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Reviews for Gotham Knights are all over the place. Almost as divisive as Saints Row.
My guess is this has to do with A) Japanese companies salaries are waaaaay less in general, B) Voice actors in Japan unless you're the biggest A-listers don't get paid that much, and C) Good ole' Japanese xenophobia, i.e. I wouldn't be surprised if they pay non-Japanese voice actors in Japanese games less than they pay native Japanese voice actors who are at the same tier in popularity.Also I'm assuming this is a situation where it's the Japan devs hiring and not the USA localization branch since afaik Bayonetta is like Devil May Cry and Resident Evil where the games are primarily in English VA in the Japanese version (I don't think Bayo 1 even had a JP dub). If the VO is handled by a western localization company i.e. Nintendo of America or something, then that lowball is so insane I don't see how it's even possible.
Quote from: Bebpo on October 15, 2022, 03:10:53 PMMy guess is this has to do with A) Japanese companies salaries are waaaaay less in general, B) Voice actors in Japan unless you're the biggest A-listers don't get paid that much, and C) Good ole' Japanese xenophobia, i.e. I wouldn't be surprised if they pay non-Japanese voice actors in Japanese games less than they pay native Japanese voice actors who are at the same tier in popularity.Also I'm assuming this is a situation where it's the Japan devs hiring and not the USA localization branch since afaik Bayonetta is like Devil May Cry and Resident Evil where the games are primarily in English VA in the Japanese version (I don't think Bayo 1 even had a JP dub). If the VO is handled by a western localization company i.e. Nintendo of America or something, then that lowball is so insane I don't see how it's even possible.I've only handled VO for a couple of Japanese developed titles. In the US, voice actors have a guild or equivalent which demands a particular wage minimum, active hours, number of breaks, etc. Many of the foreign-to-Japan voice actors we hired in Japan to record were VERY well versed on all the things they weren't benefiting from in Japan. It's unclear to me from where she is making her stand. If she's in the UK or US, this must seem absolutely abhorrent and unthinkable. There are rumors that there were significantly higher offers than the $4K mentioned here. If that was their initial offer, that's insulting, but it's also business. I dunno. It's a bad look to out the negotiation numbers publicly. Any other company looking at her now knows she is willing to do this. Seems like burning several bridges in front of her, not just the one behind her.
Quote from: chronovore on October 21, 2022, 03:28:02 AMQuote from: Bebpo on October 15, 2022, 03:10:53 PMMy guess is this has to do with A) Japanese companies salaries are waaaaay less in general, B) Voice actors in Japan unless you're the biggest A-listers don't get paid that much, and C) Good ole' Japanese xenophobia, i.e. I wouldn't be surprised if they pay non-Japanese voice actors in Japanese games less than they pay native Japanese voice actors who are at the same tier in popularity.Also I'm assuming this is a situation where it's the Japan devs hiring and not the USA localization branch since afaik Bayonetta is like Devil May Cry and Resident Evil where the games are primarily in English VA in the Japanese version (I don't think Bayo 1 even had a JP dub). If the VO is handled by a western localization company i.e. Nintendo of America or something, then that lowball is so insane I don't see how it's even possible.I've only handled VO for a couple of Japanese developed titles. In the US, voice actors have a guild or equivalent which demands a particular wage minimum, active hours, number of breaks, etc. Many of the foreign-to-Japan voice actors we hired in Japan to record were VERY well versed on all the things they weren't benefiting from in Japan. It's unclear to me from where she is making her stand. If she's in the UK or US, this must seem absolutely abhorrent and unthinkable. There are rumors that there were significantly higher offers than the $4K mentioned here. If that was their initial offer, that's insulting, but it's also business. I dunno. It's a bad look to out the negotiation numbers publicly. Any other company looking at her now knows she is willing to do this. Seems like burning several bridges in front of her, not just the one behind her.A lot more came out about this- she was lying. She was offered $4,000 per day, IIRC, so it would have been something like $15,000+, plus residuals, for a few days of work. This was also more than she was offered when she did Bayonetta 2's VA work.
