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[Atheerios]

So $49 for Switch
$39 for every other platform

 

[devilsson139]

Please give us a midnight club remaster/remake.

And i feel if rockstar know they cant release a new game every year they will give us a remaster as a filler which im cool with.

 

[PuppetMaster]

Hmm would not mind playing through this game again. I quite liked it.

 

[GlassBurrito]

Actually the first game from Rockstar (publisher) to land on a Nintendo console was Monster Truck Madness 64 for N64.

But not solely, as it was published in conjunction with Microsoft. Smugglers run is the first game to be developed and published exclusively by Rockstar.

 

[I Wanna Be The Guy]

So $49 for Switch
$39 for every other platform

Portable tax.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Is there switch release schedule thread? I guess we are getting our answers about November.

 

[Bandit1]

Edit: Damn, $40 for XBO/PS4 $50 for Switch. I was hoping they'd all be $40 ($32 with gcu).

https://www.rockstarwarehouse.com/store/tk2rstar/en_US/pd/productID.5132672400

Nice, $40 on PS4. Good price, also at the link it says there are new collectibles and suits which is the first I've heard of that.

 

[dragonbane]

Did you miss where I gave you user reviews too

He probably didnt since 7.8 is sort of right for this game, 89 isnt.

 

[vern]

A lot of people called this. Wasn't Vern the first?

I was first to say I knew of a rockstar game happening. I only confirmed it was this one after the leaks came out. Thanks for the acknowledgment though 😏

 

[udivision]

So is switch tax a thing now or why is this 10 $ more expensive on the switch?
http://www.game.co.uk/en/l-a-noire-2023243

If this is gonna be the norm im gonna skip like almost all third party

Switch tax has been a thing since launch. People have a million excuses for it, but the cost of the cartridges is the the only real one.

 

[talkingood]

$65 Canadian for this on Switch.

Welp. Hope this wasn't a test game.

 

[Samurai Penguin]

LA Noire? That's not how you spell Red Dead Redemption.

 

[massoluk]

WRONG GAME, Rockstar

 

[Bad_Boy]

Whattttt

 

[themadcowtipper]

LA Noire? That's not how you spell Red Dead Redemption.

Code is hot garbage thrown together on while on a massive amount of drugs.

 

[Ponn]

Switch tax has been a thing since launch. People have a million excuses for it, but the cost of the cartridges is the the only real one.

It's really quite stupid. Amazon messed up my order of Lego Worlds and because of the hurricane I wouldn't of ended up getting it till next week. I decided fuck it and I would just buy it digital and was surprised to find it was $10 cheaper digital.

Anyways, i'm so in for this. I loved this game and never got to play any of the DLC so replaying on Switch would be awesome.

 

[Deleted member 471617]

Meh.....purchased L.A. Noire back on Xbox 360, played it for a few hours (if that) and traded it in the next day. Simply not for me. The tech and facial animations were arguably the best at the time and probably better than the majority of current gen games.

Would have preferred a remaster/remake of MANHUNT or Manhunt 3 instead. At least we know another reason why Red Dead Redemption 2 was delayed to spring 2018.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

Switch tax has been a thing since launch. People have a million excuses for it, but the cost of the cartridges is the the only real one.

It's almost certainly because of the cartridges. What's really annoying is that digital only customers tend to suffer as well, since most publishers are scared of pissing of retailers.

 

[brickarts295]

So $49 for Switch
$39 for every other platform

HD Rumble ain't cheap.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

So $49 for Switch
$39 for every other platform

I love how third parties continue to sabotage themselves.

 

[Ridley327]

TBH, $40 seems too expensive for the game on PS4/XB1 as it is. $50 is definitely taking the piss, but it doesn't seem like anyone is really winning on the price front.

 

[killatopak]

$30 below and I'll buy it.

I've already finished the game on a ps3. I doubt the dlc are worth it.

 

[Principate]

It's because the game carts are so damn expensive.

They're not $10 more expensive this is pure console launch price gouging. They'll do it because they feel they can get away with it.

 

[Asriel]

No thanks. Pretty disappointing announcement.

