>>7891645Three's a crowd. If they're having fun with each other then I'm just a third wheel. This is why collabs are a special event. It's fun seeing your chuba go out into the ecosystem and socialize on occasion. If all they do is have fun with their own partner or friend group, then you're basically just a social cuck who might as well neck himself.
This applies mostly to female streamers. You don't watch male streamers for attention. You watch them to laugh at and live vicariously through their hijinks without having to put in the effort yourself. Meanwhile, no man is living vicariously through an anime girl, and the female vtubing fan demo isn't necessarily as large or dedicated as the Legion of Simps.
I'd say that's also part of what's holding a lot of chubas back. They're catering a lot to women and children with their content...which will invarably alienate men who don't watch gfe nor share a child's media preferences. Competing in a crowded market for the attention of women and children alongside everyone else will invariably have diminishing returns after a certain point.