Quote from: bork on October 21, 2022, 01:08:17 PMQuote from: chronovore on October 21, 2022, 03:28:02 AMQuote from: Bebpo on October 15, 2022, 03:10:53 PMMy guess is this has to do with A) Japanese companies salaries are waaaaay less in general, B) Voice actors in Japan unless you're the biggest A-listers don't get paid that much, and C) Good ole' Japanese xenophobia, i.e. I wouldn't be surprised if they pay non-Japanese voice actors in Japanese games less than they pay native Japanese voice actors who are at the same tier in popularity.Also I'm assuming this is a situation where it's the Japan devs hiring and not the USA localization branch since afaik Bayonetta is like Devil May Cry and Resident Evil where the games are primarily in English VA in the Japanese version (I don't think Bayo 1 even had a JP dub). If the VO is handled by a western localization company i.e. Nintendo of America or something, then that lowball is so insane I don't see how it's even possible.I've only handled VO for a couple of Japanese developed titles. In the US, voice actors have a guild or equivalent which demands a particular wage minimum, active hours, number of breaks, etc. Many of the foreign-to-Japan voice actors we hired in Japan to record were VERY well versed on all the things they weren't benefiting from in Japan. It's unclear to me from where she is making her stand. If she's in the UK or US, this must seem absolutely abhorrent and unthinkable. There are rumors that there were significantly higher offers than the $4K mentioned here. If that was their initial offer, that's insulting, but it's also business. I dunno. It's a bad look to out the negotiation numbers publicly. Any other company looking at her now knows she is willing to do this. Seems like burning several bridges in front of her, not just the one behind her.A lot more came out about this- she was lying. She was offered $4,000 per day, IIRC, so it would have been something like $15,000+, plus residuals, for a few days of work. This was also more than she was offered when she did Bayonetta 2's VA work.Was this actually confirmed though? Because it sounds just as incredulous as their $4k offer in the original story that she would lose her job and destroy her career over not earning $4k/day which apparently is top salary for union rate for VA.Both stories don't make much sense.
Desktop PC:-For reference, this is a 'monster' gaming machine with a 3080, 64 GB of ram, etc. Can handle everything thrown at on the highest settings. Have it hooked up to an LG C1 for 4K 120hz gaming.-Put everything at max settings at 4K with DLSS on performance- the game stuttered and chugged like mad as soon as I stepped outside into the city map. Felt absolutely unplayable.-Turned down the max FPS to 30 with raytracing on and it felt much more playable, but I'd prefer to have the smoother framerate with raytracing off if that's the main issue right now.
Looks like saints row 2.0
Quote from: MMaRsu on October 22, 2022, 03:13:48 AMLooks like saints row 2.0 I still haven't played that, but based on videos, no- it's a solid game. I played for another four hours last night and didn't run into any problems. It feels like an Arkham game to me. Where I think that will change is when the game opens up more and gets more grindy.
What the fuck have they done to James
bloober dun bloobed (Image removed from quote.)(Image removed from quote.)He is sad because he killed his wife, DO. YOU. GET IT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
The Persona 5 R thunder has been completely taken away by the Switch and Steamdeck because playing it portable is a much bigger deal for the target audience than playing it through GamePass.
It's funny how quick people are to feel right with a group and how slow they are to say they were wrong. As disappointed as I was last week.
I’m especially disappointed with so many so called leaders in this industry retweeting and/or tweeting platitudes without context to look good on twitter. Next time y’all face harassment, do you want people to speak up for you or just use a retweet button?
The way the VA industry rallied around Jennifer Hale was what should happen. Where was that for the Bayonetta team? You know, the hundred plus folks who had nothing to do with voice acting or Kamiya’s twitter. Where is that now? They didn’t deserve any of that. At all.
One last tweet and then I hope to never talk about this ever again. How many people just flat retweeted the videos from last week, but when today’s news came out, had all sorts of commentary/hedging to go with it? It’s like people are addicted to the feeling of being right.
