For nylig brød forhandlingerne imellem en række centrale spiludgivere og forbundet for stemmeskuespillere, SAG-AFTRA, sammen, og lige siden har en række prominente stemmeskuespillere været på strejke. Siden da er der ikke blevet indgået en aftale der er tilfredsstillende for begge parter.
For nylig resulterede dette i en storstilet strejke foran Ratchet & Clank-udviklerens, Insomniac, hovedkontor i Burbank, Californien.
Denne særligt store strejke sker på baggrund af et tilbud fra udgiverne, men som er blevet afvist af SAG-AFTRA, simpelthen fordi det er for lavt.
GameSpot har fået fat i en meddelelse fra spilindustriens advokat i sagen, Scott Witlin, som kritiserer SAG-AFTRA for at afvise tilbudet:
"After a month without being permitted to vote on the Companies' Comprehensive and Enhanced Final Offer, it is not surprising that members want to see the strike come to a conclusion. Nothing would please the Companies more than to have the talented SAG-AFTRA members back at work. It is inexplicable that SAG-AFTRA will not permit a democratic vote on a contract that currently offers its members an immediate 9% wage increase and Additional Compensation of up to $950 per game. How will the members feel when they lose that offer because SAG-AFTRA did not permit a timely ratification?
"Further the agreement is not 'decades old.' The most recent agreement was renegotiated in 2011 and the concepts that we have put on the table is a ground breaking new form of compensation for performers. What SAG-AFTRA is asking for is replicating a decades old structure that does not fit this modern industry."
En stigning på 9% og en mindre kompensation - synes du det er nok?