The use of AI in the voices of the ARC Raiders is not sitting well with some media outlets and players, although the CEO of its publisher defends this practice.
He use of AI in video games It worries more and more players, who consider it harmful to the industry. And although ARC Raiders are more powerful with each passing day, is not exempt from criticism because there is too.
That is, the Embark Studios game makes use of Artificial Intelligence for dynamic voices. This caused one media outlet to give it a particularly low rating and see a drop on Metacritic.
In an attempt to defend this practice, the Nexon CEO -Junghun Lee- intervened to make it clear that more developers are using AI and we don’t know how many.
What’s more, he directly said that “every video game company” use AI in some way and that the “AI debate“in ARC Raiders doesn’t make sense; even if others don’t see it that way.
Perhaps what bothered the most is that this occurs precisely when it has just surpassed the mark of 400 thousand simultaneous users and sold more than 4 million copies in one week, as announced.
This record breaks records like Helldivers 2, another highly successful multiplayer game that had its limit at 458,709 players and even that of the recent Battlefield 6, despite the excellent numbers with which the game started EA game.
Meanwhile, Embark was transparent in pointing out that Voice actors and actresses lent their talent to replicate themselves with AI and he was well paid for his work; but it seems that it is not enough.
Therefore, the Nexon CEO explained this practice in an interview: “Firstly, I think it’s important to assume that all video game companies are now using AI.
But if everyone works with the same or similar technologies, the real question is: how to survive? I think it is important to choose a strategy that increases competitiveness“.
Nexon defends the use of AI in the voices of ARC Raiders
Finally, he wanted to clarify something else: “AI has undoubtedly improved efficiency, both in game production and live operations services.“.
It is clear that the Artificial Intelligence helped Embark Studiosboth in the market and during game development, although they also use machine learning algorithms to enhance NPC animations.
You see with good eyes that Embark Studios will use AI in the voices of ARC Raiders? Remember, in 2024, more than half of developers in China were already using it.
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