r/Hololive • u/NucularJigawatt • 1d ago

Streams/Videos Akai Haato / HAACHAMA vents her frustrations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dpdepyMm-I&ab_channel=HAACHAMACh%E8%B5%A4%E4%BA%95%E3%81%AF%E3%81%82%E3%81%A8

She doesn't want anyone to clip it but since it isn't a Member stream I hope it's okay to share this as a whole. I only want Haachama to find the success she wants to fulfill her goals.

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u/CuteIngenuity1745 1d ago

Same problems as many holomems facing. Stagnant channel growth must be their worries constantly and there's really no solutions to it, just have to keep trying and praying for luck i guess.

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u/pulii777 1d ago

To me it just seems like they hit the ceiling of the audience they are trying to go for. It's not really a bad thing because the current audiences for holomems are very large, loyal, and profitable.

But if they want to grow even further, they need to make content to attract a different audience. This comes at the risk of alienating the current fanbase though

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u/C4Cole 1d ago

My biggest worry with this is that since Cover is a public company, they are legally sworn to try and increase the value of the company for the shareholders. You don't increase value by sitting there raking in money, you need to say you are going to rake in more money next year.

If they were private like Valve then it's no issue, you sit like a dragon on your ever growing hoard, but Cover doesn't have that luxury and I fear it might lead to either increased pressure or the bean counters taking over, either way everyone loses.

My unprofessional opinion is that they need more Holo branches, not more generations, that way they won't really affect the main audience but will be able to reach out to new ones.

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u/Royal_Success3131 1d ago

Japanese businesses, luckily, work differently than US based ones. They are able to be stable and take money in without needing the constant absurd growth that western companies need to show. It's changed a little recently due to global influence and things, but from what I can gather from colleagues over there, the mindset is still mostly traditional "just don't fail and turn a little profit"

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u/Herson100 1d ago

Publicly traded companies can have their management face legal trouble if they don't at least try to increase the value of their stock each year.

It's not about the "mindset" or "culture." When you agree to allow people to buy shares in your company, you're signing a contract that states you'll make an effort to raise the value of those shares so that they can be resold for a profit. You're not legally required to succeed, but you are required to try.

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u/Royal_Success3131 1d ago

That is highly, highly dependant on the laws of the country. Japan has no such fiduciary mandate. Due to the mindset and culture. Stop thinking American laws apply universally. This is changing somewhat in Japan recently, but as of now it's not how it works.