Apparently according to this video it was approved by a vote of 98%, will really only effect AAA studios and means all their stuff gets delayed, at least if it requires voice actors.
Maybe AAA will focus on patches then for their buggy games since they can't make overpriced DLCs.
I'm still hoping the writer's deal falls through, I want it ALL to burn down, get replaced by AI and these guys have to learn to mine since we still need coal not overhyped drama queens. Golden time for indies and foreign non-American dependent studios though.
I’d like to think this would be disastrous for the strikers. Guess what? Unless we’re talking about a walking sim where the point is to experience characters’ melodrama (and lesbianism) voice acting means almost nothing to games. Call of Duty will do just as well if they stopped hiring big name actors for their stories, because the multiplayer-obsessed dude bros don’t give a shit about the single player experience. (Actually, didn’t they ditch campaigns recently?) Do I really value having “my face is tired” or “I don’t even have time to explain why I don’t have time to explain” acted out? No! Shitty writing deserves to be scrolled past quickly because all it’s doing is getting in the way of me playing the actual game. If I wanted a movie, I’d watch a movie. If I wanted to suffer through loads of shit writing, I’d go through a visual novel. When I play a game I want to play the game. So if voice actors and writers or whatever stop getting in the way and go away, I’ll be glad.