>>64605089>They probably think there's no growth just remaining a closed off idol companyThis is like when a fast food place tries to rebrand and sell healthy, fresh food.
It doesn't work, for many logistical reasons, but even at a conceptual basis it doesn't work.
There is a market cap for japanese speaking anime girls.
No matter what they do, this is a reality.
Now, given this reality, there are many alternative ways for them to generate more revenue for the company without drastically changing their brand identity.
They've already begun it with having quality partnerships with food distributors and HoloIndie,
I can see cover eventually coming out with a serious FGO competitor that has tie in with memberships, events and limited time merch.
Destroying what made Hololive special will just turn it into Nijisanji, who has already hit the market cap of what they are capable of and they are now at the production level of just cutting as much fat from production costs as possible instead of investments in research and innovation.