| theRepublic said: Ok, I just saw a screen shot of that page that showed the overall franchise at the top of the page with a number. On my screen when I look it up that entry just shows "N/A" for some reason. Not sure why it is displaying differently for different users. But that explains why the number is nearly doubled. |
Nearly tripled, actually. The list has the overall franchise first, then each game on all platforms combined, and then each game separated by platform. Putting all of those together gives you 7.91m copies, which is uhh, pretty dumb lol.
| theRepublic said: And that is the part I don't get. This is a job that is made up of short gigs. Most voice actors take multiple jobs each year. Looking at Jennifer Hale's credits, it looks like she does at least 8 jobs a year, and most years quite a bit more than that. So when Hellena Taylor says, "I was just asking for a fair, living wage in line with the value that I bring to this game," I have no idea what this is supposed to mean. This isn't a year-long salaried position. This is a 1 week gig. And I hate to break it to her, but voice acting is probably the least important part of a game unless it is something like a visual novel. I am willing to bet a lot of gamers would agree with that opinion. |
I definitely disagree. I guess it does depend on the type of game, certainly it matters less in Bayonetta than in a visual novel, but I'd hardly say it's the "least important" part of it. Well, to be fair, I can't think of one thing that'd be the least important part, at least not right now, but voice acting is important and it should be paid well.
The issue here is that as you say, it's not a year-long salaried position. I don't know what the cost of living is where she lives, but where I live at least, $15k is more than enough to live a decent life for at least a year, in a job where you are expected to pick up more than one gig per year. She doesn't, so maybe that's why she wanted to be paid more, but I mean, no one in the industry is gonna pay her more to compensate for the several years she didn't get a role, if anything things work the other way around.