 

[Kallor]

I was really disappointed that I dropped $60 on day one for the ps3 version; Will buy again. Re-hyped y'all

 

[OrbitalBeard]

They're not $10 more expensive this is pure console launch price gouging. They'll do it because they feel they can get away with it.

It's likely a combination of both. They could eat the extra cost, but they're not willing to.

 

[fluffydelusions]

Maybe I'm in the minority but I didn't like this game. Had to force myself to finish it. Found it so repetitive.

 

[Principate]

It's likely a combination of both. They could eat the extra cost, but they're not willing to.

It mostly launch tax. Once the system has built up it's library and is a few years old it's much more difficult to justify a $10 or whatever price increase even if it is more expensive to use cartridges.

 

[Inuhanyou]

But...but wai

 

[OrbitalBeard]

It mostly launch tax. Once the system has built up it's library and is a few years old it's much more difficult to justify a $10 or whatever price increase even if it is more expensive to use cartridges.

Let's hope. I think that'll only happen if/when lots of big publishers jump on board and increase competition. I think smaller publishers that release physical versions of indie titles will continue to charge more which I'm fine with, but they should really consider making the eShop prices cheaper.

 

[foolishoptimist]

So $49 for Switch
$39 for every other platform

I'd happily pay full price if they supported PSVR.

Although I'm disappointed it's only a few cases. I was looking forward to just leisurely cruising around 50s LA.

Hopefully the VR cases gets added in future. Though they'll probably be DLC if at all.

 

[Piscus]

I love how third parties continue to sabotage themselves.

Yep. Yet in the end, we'll get the blame and suffer the consequences.

 

[bomma_man]

So how big's the mandatory download going to be for this one?

 

[Davide]

WOAH YES

Among all the good games of 2011 this was one of my favourites and I played it in 2015. I'll get it.

 

[MrKeinov]

Sweet. I'm getting the Switch version. My favorite Rockstar game on my favorite system of present time. Hopefully this means we can get RDR and GTAV on the system one day.

 

[Duchess O'Death]

Can we take a moment and realize that Rockstar is still interested in single player games? I thought GTAO ruined but here they are!

 

[mentallyinept]

Is the whole thing on the cart?

Spoiler

It really sucks having to ask this question now.

 

[joe_zazen]

Can we take a moment and realize that Rockstar is still interested in single player games? I thought GTAO ruined but here they are!

The game is like 7 years old tho.

 

[Duchess O'Death]

The game is like 7 years old tho.

They wouldn't remaster it if they weren't making another one tho.

 

[KyleCross]

I disliked this game. I hate finished it. Then hate platinumed it. Now I'm probably going to hate do it all again on PS4. Hell's wrong with me?

 

[Dark Cloud]

Are they using a 32 GB cartridge for this game?

 

[Astral Dog]

It mostly launch tax. Once the system has built up it's library and is a few years old it's much more difficult to justify a $10 or whatever price increase even if it is more expensive to use cartridges.

I think a year from now we are still going to have these issues you can bet on it.

 

[NOTaStalk3r]

I like that its more for the Switch because they probably spent more resources porting it to that.

 

[joe_zazen]

They wouldn't remaster it if they weren't making another one tho.

Doubt it. Game was a dud and sank a studio. The remaster was most likely part of them dipping their toes into VR.

 

[Astral Dog]

This whole thing reeks of T2 needing a game this holiday, but not wanting to expend their resources solely on the Switch with a GTA V port and not wanting to remaster RDR (because it's either held together by duct tape or because it would eat into RDR2's sales).

So we're left with... this.

Its no Switch exclusive, most of the effort went to the PS4/ONE versions

 

[Takat]

I'll wait on a price drop on Switch, or if they sell it digitally with pricing parity.

 

[……forgetit]

I'll buy it for Switch just to support 3rd parties on Nintendo platforms, though I do want to play the game sense I never have.

 

[pixelation]

So from that PR it sounds like the Switch version has no real graphical upgrades.

Switch's tech is closer to the PS3/360 than it is to the PS4/XBO. I'm sure it will look/perform better than the PS3/360 versions but don't expect much else.

 

[Memnoch]

Excellent. Day one.

 

[Piichan]

Played this game a couple of months ago. It's kinda shit really. I probably would've gotten more enjoyment if I just watched a playthrough on YouTube.