Is it me or is Xbox falling behind PlayStation again.Microsoft seems to run on auto-pilot while they wait for the Actvision deal to close. I'm not seeing any ads for Xbox anywhere and more third party games are skipping Xbox.Meanwhile a bunch of third party games like Saints Row and Gotham Knights aren't reviewing well making exclusives like God of War more important.Microsoft did a away with buying exclusivity for third party games and instead invested in first party studios that seemingly have 0 output.A strange year for 4k gaming overall, there was Elden Ring and now Call of Duty is coming up.The holiday line-up is bare bones. On the Switch side of things just a neverending avalanche of RPG's
I have no idea what you’re talking about. Elden Ring was constantly talked about online via Twitter, YouTube, and video game forums with hundreds of pages about its release and any snippet of it on Reddit and even forums like Resetera.The beta for MW2 generated plenty of YouTube videos and the same.Pokemon is a Nintendo franchisee and has huge online communities dedicated to it and is also talked about online tons via Reddit and places like Ree. Elden Ring is on page 339 for it’s 3rd OT. Online forum discussion is not the absolute barometer, but it’s not impossible to gauge some level of hype.I don’t know what online major gaming communities you go to that aren’t talking about the biggest games are. Maybe the bore? The MW2 beta thread is 59 pages on resetera.
yeah it's really easy to end up in a bubble, where the spaces you used to use as a barometer for excitement or discussion are no longer the place to bethere are random discords with tens of thousands of members for pokemon or call of duty or elden ring which obviously doesn't show up on google or traditional social mediaentire worlds that go un-noticed, controversies flare up and the pokemon discord gets a splinter discord made and half the users flock to the new one and then that one splinters too, and those who aren't wasting all their time following the middle school drama are blissfully unawaretiktok is thriving and I'm an old man yelling at clouds who refuses to use it
Quote from: Rahxephon91 on October 23, 2022, 07:46:51 PMI have no idea what you’re talking about. Elden Ring was constantly talked about online via Twitter, YouTube, and video game forums with hundreds of pages about its release and any snippet of it on Reddit and even forums like Resetera.The beta for MW2 generated plenty of YouTube videos and the same.Pokemon is a Nintendo franchisee and has huge online communities dedicated to it and is also talked about online tons via Reddit and places like Ree. Elden Ring is on page 339 for it’s 3rd OT. Online forum discussion is not the absolute barometer, but it’s not impossible to gauge some level of hype.I don’t know what online major gaming communities you go to that aren’t talking about the biggest games are. Maybe the bore? The MW2 beta thread is 59 pages on resetera.The first voice actress outrage thread generated more posts than the entirety of MW2's thread. That's an indication of where discussion has gone. Why is your shtick being antagonistic with everything I post on gaming side here? You ride my nuts hardcore, looking to scalp me for random shit constantly.
Tweets from a former Platinum Games dev. His account is currently protected so I can't post the direct links:QuoteIt's funny how quick people are to feel right with a group and how slow they are to say they were wrong. As disappointed as I was last week.QuoteI’m especially disappointed with so many so called leaders in this industry retweeting and/or tweeting platitudes without context to look good on twitter. Next time y’all face harassment, do you want people to speak up for you or just use a retweet button?QuoteThe way the VA industry rallied around Jennifer Hale was what should happen. Where was that for the Bayonetta team? You know, the hundred plus folks who had nothing to do with voice acting or Kamiya’s twitter. Where is that now? They didn’t deserve any of that. At all.QuoteOne last tweet and then I hope to never talk about this ever again. How many people just flat retweeted the videos from last week, but when today’s news came out, had all sorts of commentary/hedging to go with it? It’s like people are addicted to the feeling of being right.
Gaming discussion with forums or websites in general has cratered. Trying to determine momentum from online discussion is next to impossible nowadays. Call of Duty/Pokemon is barely talked about in a lot of places, but they'll absolutely be the biggest games this year. Based on online talk alone, I wouldn't have thought Elden Ring did as well as it did.