Well, there is some controversy about the game, as the voice actor from the first two games has asked fans to boycott the third.
Helena Taylor, who was the voice of Bayonetta in Games 1 & 2 will not be voicing the titular character in Game 3. Her role has gone to Jennifer Hale, after PlatinumGames said that Helena had too many overlapping commitments and was not available.
Helena has hit back with the comment that she had "nothing but time" and that their offer of $4000 to do the whole game at a flat rate was an "insult" especially as the franchise was expected to generate around 450 Million dollars
"I was just asking for a decent dignified living wage, what they did was legal but it was immoral."
She has also taken umbrage with Hale doing personal appearances and signing autographs as "Boyonetta".
"I created that voice, she has no right to sign merchandise as Bayonetta...they'll [PlatinumGames] probably try and do a spin-off with Jan, don't
buy that either."
PlatinumGames response so far is just to say that the claims are untrue, with Hideki Kamiya tweeting...
"Sad and deplorable about the attitude of untruth. That's what all I can tell now."
Source - nintendolife (
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/ ... ge-fallout)
Personal comment.
I don't know how it works in voice acting.
Is a flat rate normal?
How many hours would the recording take?
What did she get paid for the first two games?
If it is all done and dusted in a week, $4,000 represents an annual wage of over $200,000. On the other hand, if it takes a month that becomes $48,000 a year. Having just asked Alexa about average wages for VA in the USA ($30 per hour), working a full-time gig would generate about $62,000 a year, making the offfer of $4,000 a real slap in the face.
Has she not got an agent? Apparently, she auditioned, was offered the job and then asked what the pay was going to be. That seems the wrong way round to me.