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You're not really thinking it through. I have friends involved in the VA business, and it's only gotten more competitive as time has progressed - this is partia
by vunderba 3y ago
You're not really thinking it through. I have friends involved in the VA business, and it's only gotten more competitive as time has progressed - this is partially because it's rare that we need a voice actor that needs to create a crazy Looney Tunes sounding voice, the majority of VA work is surprisingly just close to the natural sounding voice of the VA themselves.
It's rare that you need a talent like Dan Castellaneta, Mel Blanc, etc.
Secondly, yes, VA licensing will become a thing – but that means that jobs that would previously be available to other lesser known voice actors, because the major players simply didn't have enough time to take those gigs, can no longer take them. A TTSVA can do unlimited recordings.
Thirdly, major studios that would require hundreds of voices for video games and other things don't have to license known voices at all, they can just create generate brand new ones and pay zero licensing fees.