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Did Phil Harrison cause PS3 to lose L.A. Noire to Xbox 360?

Mike Ferro writes: L.A. Noire, a game being developed by Team Bondi, has received some attention recently due to a rumor that the game will no longer be a PS3 exclusive. This game has remained shrouded in mystery for a long time, with very little detail revealed about the game.

Now over four years later, there is confusion as to whether L.A. Noire, Team Bondi's first game, was ever even a PS3 exclusive. We've tried to dig deep into the nooks and crannies of the web to find out exactly what happened to this project by Team Bondi.
Updates:
This project (L.A. Noire) should not be confused with the exclusive game deal between Rockstar Games and Sony (SCEA), which was confirmed this past E3.
Boldy - contributor
Published: 451 days 17 hours ago | Article | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360
 
 

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dro - 451 days 21 hours ago
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y all of a sudden this game is getting head lines bcuz it might not be a exlusive. i personaly forgot about this game, there is know info relased about it or gameplay to make me hype.. :/

and apart from that this gen is first party exlusive that will be doing it; i think that was proven when games like dmc4,re5,ff13,gta4..e.t.c went multi plat.
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XXXCouture - 451 days 20 hours ago
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Sony still have a exclusive deal with R* which we know nothing about
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avacadosnorkel - 451 days 18 hours ago
1.2 - XXXCouture
Microsoft is not going to allow Rockstar to release any game exclusive to the PS3. Sony might even have an agreement signed in blood for exclusivity but Microsoft will pay the contract penalty on Rockstar's behalf to have it broken and throw in some extra money to boot so there will never be an exclusive for this game or any other.
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UnwanteDreamz - 451 days 17 hours ago
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Avacado that has to be like the craziest thing I have read all week. You r crazy man.
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bunbun777 - 451 days 17 hours ago
1.4 - avocado
that is crazy talk- but sir i think you could be right- but once bitten twice shy- you would think Sony would go iron clad or not even bother.

As it stands now- Let MS take any game-- all real PS3 users care about is that the games are developed with the PS3 completely in mind- and then see about porting a secondary version to the 360, ala Dead Rising to the Wii. Most PS3 users are upset about non-exclusivity (rightly so) not because we are greedy but that we know initial production is curbed and not fully implemented if the devs know that it will be sold multi-platform on day 1.

FF13 will be the possible first real taste of what the real differences are between two games that are not developed with both consoles in mind. I hope.
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avacadosnorkel - 451 days 17 hours ago
1.5 - I would like to thank all those who participated in this comment
for being able to act civil even if we disagree.

I'm sick of being banned.
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kewlkat007 - 451 days 16 hours ago
1.6 - Dro ofcourse
Now you can expect the game to be trashed with more ranting about quality and no longer being hyped in any positive manner...

Hey we seen this before...
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Raptors - 451 days 16 hours ago
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And this is my problem with some of the people on this site. Before it was..."Oh LA Noire is gonna blow everything on the 360 cause its gonna take full advantage of the cell and blu ray" to now "oh well, I forgot about this game anyway". Its pathetic how biased some of the people on this site are.
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bunbun777 - 451 days 13 hours ago
1.8 - 1.7- Bias?
You hate how people on this site don't think about what they say and have bias?

Newsflash we are bias- but don't lump us into FB status just yet- we think that better games can be developed and played on the ps3- that's it! I don't hate games based on pure exclusivity that's just silly and petulant.

It's because we think the PS3 can play better games. And if better games is too hard to understand because its really just an opinion- then let me put a name to it-

GoW3
WKC
HR
KZ2

If anyone thinks that these 4 games could run on the 360 and look and function the same then please stand up and be recognized.
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cereal_killa - 451 days 13 hours ago
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avacadosnorkel

"Microsoft is not going to allow Rockstar to release any game exclusive to the PS3. Sony might even have an agreement signed in blood for exclusivity but Microsoft will pay the contract penalty on Rockstar's behalf to have it broken and throw in some extra money to boot so there will never be an exclusive for this game or any other."

