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funkyfritter posted...

Thinking about all the advances we've seen in AI recently, I wonder how long it's going to take to the technology to replace voice acting. Removing actors that age and ask for money in favor of a mascot.voice file you can quickly implement in any product sounds like a corporate wet dream.

Unlikely to ever happen. People really overestimate the uses of AI.

They're useful alright, but they don't substitute people. Not in art, not in translation, not in VA. They don't do the job well-enough for that, and it's impossible for their improvement to reach the point you want.

Of course, if you want a cheap job, AI is definitely functional, but a well-done job requires a human's interpretation of the work.
EvilMegas posted...

4000 dollars to voice a main character for a AAA game with an established series is fucking criminal.

Not to mention the fucking TON of dialog that's in the first 2 games.

Bayonetta is AA at best. It's far from AAA. It's an IP that almost got cancelled a few times and that only exists because Nintendo saved it.

The first two games don't have that much dialogue. Taylor herself said that the recording for previous games was done in 16h.
adjl posted...

Whatever they're paying Hale, at least, since I can guarantee she didn't take $4000.

You absolutely do not know that.

Hale has a buttload of jobs, differently from Taylor. I believe Hale is credited in over 200 works in imdb, while Taylor is credited in like... 24 or something.

Taylor can take market rate for a job. She has plenty of other jobs coming her way and she doesn't have to worry about making ends meet at the end of each month. Market rate is, most likely, perfectly fine for her.

Of course, there's no way to know how much she is being paid, but it's perfectly plausible that she accepted the job for market rate, because she, quite frankly, has no reason to reject a job that is paying a fair amount for what it asks of her.

What we have to wonder is why did Taylor refused to be paid the standard market rate. Because that is kinda baffling, especially when she is struggling financially and doesn't have many jobs coming her way.