At no point did I say that Jennifer Hale should’ve been paid more than what she was. I simply pointed out that in situations with much larger games, and more well-known VAs (or actors in general), there have still been complaints about being underpaid relative to the expected financial success of the game involved.

I’m…

To all of the people out there saying how happy Jennifer Hale (and other VAs) should be with what they earn, make note that Ray Liotta, Michael Hollick, and Young Maylay (Tommy Vercetti, Niko Bellic, and CJ Johnson, respectively), all had complaints about what they were paid for their roles, which were significantly…

It’s not older, or more obscure, than Ifrit. I always used to pronounce that second syllable with a short “i” but in FFXVI they pronounce it as “Ifreet.” Why correct it now? Could have been avoided by spelling it “Ifreet” all along.

That’s a bummer that they couldn’t stick to the traditional pronunciation, especially when the original language and culture already has a tough time with preservation.

While I’m all for the original pronunciation of names from various mythologies, this is one of those that is so obscure (and could’ve easily been resolved in the mid-90s, well before OG FF7 dropped, by merely transscripting it as “Ket Shee”) that I can’t bemoan people being wedded to a specific pronunciation of a…

I mentioned this in a different response but something like Baldur’s Gate 3 would have been impossible 20 years ago. It’s an indie game (self-published by Larian) with high production values that’s achieved significant critical and commercial success in a niche, PC-centric genre. It’s existence is only possible…

Maybe I’m biased because I’m a former athlete, but I’m always amused by what so many other people see as “ripped” or “big”.

He also wouldn’t get a second look in gay circles, even amongst the theatre gays, but that’s another discussion entirely.

Very true, and what you say goes to a point I made to someone else: that most games aren’t moving 5m+ copies, and it’s erroneous to think that there’s a linear relationship between development cost and sales.

You also point out something I mentioned in my reply: the skewed nature of the revenue and profits. It’s…

I sure did. My apologies haha

Games are more profitable than ever. Publishers just want to make more money.

While good marketing can work, from an accounting perspective, it’s one of those areas that’s hard to quantify the effect it has on sales. Actual development costs are pretty easy, because no game = no sales. However, determining whether or not that additional $10m ad buy increased your sales from 4m copies to 5m is…

But they’re selling 5m copies in many cases, which is exactly the same increase as the development costs.

You’re doing two things: overestimating the cost of physical media and distribution of that media, and ignoring how expensive (both with and without inflation) games were.

I’m 32, so I’m squarely in the PS1, N64, Dreamcast era. When the PS1 dropped, AAA games (of the time) started at $50. This was back in 1995. With…

I’m sure he was having a good time with the role, but once you got past the obvious “why is there a goth chick in the goddamned Navy” question, there was always the “why is a darling old Britisher who looks like he got sprung from a P.G. Wodehouse novel the M.E. on an American armed-forces cop show?” issue

The only way this car would be worth $250k is if Shepard drove it on the damn moon.

I assume he’s going for quiet intensity but I never feel the actual intensity part.

I think Dune, Part 1 can lay a lot of the blame on COVID for its underwhelming box office performance.

Original properties can do well, but with the budget inflation modern movies have, even an $80m movie needs to clear between $200m-$250m worldwide to break even. 2021's Dune, a movie with a bigger name director, with bigger stars, and with a big sci-fi IP as the foundation, has barely cleared $400m worldwide.

Maybe…

Black KKKlansman and Tenet only got the reviews they got because of brilliant directors and interesting narratives. Even with a Golden Globe nomination for KKKLansman, very few people would say that John David Washington has been the best part of anything he’s been in.

Also, he’s Denzel’s son. That carries a hell of a…

John David Washington is fortunate that he’s the son of his father, because nothing he’s been in aside from the show “Ballers” on HBO has been good because of his performance. Black KKKlansman was good because of Spike Lee and the historical narrative. Tenet (a movie I didn’t enjoy but can understand why people did)…