Do you have some sort of a link for this claim or do you work for M$ because this sounds like rubbish to me. I remember when i was speaking with a guy from EBgames about M$ getting this DLC and he told me that Sony had a choice to let M$ get GTA on the same day as the PS3 or get an exclusive game with new IP and from that you can see where that went so as far i what I've read and heard from the grapevine the PS3 will be getting an exclusive title from R*. and with M$ trying to claim the DLC is coming out in Nov. and R* saying we havn t released a date yet sounds to me that M$ is pushing for something and if they deliver garbage to M$ I can see M$ demanding there money back which will not happen and R* severs ties with M$ al together.
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Gam71 - 451 days 13 hours ago
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sounds like rubbish to me as well.

A link?

also bunbun i think they can be played on a 360 and i am standing up.
Your point?
proof they can't be played on a 360? you're the one making scurrilous claims.
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LastDance - 451 days 11 hours ago
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"Do you have some sort of a link for this claim or do you work for M$ because this sounds like rubbish to me"

Just look at any one of microsofts transactions in the past 2 years.
That's like saying you need proof that the RROD exists or that ps3 has a blu ray player.
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AAACE5 - 450 days 21 hours ago
1.13 - Is anyone else noticing a pattern here?
First GTA 4 was shrouded in mystery, until it was announced as multiplat! Then Final Fantasy XIII went through something similar. And now L.A. Noire seems to be going through the same thing!

All of those titles were thought to be exclusives and released very little info until they were announced as multiplat. Could that mean that possibly any other titles with very little info, are considering going multiplat?

I know alot of games are going Multi, but is this the way for developers to let us know that it is about to?

@Fox01... LightningPs3 is just stirring things up and keeping N4G interesting by pushing peoples buttons! I like that! Which is why I give him/her a bubble when I see a post. Yes, I have noticed the back and forth thing and thought it was wierd until I figured it out!
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thebadrash - 450 days 14 hours ago
1.14 - @AAACE5
No one with any sense thought GTA:IV would be PS3 only. I think you're confusing exclusivity with DLC.
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LightningPS3 - 451 days 20 hours ago
2 - "Did Phil Harrison cause PS3 to lose L.A. Noire to Xbox 360?"
Give me a break, that title sounds like now it's 360 exclusive or something. And it's not.
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Fox01 - 451 days 20 hours ago
2.1 - Lol Lightning.
Now you're a PS3 fanboy? You should get both consoles since you seem unable to decide which one you like best.
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avacadosnorkel - 451 days 18 hours ago
2.2 - Microsoft doesn't have to fund first party studios like Sony
In theory they could blow a fat wad on any third party game and spend so much that Sony wouldn't match it because it wouldn't make sense.

Never say never on MS having exclusivity
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Gam71 - 451 days 16 hours ago
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So it was wholly sony funded and exclusive and an agreement for two other ps3 exclusives.

Sounds like sony do pay for exclusives.
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mepsipax - 451 days 15 hours ago
2.4 - good point lightning
oh dear, what's this, both consoles will be able to experience this game? well sir, that just plains sucks, to think that a company would want more money and to have more people experience there game is just ridiculous, no but seriously, this is supposedly a very expensive game so unless sony wants to shell out some major cash to cover the difference and then some than rockstar would rather go multiplatform, and to the rest of you stop being such fanboys, to say this whole game won't fit on a dvd (or two) is ridiculous look at gtaIV, that had tons of dialogue and sounds, non repetitive environments, great animations, good graphics and they fit that on one dvd, not to shank blu ray (which is unreal for home theaters) I admit that we need to upgrade the capacity of our storage discs but blu ray was just sony thinking ahead, I think we'll start seeing problems with storage now (which we are) so yah, let's hope this game can be what I want it to be.
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THC CELL - 451 days 20 hours ago
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LightningPS3 u have soo much hope for x box
man look at infamous that game looks better than GTA

i bet GTA team can kick them selfs sometimes
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LightningPS3 - 451 days 20 hours ago
4 - And to be totally honest
I don't think LA Noire was ever officially announced a PS3 exclusive. Just like now it's not even officially announced it's multi.

All LA Noire has been is a bunch of rumors and a GC trailer.

Give it a rest, who gives a sh*t.

And by the way...

