| pokoko said: Improved working conditions, sure. Residuals? I have no idea why they would expect that. This isn't film. |
Commercials used to be the same which is why they striked a few years ago, and why writers striked a few years before that. Even in film, it's actually not common for an actor to demand them, big names sell a film so sure, having Tom Cruise on the film will help sales and therefore he is entitled to them but Jason Flemyng? He's probably happy to receive the good wage he gets for the job for a few months work, probably cares less about bonuses if the film does well.
They are however entitled to the money as their voice acting can make the character come to life (so to speak), and they do more than just voice acting now with many doing the motion capture too. So the next iteration of the game they should just be demanding it as part of their contract in the negotiations.
I think the pay increase the game companies offered is good, residuals should be down to individual actors contracts but as long as neither undermine the wages of the developers of the game.
Hmm, pie.
