I think the problem with voice actors is that people see them as superfluous to the games in which they act, but in another way voice acting is a part of the developer's vision, which in turn means that they have just as much a right to part of the game. They aren't being treated like proper standard workers because they're in an industry which doesn't have enough awareness, or oftentimes care, to see when injustice is being done for the sake of profit.
The problem with this whole ordeal is that Voice Actors are already paid in the realm of 5 to 10 times more than programming staff, so the core staff without which the game would not happen at all is the one where the raises should be focused on. And this isnt even going into the terrible work conditions, which information mostly came out latter than the podcast date. Voice actors are not being treated like standard workers, they are being treated significantly better already.
@@StrazdasLT The thing is though that voice acting is not a full-time gig like development, so voice actors are likely not being paid on a weekly basis, they are probably being paid for each day they come to do recordings. Obviously, there are a lot of inethical labor standards in the video game industry and developers need to be better treated as well.
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