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Bayonetta artist received $ 20,000, not as she claimed!

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In recent days, social media has been all over the internet because a video of Bayonetta's voice actress went viral Helena Taylor Fans are calling for a boycott of the upcoming game, which has garnered more than 9.5 million views on Twitter.

Taylor She described the game's developers as lacking morale and appreciation for talent because of the meager salary she was offered "US $ 4,000" just for her work on the upcoming Bayonetta 3 game later this year, and told her followers:

If you are someone who cares about people and cares about the world around you, and cares about who gets hurt by these financial decisions, I urge you to boycott this game.

This once again brought to light the issues of low pay in the industry that voice actors have long complained about, being underpaid and undervalued, while the appeal of female voice-overs has been successful. Taylor Via video to the surface.

To set the record straight, Bloomberg magazine reviewed several documents that showed Platinum Games was looking to hire Taylor In at least five sessions, each paid between US$ 3,000 and US$ 4,000 for four hours in the studio, totaling at least US$ 15,000, but Taylor I asked for a 6 digit number plus some variants, but Platinum flatly refused.

After that, the studio auditioned several new actors to compensate for the previous actress, and despite this, the developer returned to her and offered her a session in exchange for her fee, but she refused, and after communication from Taylor When asked about it, she lied and told the magazine that the studio was “trying to save the donkey and the toy,” as she herself put it.

Remember that the game director Hideki Kamiya His account is now back up and running again after being suspended for several hours following this incident, and now he is tweeting and writing in one of his tweets in Japanese that the storm has calmed down, so don't disturb me!

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