DaBuddaDa said:There was a big thread a little while ago with David Cage of Heavy Rain infamy said that the face tech in LA Noire was a dead end, unsustainable and not the direction the industry should be headed in. Many jumped at his throat and it turned into a David Cage/Heavy Rain shitfest.
Lookie what we have here...
Yup, that's how I remember it.SolidSnakex said:He was referring to how much it would cost to use it and how viable it was as a tool for developers. People still dismissed his opinion.
Sho_Nuff82 said:But LA Noire sold like 3 million copies in a month, and still charts pretty regularly in Europe.
I remember saying a little while back that that if there was ever a point where a multi-million selling game still can't make back its budget, then we reached the feasible limit of game budgets. Well, ladies and gentlemen, there you have it. Barring a revolutionary improvement in the time and manpower invested in asset creation, modern games have reached the upper limit of what we can expect in terms of content.
Edit: Scratch that, it's 4 million shipped as of mid-June
Elysian Fields.spindoctor said:I don't get it. Where did all the money they had to have made from L.A. Noire go?
But we all lose.lupinko said:DAVID CAGE WINS
fatalité
with zero effort as well.Stallion Free said:Yeah, the port is being worked on by one of the Rockstar teams. This should have zero effect on it.
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my first thoughtobonicus said:So they're buying the staff? Labor laws in Australia are rough.
DennisK4 said:I am still getting a PC version of LA Noire, right?
It's not like Bondi would've suddenly made it into a masterpiece on PC. You can only polish a turd so far.Deadbeat said:with zero effort as well.
DaBuddaDa said:There was a big thread a little while ago with David Cage of Heavy Rain infamy said that the face tech in LA Noire was a dead end, unsustainable and not the direction the industry should be headed in. Many jumped at his throat and it turned into a David Cage/Heavy Rain shitfest.
Lookie what we have here...
What, you think we're going to get a bad port that's unoptimized to hell and back like the GTA games? Oh shit... damn it, Rockstar, you better not screw us again.Deadbeat said:with zero effort as well.
The fact that it's ridiculously expensive.mckmas8808 said:What was Cage's reason for saying that it was a dead end?
TheStevo said:Always sad to see a good developer go out of business.
TheOddOne said:But we all lose.
MikeE21286 said:my first thought
$$$ lots of it.mckmas8808 said:What was Cage's reason for saying that it was a dead end?
mckmas8808 said:What was Cage's reason for saying that it was a dead end?
Princess Skittles said:More credence on my theory that "AAA Games" are destroying the industry.
spindoctor said:I don't get it. Where did all the money they had to have made from L.A. Noire go?
Dynamite Shikoku said:someone will bail them out - this is the 21st century
Shiggy said:Team Bondi had no chance to survive as nobody wanted to work with them anymore.
TheStevo said:I thought it sold over a million as well... just how much money did they invest into LA Noire? I thought this game was a hit...
mclem said:If they *hadn't* had that insane unpaid overtime, could Noire even have been completed before the money ran out?
mckmas8808 said:Dude hold your horses. The game was in development for 7 years. That rarely ever happens.
No, but it is related. I mean, on the opposite end, didn't I read that the Team Meat guys overwork themselves to an extreme to get their game out? In the end, they're now millionaires. That didn't destroy their entire studio and left hundreds of people unpaid.Shiggy said:That was probably not the main problem Team Bondi had.
AppleMIX said:Rockstar should relaunch Team Bondi without McNamara. That would be awesome.
Current gen actually.ScionOfTheRisingSun said:Now hold on there, cat. This is next gen baby, a cool million'll not even get you past the door.