Posted Oct 08, 2007 at 07:04PM by Glen D. Listed in: Rumors, Games, L.A. Noire Tags: Sony
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Rockstar Games - Image 1We were able to spot a blog post claiming to have new details about Rockstar Games and Team Bondi's upcoming game L.A. Noire for the Sony PlayStation 3. Some nice information was dished out, but one that caught our eyes was an explanation of sorts on why the game isn't heading to the Microsoft Xbox 360.

Here are the details from the post. You decide what to make of it:

  • Not so exclusive...but LA Noire definitely ain't coming to Xbox 360, the size of the game is an obstacle to this.
  • The game will be a free-roaming title with a historically-accurate recreation of Los Angeles in 1947.
  • Team Bondi has even hired a costume designer to research the clothing of the era so the game's attire can be accurate.
  • Aside from main story, side missions will be based on actual cases pulled straight of the newspapers of 1947.
  • A US Marine plays a big role in the story.
Pretty intriguing stuff, eh? We can't confirm or refute this information just yet, but rest assured that we'll give you an update as soon as one is available from more official sources.


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   by antaeus - 2007-10-08
 » .

L.A. Noire announced for the 360 in one month, just watch it'll be funny


   Re: Quixand - 2007-10-08
 » antaeus

what if nothing gets announced after one month?

will you finally admit that everything u say is BS? or are you just making all this brave bold statements cause u know no one will remember anyway if you're wrong or right? pays to act like mister know it all huh when u know it won't probably get back at you.

ask your mom where she kept your balls and don't just act like you actually got a pair.

   Re: Unregistered - 2007-10-09
 » Perfectly said Quix..

Couldnt agree with you more. I think this could be a sign of things to come, games are getting bigger, restricted by the room on a DVD.
   by LordQuas431 - 2007-10-08
 » .

The fact that it's not exclusive makes me hopeful at least, I really love Rockstar games.

   by McAwesome - 2007-10-08
 » Not a surprise again

This is the same reason why GTA IV got delayed, not enough room on a DVD for the game to fit. This just goes to prove it this time, +1 for blu-ray again!


   Re: Master Chef - 2007-10-09
 » lolno

Rockstar themselves said they had multiple problems with the PS3. It's all in the most recent Game Informer, go get it

   Re: Mister Common Sense - 2007-10-09
 » .

If Grand Theft Auto IV can fit on one disc, surely this game can as well.

Sony's guidelines state the developer of an exclusive game must state that blu ray storage was necessary. They've done it with every other exclusive game before, even though it was obvious you don't need a 25gb disc for a game like Motorstorm or Resistance.

What else is new?

   Re: Quixand - 2007-10-09
 » well

whatever is new is not on the 360.. they're
stuck with dvd.

enumerating launch games and company marketing propagandas (which everybody does) is a poor effort MCS... fact of the matter is EVERYTHING has it's limitation... and the gaming world is not an idustry in regression but one that is taking big leaps forward...

and with that in mind, limitations taken into consideration, guess who will get left behind and deemed inadequate?

you don't have to be a genius to realize that, you just need common sense... and inspite of what people say about you i know you have that...

all i can is being PS3 owners we've got a lot to look forward to with regards to game advancements... a lot more than owners of just 360s... why? cause our consoles allow it.

the PS3 is far from it's peak and you know that while the same thing can't be said for the 360 so i'm just eager for the future... a lot of things happening and will still happen, the PS3 will be experiencing new highs in the coming months and years.. honestly, after Halo3 i don't think the 360 has another explosion left in it (no pun intended).

and because of Blu Ray things will only get better... the PS3 is far from the point of stagnation.

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   Re: DVSDevise - 2007-10-09
 » ...

Yes, wake me up when something better than Gears of War, Bioshock, and Halo 3 appears on the PS3. Even if better games come out in 2 years, I've been gaming on the strongest platform for 4 years. I can then buy a PS3 for $250 if I want to and have both. That bets getting sucked into spending $1000 (AUD) on an over priced shiny black paper weight. The 360 will be getting some amazing open world games next year, including Fable 2 and Alan Wake. These games will be pushing the envelope. But before all that, we have Mass Effect this November which is going to be amazing. The developers that create these games are pure genius. Sure compression is an issue, but it's probably just as tough as building a game on Blu-Ray player turned game platform that is notoriously infamous for delayed release dates and poorly performing ports.

   Re: Manny151 - 2007-10-09
 » To DVSDevise

Oh yes Alan Wake, another game that MS bought out....... It will suffer from having to be limited to DVD9 would've been great if it had stayed on the PS3 as it was initially announced. Now it will be downgraded for the 360 because little Billie just has to have all the exclusives and just throws his money at developers to get games for his console and while on the surface it looks like they are winning, Microsoft's gaming division is so far in the whole that they can't even climb out. Meanwhile while people say that Sony is loosing the race they are making more money than any of the three because they have the PS3 PSP and the PS2 and they are all selling. How much do you think it takes Sony to manufacture the PS2 which is still selling like crazy, the PSP is also profitable and the PS3 is starting to come close to braking even plus al the software that they are selling for all these platforms. Who's loosing the race I wonder.

   Re: mohaas05 - 2007-10-09
 » dvsdevise

want something stronger? how about...i dunno, warhawk, resistance, killzone 2. and dont fill me with your "oh those games suck" because everybody here knows that is 100% unsightful opinionated crap. and you keep talking about a console famous for delays which apparently is only infamous to you and ill talk about a console that fails 33% of the time which is infamous to everyone, even 360 owners.

