>>75712663There will never be proof that Holostars are being subsidized. That'd be a one way ticket for investors to shut down the entire branch if they realize the ROI on Stars was significantly less than the ROI on a Hololive girl. At best we can estimate their total earnings, then compare it with the average cost of investing in them. Let's take Goldbullet from the latest Holostars EN gen.
>$10,373 in total SCsHe averages about 500 concurrent viewers a day and 8k views per non-debut VOD. Let's assume his 500 concurrent viewers are $5 members (US currency) and that he gets $1 for every 100 views (a very generous cut).
>$2500 a month from memberships>$8,000 from total VOD viewsGiven that he's been in the company for half a year, that's an additional $15k.
In total, he's managed to come up with about $33k in earnings. Lastly, let's assume that he's sold merch equivalent to how much he's earned in his lifetime (another generous estimate). That would give him total earnings of $66k. Cover will take about 1/3 of his earnings, or about $22k, as part of their cut. That $22k can be used to reinvest in the talents or be held onto for profits. Since every member has a manager, let's assume his manager makes the minimum U.S. wage at $7.25. That's $8.5k for his manager. That leaves $13.5k. Now consider other costs, like equipment, a Live2D model, hiring an artist and rigger to make that model, ads, 3D, paying for his flights and room and board when he travels, paying a base salary, licensing costs, merchandise production costs, costs to secure cover songs, and other promotional costs. Could that all be covered by the remaining $13.5k that Cover received from him? Does it look like it could?
