happen for vtubers (as in, the general concept of "streamers with an avatar").
What actually happens is that there is a pyramid hierarchy, with a few big streamers/vtubers at the top, and hundreds or thousands of aspirant wannabees below them making little to nothing. Has always been that way, will always be that way. And hey, sometimes the names at the top might even change over time, old ones recline, new ones come up.
If anything, "oversaturation" is mostly just a problem for all the newcomers trying to break into the market and failing to make their dent. Not for someone like Kiara who has the advantage of coming relatively early (HoloMyth being arguably the cause that lead to the recent explosion of EN vtubers in their wake) and being backed up by a lot of institutional inertia (the market-leading Hololive brand buff which comes with a massive fanbase that no competitor has). For her to go out of business would only come if Hololive itself went out of business. And if that happens, it'll probably not be because vtubing itself is dead, but because Hololive would be supplanted with another better agency who draws bigger audiences (as has happened before to earlier market leaders, so it can happen again to current leaders).
