Video Game Voice Actor Strike Continues, as Union Pickets Batman Publisher This Week

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KLXVER said:

Darashiva said:

Yeah, I've seen that and I agree. I don't think people necessarily realize that this isn't about voice actors getting more than everyone else, it's about them getting a decent compensation for their work. That doesn't mean that other people working in the industry shouldn't also receive more, but it has to start somewhere if the video game industry is going to become a healthy place to work for people.

They get paid for what they do. Just like most jobs in the world. They actually get paid more than most jobs in the world. Should builders who help build a store get paid more later if the store becomes popular? No, they have done their job and gotten paid for it. This is just actors wanting more for doing nothing.

 

They are actors and just like their film and stage brethren, most of the time unless your a Nolan North you don't know  when more work may appear , so while the money sounds good, you have to take into account that they aren't get it week in week out , actors get residuals when a show gets syndicated  why shouldn't they get something  for a remaster it's not like they are taking anything from the original budget, after all. 

The store- builder analogy seems  a poor fit using an architect would seem better, you can put the the architect in the builders position too and be right, the success of the store is not their concern he got paid for the job, but just as the architect has no claim on the store neither does the stores owner have claim on the designs for future stores unless they specifically paid for them to be used in future stores , same thing with the actors they are simply saying if you wish to use our voice beyond what we where contracted for we want compensation .

When it comes to getting paid for milestones that would simply put them inline with most of the development staff in the industry.