I truly don’t think it's a bit.  Dude has a VERY hard line in the sand when it comes to player to developer interaction, and always has.

One of my grandfather’s favorite sayings was, “Promise ‘em heaven in the next life so they never question why you’re giving ‘em hell in this one.”

Good luck.  Outside of a handful of people, you’ll be lucky to land more than a couple gigs a year.  It’s a very competitive market.

Yeah, I think Taylor is kinda telling on herself with that bit.

Sir, this is an Arby’s...

Sounds to me like Taylor treats voice work as a sweet side gig to whatever she does outside of it, set out a plan that included being paid for her Bayonetta gig, figured she had a sweet deal, then lost her shit when she was told that the deal was subject to change at any time.

For what it’s worth, Kamiya is always an ass on Twitter.  It’s also why I didn’t buy the theory that Platinum was trying to eject Taylor because of Taylor’s right-wing leaning social media presence.  Kamiya is damn near a professional Twitter troll as his side gig.  He wouldn’t give a fuck about any of that.

To a degree, support roles can be hard to find in ANY game that utilizes them.

Ehhh... yes and no.  You can certainly appeal to have credits changed to reflect your new name, and as a general rule, publishers are required to make a good faith effort to do so (for example, new editions of a book you wrote reflect your new name).

The impression I get from Kamiya is (at least in his public facing persona) he has a very hard line in regards to the interaction between creator and audience. You simply do not get any input in what he does, he gives you content, and your options are take it or leave it.

Eh, a resolution happened fast, but not necessarily a lasting one.  It’s a fairly common abuser’s tactic to start to play nice when said abuser starts getting attention they don’t want... only to revert back to old behaviors once they think no one is watching.

Depending on the circumstances, it is actually very possible to switch control of finances very quickly, especially when large amounts of money are involved.

Yes, I get that. The question that remains (and will likely never be answered in a satisfactory manner) is why they wanted Taylor gone; because let’s be honest, I sincerely doubt that offer was made with any intention of Taylor taking them up on it.

The problem with that theory is that I can guarantee you they are spending a lot more for Hale’s services than they would have paid for Taylor’s.

I got that vibe from this whole thing; the offer was intentionally low to pressure Taylor to back away. Platinum and/or Kamiya specifically wanted her gone.

Well, at least from the smattering of VAs I know, it’s less that the pay is strictly “awful” (on a for hour basis, for example, it’s actually quite lucrative). The problem is that it’s simply not steady work. For most roles, you may only work a week, maybe two. It’s actually very, very rare to land one of those…

On the contrary. If we want change in this industry, we have to be willing to be the tip of the spear. Customers and gamers have to be able to say, “enough is enough.”

I do want to say to anyone in the grays that I don’t think Mr. Salyers here is saying that VA’s should just accept shitty pay because “that’s the way it is.” I think he’s saying that this is how it works currently, and going after any one person or studio is really just treating the symptom of an industry-wide problem.

My guess is that Platinum had a budget burning a hole in their pocket, and wanted to get a “big” name for their lead character. They settled on Hale, but had that small issue of already having someone who had done that role in the past.

Well, that’s kinda the thing... they can’t. In a sense, richer countries kinda subsidize poorer ones. If everyone bought titles at the price you could get them in Argentina, well, you’d see a lot of studios close their doors.