I mean that the game with all those uncompressed fmvs on PS3 was like a full BD.
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Rumour: L.A Noire Remaster Coming to Nintendo Switch says Rockstar Leaker (Twitter)
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What? Isn't LA Noire a technical mess? With how easy it is to work and port games over it would be better to port GTAV and they would more or less get back that money in no time
Buggy Loop
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What a weird choice for remastering.
Did the developers find a new facial capture technology that they wanted to showcase?
Did the developers find a new facial capture technology that they wanted to showcase?
Because the Switch has very weak hardware.
Plus, it doesn't lend itself to huge files (LA Noire's tech is very memory intensive).
IsntChrisL
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I've only played a little bit of the game so I might get the remaster. I'd prefer RDR though.
Jonneh3003
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Thanks for updating the OP with my post 
Looks like it's coming to Xbox One and PS4 as well, makes more sense than just a random Switch port.
Looks like it's coming to Xbox One and PS4 as well, makes more sense than just a random Switch port.
calc84maniac
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They must be going for that LEGO City Undercover crowd
protomouse
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Switch cards come in capacities larger than a dual-layer Blu-Ray disc, so that wouldn't strictly be necessary.
Acquiescence
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By what metric? It reviewed more than favourably and sold damn well for a new IP too. Last I heard, it sold over 5 million copies, and that figure was from a few years ago. It certainly performed better than Max Payne 3 (no hate, I love that game too).
Obliterator
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Thanks for updating the OP with my post
Looks like it's coming to Xbox One and PS4 as well, makes more sense than just a random Switch port.
Still seems like a weird port. The game had its fans but it didn't exactly set the world on fire. Really don't see this selling well at all.
Into the Light
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Mass_Pincup
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it was the best selling New IP of 2011 according to NPD.
Booker.DeWitt
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I willl buy it
alf717
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Smuggler's Run test 2017 version. Kind of interest in this. Have it on PC but didn't play it much.
Ninja Scooter
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LA Noire nailed everything (the graphics, the sound, the atmosphere, the aesthetic) BUT the core game mechanic. The entire interrogation aspect which should have been the thing to tie it all together and set it apart was frustrating and broken. What a wasted opportunity.
Enter The 36 Chambers
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Ahahaha what the hell.
This is the Rockstar game nintendo gets?
Its something I guess
This is the Rockstar game nintendo gets?
Its something I guess
Revolutionary
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Yeah, no. There's zero financial sense in this.
Not if they want to sell them one in one card. Not to mention the cost of said big cards.
Besides, any smart publisher will try to keep filesizes small on the switch, not only due to the cost of printing said discs, but due to the console only having 32gb on board memory... (I know it can be expanded, but the cost per megabyte is much higher compared to harddrives).
Acquiescence
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Yeah, but if NeoGAF is down on the game then everyone is down on the game.
AndrewDean84xX
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Red Dead Redemption + DLC is next, and people will lose their minds.
Astral Dog
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I don't know what is LA Noire
The 5 people who will be hearing about LA Noire for the first time and who won't own ANY other gaming platform other than the Switch.
The Artisan
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the more the merrier 3rd party support for the switch, however i feel like mature rated games are doomed to fail. if i remember my history correctly, mature games have just never performed well on nintendo platforms, like at all,.
Eolz
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Sora the Cat
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Doubt it, considering how powerful Switch is and that WiiU already had better graphics than PS360.
WhiskerFrisker
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A dumb what?
Obliterator
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That's great and all, but did the game have any sort of long term major fan investment? You don't see any sort of community around it anywhere. It came, people liked it well enough, and it went.
That said I imagine it will be incredibly cheap to do so they likely only need to sell a very small amount for it to be any sort of worth it.
...and it would sell way better and make much more money - its like they dont wanna make money on the system.
dickroach
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it's just a dumb!
a dumb idea, a dumb rumor, a dumb thing that's probably happening
Sho_Nuff82
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I'm...honestly amazed if this is LA Noire and not RDR. With the latter being twice as popular and having an actual sequel coming out soon and all.
Von Krukru
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It's so random I'll believe it. That game was mediocre, but that face expression technology was ahead of its time!
Polygonal_Sprite
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Does this use the same engine as GTA V ? If so then I'd expect a GTA V and RDR port at some stage if it's financially successful.
Switch games don't need to be installed tho, so it isn't a problem
JimJamJones
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But why LA Noire?
It was good, but does it really need a port?
It was good, but does it really need a port?
giancarlo123x
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If you Google it apparently the code is a broken mess and probably wouldn't be worth the cost of rebuilding it pretty much. If it were to have an HD Remaster or remake it would've happened already.
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