   Re: Quixand - 2007-10-09
 » devise

shooters shooters shooters shooters

you're bragging about shooters and shooters and shooters that majority of the gaming market are just all the same game (yes, you shooter loving people are a poor minority) so for 1 people who thinks those games are great there are 4 who says they are all the same and couldn't care less.

   Re: Quixand - 2007-10-09
 » AND

fable 2 and allan wake???!!! you're putting those games up against MGS4, FFXIII, GT5, KZ2, LBP. Tekken 6 etc...

i'm sorry but those two games a never-heards in most countries and to most people... and pushing the envelope??? OFCOURSE!!! cause DVD is just about done! what would you expect?

   Re: Quixand - 2007-10-09
 » it you could notice

i mentioned a PS3 game for each genre right there... and they are all elite..

Fable 2 and Allan Wake?? don't make me laugh i'm having breakfast.

and stop bragging about Gears Of War, Bioshock, and Halo3 cause guess what... they're all a bunch of shooters... you're just making the 360's limitations that much more glaring.

   Re: aZure - 2007-10-10
 » To Devise

Bioshock and gears are on pc... NO NEED FOR AN X BOX!!!! LOL!!! Most PS3 games will never come out on pc... Uncharted, Final fantasy 12+versus, Heavenly sword etc... While PS3 users will always have a chance to play so called X BOX 360 games on their pc it's sad the x box users can't say the same about the pc3... Cause if it works on an x box it will be better on pc... P.S. Halo 3 should be on PC by 2008...
   by spicyhamster - 2007-10-08
 » oh man

I'm so excited for this game... I hope the music is all jazz... that would be SO awesome. just drivin around listening to some big band swing. I'd do that all day =)

   by killalot100 - 2007-10-09
 » no going to be on 360

sony is publishing it so no its not going to 360. rockstay always fills up disc space so i am 100 percent right they are not lying.

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   by lmxloco - 2007-10-09
 » Ahhh...

Good ole microsoft, refusing to acknowledge that just maybe, MAYBE they should bring HD gaming on HD discs.

But wait, that would be crazy!
/sarcasm

   by neok182 - 2007-10-09
 » .

MS will never force people to get the HD-DVD player they're just going to allow games to take up a couple gigs on the hard drive but thats not gonna start for a while.


   Re: Quixand - 2007-10-09
 » it is not

microsoft's console that has a harddrive in every unit... it is sony's.

way to go... even your quickfix works more for the PS3.
   by Manny151 - 2007-10-09
 » I've always said it

The 360 was poorly designed and poorly manufactured. Two major design flaws or marketing more like it,

1. DVD 9
2. No Hard Drive on every console, and proprietary at that.

I don't know what the hell MS was thinking, but like I've been saying "pretty soon the 360's limitations will become apparent and the PS3 will still have a long way to go before reaching its limits. The proof is in the pudding. I wonder hoe bad Rockstar had to shrink the city for GTA IV so that it would fit on one disc, I mean they would have to because it would really sucked if you had to insert another disc every time you moved from one part of the city to another! M$ really messed up with their decision to go with DVD 9 and no HDD. The only choice they got now is to install games to the HDD and no all their costumers own an HDD and if they do they would probably have to pretty much empty it all out just to do a partial install of one game. The 360 premium comes with a 20G HDD and out that 20 only about 13.5 are available to the user, so say goodbye to most of your downloads and demos and trailers. Pathetic!

   by comedy - 2007-10-09
 » what?

bluray disks are the exact same size as dvds! i tried to tell them apart and couldn't... cds too!

i think they should put this game on laserdisc, they're way bigger.


- this story may be true, but what if they have been paid to simply extol the virtues of bluray as well as make this game exclusive! -


   Re: Koolaidsred1 - 2007-10-09
 » wow math?

how are blurays the same size as a dvd and cd? unless you mean the SAME size as in a couple of inches then yea sure why not. Bluray 25-100 gb(depending on layers) DVD 4.7-9 gb CD 600mb-700mb. I do not see in anyway possible a similarity in size???

   Re: Soulfinder - 2007-10-09
 » lol

that was totally a joke... i hope
   by Mr. Common Sesne - 2007-10-09
 » ok wel

at above >^^< , your an idiot , blu-ray is up 2 200GB DVD-9 is up to 9 gig. fool


   Re: Manny151 - 2007-10-09
 » You're both wrong

Actually you're half right. Blu-Ray is up to 200GB in lab testing but as far as retail goes, it's up to 50 GB. Still pretty amazing that they can get up to 200GB on a single disc. I would've never imagined it. HD-DVD maxes out at 30GB and DVD is at a lowly 9 GB, and that's the fromate that Microsoft chose to use for their version of a "Next Gen" console. Sad sad sad.......what where they thinking?

   Re: Lifeline - 2007-10-09
 » Well

In Fact, as far as retail goes blu-ray is'nt limited to a mere 50Gb, it's actually capable of 100Gb ( Dual Layer double sided ) and HD-DVD's max is 45Gb D.L.D.S.

Yeh its true M$ did choose a mere DVD9, but is that a bad thing? If they can place the game code onto the disc and the consumer can download the extra content, well, look at PC's, they still seem to have some amazing looking games with great depth and gameplay all squeezed onto their tiny 4.7Gb DVD's!!!

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   Re: fiberwire - 2007-10-09
 » to Lifeline

it's because they download ALOT of the games' files. and not only that, but that 4.7gb is just the installer in alot of cases. (i.e. games that don't require a cd/dvd after installing)
   by wilmheath - 2007-10-09
 » yahoo ps3 for life pwned

Yahoo random fanboys unite and hold hands and sing because we won!!! Won what you say? We get to brag that we have the better console... That's it? We didn't conquer the world or anything cool. We are still dork fanboys? We will still get swirlies from the kid down the street. Dang it..



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