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| pokoko said: If you're thinking about boycotting a game because a voice actor was offered $4000 for a few hours of work then why the bloody FUCK haven't you already boycotted home consoles that are manufactured by workers who are being exploited with low pay, poor working conditions, and crippling overtime schedules? |
I agree with that reasoning. I agree 4k is insanely low and nobody should get paid so badly, but this is capitalism. One of inherent micro structures of this economic system is the owner of production means will try to cu costs to as low as possible in a way to keep the prices low and the profits high. The true profit of companies is not about how much they charge for products, but rather how much they earn for not truly recognize the value their employees generate.
Instead capitalism see workers as mostly disposable assets. Doesn't matter if voice acting improves substantially the quality of a game and is a must-have on modern gaming, the companies don't reward this value, their payment is mostly based on how easy is to find another the voice actor that accept to be paid so low.
So, her complaints are valid, she's right, but that's how companies do. Boycotting a game will not change the amount for similarly low paid workers related with the industry in production line unfortunately.
