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Old 10-16-2022, 05:51 AM   #12
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Re: The Next Play Now Live Update is Week 10

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Originally Posted by Gotmadskillzson
I would be happy with them just updating the schedule. Out of all the sports games, MLB The Show is the only one that be the most consistent with it through the season and playoffs. NBA 2K be consistent when the regular season starts, but be spotty once the playoffs start. Anyway we are at the point with technology, they could just use AI generated voices and conversations.
Funny you bring this up; this is actually an emergent legal and ethical hot topic in games after Ninja Theory (the developers of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice) recently got into a lot of PR hot water over the idea that they might be using AI-generated voices to bring their characters to life in Hellblade 2: Senua's Sage. Fans of the series were extremely upset at the idea that Ninja Theory would not pay real humans to voice the characters in the upcoming game; the company has denied they were ever doing this, though they do have a commercial license for an AI voice acting technology.

Voice acting unions, to the extent that they exist, also vehemently oppose the use of using technology to digital re-create human voice acting performances, and increasingly more voice actors are part of large unions such as SAG-AFTRA to ensure their professional futures and protect their likenesses. For example, well-known voice actor Troy Baker is now in SAG-AFTRA.

I'm not sure how much unions would affect Madden NFL or other sports games because I kinda doubt commentators are represented by unions. I do imagine there would be murky area with digital likeness law; Disney recently had to secure an agreement from James Earl Jones to use AI to generate his voice for Darth Vader in future Star Wars projects. Madden is easily a big enough entertainment property that I doubt any well-known football play-by-play voice who would lend sufficient authenticity to the game's audio would sign away his voice likeness rights into perpetuity without proper financial compensation.

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