| fatslob-:O said: 1. English voice acting is costly and I would prefer if we can get more niche JRPG's just because publishers would have little excuse to not bring them over. 2. Yeah I realize this but it's better than not having the game in english at all. 3. Here you go. http://www.gamefront.com/actors-get-fat-paychecks-for-video-game-voice-work/ 4. Atleast you can still here their japanese voices and be able to understand them so it's better than not being able to understand them at all. ^_^ |
That article is referencing famous voice actors like Michael Ironside in Splinter Cell, the voice actors in Tales of Xillia probably get paid a fraction of what he gets paid. If your refering to a JRPG that has an extremely small budget than yes they should just put in subtitles, but for Tales of they can more than afford voice actors for the 15+ year series that has loyal fans around the world. If a game has the budget for it and knows they will still make a profit then they shouldn't short change the rest of their fans just because they can't speak Japanese, but if they have no other choice and the only way a game can be localized is without english voice acting then they should obviously just go with subtitles.
