>>103689371
Well, it is covers fault, but not in the way you think. Their recruiting just isn't up to scratch. Them getting Gura was one in a million, but most of their EN gens were really not put together all that well. Myth was carried hard by Covid & Gura with only Calli having some potential to help grow the audience. Ame had one creative stream a year and everything was mid. Ina and Kiara are both flops in their own special way.
Promise was pretty much flops all the way. Fauna was good at making money for herself, but not a single Promise member helped actually grow Hololive EN.
3rd gen the same. FWMC had some great buzz but they decided that their heart is in Japan, so they self-sabotaged.
And with the latest Gen they tried to go Europoor begging but it hasn't moved the needle, either.
Meanwhile JP gens have been strong and while there have been flop members, most gens had at least a couple members that could establish themselves and become stand-outs.