>>6807362>apex shit is one of the reasonsNot even an important reason. And many nijis don't even care about the game.
The most important reasons are:
- Language barrier: The global EN pandemic boom dwarfed everything JP vtubers like Fubuki had done previously. See the image below.
- Clippers: Millions fell into the rabbit hole via viral clips e.g. from Miko and Fubuki. This is arguably the most important reason as it is the first exposure for many into the rabbit hole.
- Azur Lane: Why did clippers prefer hololive? The answer was unironically the Chinese. The Azur Lane collab was the first breakout for hololive to overtake Nijisanji, and for the Chinese clippers to flock to hololive. They then translated hololive stuff to English, and shilled for them to the global audience. Long before Coco incident, of course.
- Minato Aqua: She was called the Nijisanji killer among fans. She popularized many methods and characteristics that made former Nijisanji fans start switching to hololive, and people like Fubuki and others adopted her streaming tactics as well. Aqua and Fubuki of course featured prominently in the Azur Lane collab as well.
- HoloEN: Related to the first reason. Gura said "a" to people stuck at home in a pandemic. Then she sang Ride in Time. And the rest is history.
- Unity: hololivers are fewer in quantity. But they are a family. They interact often in hologra videos and have strong uniformity, so most hololive fans can name at least half the family. Because management is stricter, they also stream regularly and interact with fans in a consistent way. Each holo's success adds to the rising tide that lifts the whole family. Even the worst holo girl gets like 300k subs. Nijisanjis are way bigger and looser. And one liver's success is less likely to lift the whole company.
Even if some random nijisanji had diversified his or her gaming choice, it would still have been useless against all the above. Personally, as a holo fan, I don't even care about Korone or Pekora's "diverse" gaming choices.
