L.A Noire physical Switch version requires 14 GB download despite being 10$/€ more expensive

[Alvis]

https://twitter.com/NinEverything/status/925728126843330560

Even if you're purchasing the physical version of L.A. Noire, you'll still need to download extra data. The game will have a 14GB day-one download "containing required gameplay data as well as general bug fixes and improvements."

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The game is 29 GB digital. They refused to use a 32 GB cart despite the game being 10$ more expensive.

This sucks

 

[Pix]

https://support.rockstargames.com/h...Noire-on-Nintendo-Switch-Storage-Requirements

 

[Nintendo]

That's messed up!

 

[Atheerios]

This is ridiculous. WTF. And on top on this the game is $10 more expensive on Switch. Fuck Rockstar/2K, I'm not going to support this.

 

[mocolostrocolos]

No buy then.

Switch tax should have extra perks. This is nonsense.

 

[patientx]

They see us switch users cows that can be milked...
No, thanks. Won't be giving money to this kind of mentality.

 

[Skittzo]

Surprised it's such a big game file. Does anyone know how big the original game file was?

 

[Pix]

Good fucking god, I'm out

 

[Escalario]

Pass then.

 

[Tregard]

I want to support games like this coming to the Switch, and I really like LA Noire, but I'd rather not be played for a chump like this.

 

[Phendrift]

*When it bombs*

"Switch owners obviously do not want our games"

 

[New Fang]

What a joke. If you can't fit the entire game on a cartridge, don't sell it on a cartridge.

 

[Skittzo]

29GB is pretty big for such an old game. What was the original game's file size if anyone knows?

EDIT: From the other thread-

It was 3 discs on 360.

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So that's huge, kinda surprising to me.

 

[Deleted member 5764]

I thought we already knew that even the 16Gb Switch game cards were more expensive than Blu-Ray? This really doesn't surprise me but it's definitely a bummer. I don't plan on buying games like this as a result.

 

[gabdeg]

Surprised it's such a big game file. Does anyone know how big the original game file was?

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It was 3 discs on 360.

 

[Deleted member 4518]

That's quite large...

 

[KennyLinder]

One day someone will talk about the prices of the carts (I won't), but suffice to say, they are very very expensive.

 

[giancarlo123x]

It's only going to get worse as time goes on and the system sees bigger third party support. Nintendo needs to foot the bill or something on the bigger cards since no one is using them.

 

[Guymelef]

Nintendo better start with bigger card sizes manufacturing because this can become a common problem.

I mean, make the big cards the default cards, even if you don't need them, more production, less costs.

 

[FriendlyNPC]

Basically inexcusable from a consumers perspective.

Nintendo needs to change something and quick because this is getting ridiculous.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Not a fan - i get that they are working around the limitation of the systems. But extra 14gb download if you buy the physical version ?

Hope Nintendo has bigger/cheaper cards ready for the next Holiday season and that its just a temporary issue for releases this year.

 

[Leona Lewis]

In due time, either the third parties or Nintendo will budge.

But for now, don't reward these practices.

 

[Ridley327]

29GB is pretty big for such an old game. What was the original game's file size if anyone knows?

EDIT: From the other thread-



So that's huge, kinda surprising to me.

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The game's facial tech is more or less streaming FMVs constantly, so that eats up a lot of space.

 

[Deleted member 249]

Sigh. I want to buy and support this, but they're making it hard for me to do it.

 

[shimon]

People will not like that obviously.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Surprised it's such a big game file. Does anyone know how big the original game file was?

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It's big because the faces are essentially recorded video. So there's hours and hours of that.

 

[ASaiyan]

Hahaha, no. You can pull one of these bullshit maneuvers and get away with it, but not both.

Bye Rockstar. Go back to not making singleplayer DLC for GTA V.

 

[Deleted member 437]

So the whole purpose of the cartridge is to cut down on download size? Only half the game is on there?

Bizarre.

 

[mauaus]

theres no way of transfering my data from one SDcard to another right now, right?

 

[Skittzo]

Nintendo better start with bigger card sizes manufacturing because this can become a common problem.

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Can't the fit 29GB onto a 32GB game card? They fit 15GB onto a 16GB card, I'm not sure how that storage scales up.

The game's facial tech is more or less streaming FMVs constantly, so that eats up a lot of space.

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Ah gotcha. I hadn't heard anything like that before so I was assuming this would be relatively small since it's an old game remastered.

 

[Kolx]

Does 16gb cartilage cost more or the same as bluray? still, I doubt 32gb cartilage would cost more than 10$ in difference to bluray.

 

[Kouriozan]

That's an easy skip then, is the digital version cheaper?

 

[Thunderpants]

29GB is pretty big for such an old game. What was the original game's file size if anyone knows?

EDIT: From the other thread-



So that's huge, kinda surprising to me.

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Probably audio files and motion scan facial data.

 

[chandoog]

So the whole purpose of the cartridge is to cut down on download size? Only half the game is on there?

Bizarre.

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What is the max capacity of the Switch cartridge ?

 

[ManaByte]

I thought we already knew that even the 16Gb Switch game cards were more expensive than Blu-Ray? This really doesn't surprise me but it's definitely a bummer. I don't plan on buying games like this as a result.

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Yea I thought it was known for a while the issue with the Switch card cost. So this isn't surprising. Wasn't LEGO City or NBA similar?

 

[Deleted member 8196]

If we want the 3rd party support we gotta deal with this, they really need more capable cards.

 

[ConanEdogawa]

Another game to cross off my wishlist. Not buying any titles on Switch that don't have the whole game on the cart.

 

[ryushe]

Gosh, just imagine GTAV..

 

[Gotdatmoney]

Lol. I already was out because this doesnt interest me but more expensive and you gotta eat half your internal storage? Lmao.

 

[Oliver James]

I hope they start using the bigger carts in the future because this isn't a good trend.

 

[ManaByte]

If we want the 3rd party support we gotta deal with this, they really need more capable cards.

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It's not more capable cards, it's cheaper cards.

 

[sinonobu]

That's an easy skip then, is the digital version cheaper?

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Yeah. Digital ver is 10 dollars cheaper

 

[Deleted member 8112]

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[Ridley327]

What is the max capacity of the Switch cartridge ?

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32GB is the biggest size that they currently have for Switch cards, but it's already been said that they're prohibitively expensive for now.

 

[Tea and Toast]

How much do the carts cost to produce out of interest?

 

[Sqrt]

The only game using the 32GB cards is $90 and Japan only.

Yeah. Digital ver is 10 dollars cheaper

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Hey, that's great then!

 

[AndrewDean84]

Doesn't bother me or my large SD card.

 

[Booker.DeWitt]

will wait for a price drop.

Ia m getting a large micro sd card during black friday sales

 

[AkimbOb-omb]

Ugh... and off it goes from my purchase list for the rest of the year. Don't want to buy a sd card at the moment.

 

[Deleted member 10629]

Nintendo better start with bigger card sizes manufacturing because this can become a common problem.

I mean, make the big cards the default cards, even if you don't need them, more production, less costs.

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They have big cards. Its just that publishers dont want to shell more moneys to acquire them.

Well, this kills my interest on the game. Maybe when it is dirt cheap...