And some of the top grossing video games of all time have voice acting. The modern Rockstar and Naughty Dog games would be less attractive and have much less em

And some of the top grossing video games of all time have voice acting. The modern Rockstar and Naughty Dog games would be less attractive and have much less emotional impact without the characters coming to life via voice. Character models help sell games, too. Sure, voice acting isn't required for all genres and many don't need motion capture, but if they didn't add anything studios could save a ton of money by cutting it out. It turns out not everyone wants to play indie platformers or sandboxed builders. You could of course use non-union voice actors, but it's pretty easy to tell when games use random people to narrate or voice characters. It often harms the product.