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Post by jackievakarian on Nov 22, 2016 20:17:29 GMT
1. If you've ever been involved in union negotiations, you know that the initial list of demands is just a negotiating position. The union doesn’t expect to get all those things, not do they even necessarily want all those things. Those are just demands; some of which they will give up during negotiations in order to get the employer to give up demands as well. 2. I generally don't think the voice-acting adds much to these games, so I'd be excited to see something cause an increase in unvoiced games. Scrapping voice-acting (and cinematics) would dramatically reduce production costs. Last I heard apparently the union straight up refused a counter offer simply for not I clouding the royalties at all. As time goes on, it seems more like this is about greed which makes me sad I fucking facepalmed at this. Wanting to get paid for a highly stressful and lucrative job is greedy? |
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Post by Sanunes on Nov 22, 2016 20:26:05 GMT
Depending on the details of the royalty formula (and again, TV actors have been collecting residuals for decades), it could well be that the only games for which there would be a significant impact would be the wildly successful games - particularly those games that were more successful than expected. The details would matter. So I can understand the union rejecting a proposal that didn't even try. From what I understand is that the publishers offered a deal that didn't have loyalties, but it did give them an overall increase in pay as a counter proposal. As I always there there is the truth from the publisher side and there is the truth from the union, but the real truth is somewhere in between. |
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Post by PapaCharlie9 on Nov 22, 2016 22:42:57 GMT
Last I heard apparently the union straight up refused a counter offer simply for not I clouding the royalties at all. As time goes on, it seems more like this is about greed which makes me sad Disinformation is all part of the strategy of both sides. I wouldn't believe anything either side said about the negotiations until they are completely settled one way or the other. It's pretty standard for one side to accuse the other of being stubborn/greedy/unreasonable, blah blah. |
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Post by Warrick on Nov 24, 2016 11:36:14 GMT
They're right. They're undercredited and overexploited.
Developers should go on strike also. Deadlines are brutal. I've slept in the office.
I'm glad to learn they are unionized.
Workers of the world, organize.
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