If anything Phil Harrison left Sony, cause he new they were tanking. No matter what they say, if an exclusive goes multi, it's because of money and the developers trying to help game sales by reaching the largest userbase possible. And not cause of poor Phil.
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avacadosnorkel - 451 days 18 hours ago
4.1 - If anything Phil Harrison left Sony, cause he new they were tanking
Same reason Peter Moore left Microsoft
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Steven Colbert - 451 days 17 hours ago
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Interesting what you guys are saying

Phil Harrison leaves Sony,a "sinking ship" to enter Atari who is also a sinking ship.

Peter Moore left Microsoft,"a sinking ship" to enter EA who have reported profit losses throughtout last year and this year.

Do your research people.

By the way,LA Noire was never an exclusive because the main website for the game said qoute "In development for the Playstation 3 and other next-gen consoles"

Understand?
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THC CELL - 451 days 16 hours ago
4.3 - @ Steven Colbert
http://www.rockstargames.co...

care to show me where it says ps3 and next gen consoles

edit i found it but next time try showing some proof
http://www.teambondi.com/pr...

then again www.rockstar.com states TBA on consoles
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Steven Colbert - 451 days 13 hours ago
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Oh sorry.Yeah it was on n4g a few months ago that the game was on next gen consoles according to the website.My guess is that the game is coming to PS3,360,and PC
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Gam71 - 451 days 12 hours ago
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I seen it say that.

Not on here but elsewhere.
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NewSchoolGamer - 451 days 20 hours ago
5 - L.A. Noire
had some nice hype going for it UNTIL the devs stopped showing it.

1. L.A. Noire has not been announced for the xbox360, nor has the dev ever talked about it going on the xbox360.
SO these rumors are coming out of nowhere.

2. I really don't care about L.A. Noire going to the xbox360, I don't lose anything with it, Sony knows what they are doing if this is so. If the game is good I'll buy it. It's not like the game is an xbox360 exclusive now. LOL
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Kratos3452 - 451 days 19 hours ago
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If the story is true then what does it matter is L.A noir is now multiplatform?

In 2008 and 2009 Sony looks like it's getting flooded with exclusive games so it's not like there is a shortage of games.When I 1st saw the trailer for the game it looked pretty dull to me as it looked like a black and white old 50's investigating movie.It did not appeal to me anyway and I don't ever remember is being a ps3 exclusive title.
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BlackRaven85 - 451 days 16 hours ago
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I don't doubt both companies have games that aren't third party, because both Sony and Microsoft have learned not to list games for another year unless it's really ready to do so. God of War 3 was a given because everyone knows it was coming. So to go off and say Sony has 2009 when it's still 2008 is completely insane to think of such. We don't know what everyone has planned for 2009.
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kr9091 - 451 days 19 hours ago
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What would Phil Harrison have to do with anything? He doesnt work for Sony anymore, he does not work for Microsoft, and he does not work for Rockstar. So How could possibly have anything to do with it going multi platform if it is true? Retarded article.
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RememberThe357 - 451 days 5 hours ago
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Because they are saying that the game was dropped by Sony a while ago, back when Phil was still at Sony.
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ape007 - 451 days 17 hours ago
8 - screw all fanboys
the REAL question is

does la Noire take advantage of blu-ray space?

if not,then no problem port it

as a gamer,all I want is an open world game that fully use the latest tech

I guees the 360's dvd will be one hard nail
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mirroredderorrim - 451 days 17 hours ago
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Exclusive? No. Lead-platform.. maybe?
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Gothdom - 451 days 15 hours ago
9.1 - We'll have to wait
By my guess, R* or Sony will comment on this monday or at least this week. There's a recrudescence of the rumors, and either if they are true or not, we'll get confirmation quite soon enough.

