Yeah, it was over royalty disputes and a few other things. They were basically saying that voice actors should get royalties on video games.
Non-woke people made the argument: even the creative designers don't get royalties on their games so why should Hollywood actors?
If anything, the actual designers should get the royalties, because there is no game without them. As most popular indie games show -- like Battlebit -- you can have a very fun and robust experience without voice actors.
So, come to think of it... I hope they do strike the gaming industry again.Woke companies will have to stall their projects in mid-development to either wait out the strike and lose money on operating costs while doing so, or have to hire outside of the SAG-AFTRA union pool, and risk being black-balled by the union (though, honestly, I don't think that's a bad thing).
Yeah, it was over royalty disputes and a few other things. They were basically saying that voice actors should get royalties on video games.
Non-woke people made the argument: even the creative designers don't get royalties on their games so why should Hollywood actors?
If anything, the actual designers should get the royalties, because there is no game without them. As most popular indie games show -- like Battlebit -- you can have a very fun and robust experience without voice actors.
So, come to think of it... I hope they do strike the gaming industry again.Woke companies will have to stall their projects in mid-development to either wait out the strike and lose money on operating costs while doing so, or have to hire outside of the SAG-AFTRA union pool, and risk being black-balled by the union (though, honestly, I don't think that's a bad thing).