I think she'll be able to reach the AI stretch goal. Things were very slow for her at first, but now that Tsuina's campaign has ended, I hope Seika will get the traction she needs - I think them overlapping didn't help Seika very much to start with. I was thinking about it earlier today but didn't get the chance to post, but these are the reasons I think Seika's campaign isn't going as well as previous ones:
- Most tiers just benefit residents of Seika Town (as previously mentioned)
- For others, you don't really get much unless you pledge over $500 which is.... not easily dropped if all you want is her software (I didn't pledge to Tsuina's campaign since her Synth V get tier was $300 and I wasn't interested in anything else that came with it, so it was already a lot just then orz)
- Overseas can't pledge (small, but it is a bit of a factor; I saw some Western fans pledge to Tsuina's campaign that almost definitely would pledge to Seika's as well, but the site Seika used can't be pledged to by overseas fans)
- Overlapped with Tsuina's campaign, which if you're a software fan is like... $800 within a month of each other (Voiceroid fans drop a lot on Voiceroids but I don't think Voiceroid (or similar) campaigns have ever overlapped with each other like this before)
- Mentioned in status before, but Seika dropping this out of nowhere instead of building up hype for months beforehand probably didn't work out in her favor either orz
I do hope she'll do well when she releases; if she sounds similar to her Voiceroid, then she'll be a very nice mature tone that'll stand out among all the other cutesy ones (no offense to them, of course; I love the Kotonohas to death and will get Tsuina as soon as she releases), probably a good partner to Saki. Even if it takes the remaining 20 days, I think she'll be able to just hit that final AI goal -- at least it's only half of what Tsuina needed for hers.