In fact, it's kinda free publicity. Now everyone talks about L.A. Noire, yet nobody knows what it is yet. Quite intelligent I'd say.
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cheapndirty - 451 days 17 hours ago
10 - La what?
Never heard of it... I am too busy playing "action shooter sequel #__ "
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RememberThe357 - 451 days 5 hours ago
10.1 - lol
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Fishy Fingers - 451 days 17 hours ago
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Rumours about rumours....
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RememberThe357 - 451 days 5 hours ago
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Ain't it something?
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Closing - 451 days 17 hours ago
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I could really care less about this game either way.
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heyheyhey - 451 days 17 hours ago
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all i care about is that the game doesn't get gimped because of DVD like GTA4 because it looked intriguing
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Xi - 451 days 16 hours ago
13.1 - I just hope this doesn't mean it'll get delayed a lot more.
Like gta4 did for 360 because of the development on the ps3 sucks.

see, I can make baseless claims too!
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heyheyhey - 451 days 15 hours ago
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i don't care if it gets delayed the amount of time GTA4 got delayed... there will be other games to play in the meantime

what i do care about is the quality of the game when it does ship... let's do some maths here

R* had to fit GTA4 on DVD disk because you can't do open world on a multi-disk layout right? this was to cater for the 360 (obviously)

do you not think they would have had more freedom if they had a whole BD disk to work with, and therefore improve the quality of the game?

reports of LA Noire being PS3 exclusive were based on developers stating they need BD to make the game and fit it on a single disk, if they need to bring the game over to the 360 as well- they would have to gimp the game to fit it on a disk

this is what im concerned about, i am not making a baseless claim
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Xi - 451 days 15 hours ago
13.3 - ooooh,
so that's why the xbox version ran at a higher definition and they had to increase differing so that it would resemble the ps3 version? Sorry but the higher the resolution, no matter what excuse you use, the more storage required, if any version was cut down it was the 360 version for the ps3.

The size of games will always get smaller because the cost of games keeps getting bigger, nothing was cut from gta4 because of dvd, if you think anything else you're delusional.

Also, as time changes, so does a developers ability to fit stuff into a disk, compression tools, coding an streamlining all helps. Not to mention hd use is now optional. Even bizarre said that if they wanted to they could now make a day and night cycle fit onto the original dvd9, something that wasn't possible during it's development.
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Gorgon - 451 days 12 hours ago
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"so that's why the xbox version ran at a higher definition and they had to increase differing so that it would resemble the ps3 version? Sorry but the higher the resolution, no matter what excuse you use, the more storage required"

Rendering resolution has NOTHING to do with disc space. If you install a game on a PC and change the resolution does the size of the instalation change as if by magic? Never saw that happen on my PCs...
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Gam71 - 451 days 12 hours ago
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not so much of a baseless claim as it was said by rockstar that the 360 was ready but delayed so they could have a simultaneous release with the ps3.
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darkpower - 451 days 10 hours ago
13.6 - Question to heyheyhey and Xi
Is it possible to explain to me who's on WHAT side on this argument? Because you BOTH have ME confused as to what positions either of you are taking on this point.
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mepsipax - 451 days 7 hours ago
13.7 - GTAIV
well, when the dashboard update goes live sometime this fall we'll see how much space gta IV is, if it's pushing the extent of the dvd threshold then you will see, but as for the higher resolution thing, yes a higher resolution does mean more space is required, just that the ps3 maximum resolution was lower doesn't mean gtaIV on the ps3 is smaller if anything it would be larger as blu-rays stores things strangely, anyway the reason gtaIV on the ps3 had lower resolution was that rockstar didn't take the time to fully use the PS3's hardware, only japenese devs know how to use the ps3 hardware to it's full extent, no jk but seriously, and don't use MGS4 as an example (in no way dissing it) but just think of all the high quality animations and sound files they used in that game in all the cutscenes plus they probably wouldn't have used compression to be more efficient because they had all that unused space on the BD so don't underestimate the power of the dvd and don't think we're using blu ray to it's limits yet (or if we'll ever in the ps3's lifetime.)
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Xi - 451 days 16 hours ago
14 - heh
"We've tried to dig deep into the nooks and crannies of the web to find out exactly what happened to this project by Team Bondi"

trust, me, you do not want to go looking into the nooks and crannies of the interent because the only things you'll find will leave large, emotional scars that can never be removed.
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name - 451 days 15 hours ago
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Didn't an article a while back say LA was coming to ps3 was "not so exclusive" but it "definetly aint going to the 360". Bandi said that themselves if you forgot ALREADY. If anything the games going to PC.

http://www.kotaku.com.au/ga...

The devs saying "it definetly aint coming to 360" can't even stop these rumors.
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