L.A. Noire Sells 550,000 Copies Day One in the Americas

"L.A. Noire, according to VGChartz estimates, sold 550,000 units day one in the Americas for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 combined. 60% of these sales, around 330,000, are for the Xbox 360 with the remainder for the PlayStation 3. It is currently on track to hit around 800,000 sold by the end of the week in the Americas. With the release in EMEAA on Friday week one sales is on track to pass 1.2 million sold."

[BigKev45]

It's a great one folks.

[EVILDEAD360]

Picked it my 360 copy yesterday..only got to play an hour but absolutely loved it..the facial tech really brings something new..can't wait to dive back in tonight

Evil

[NYC_Gamer]

i expect this game to sell around 4 million

[cochise313]

It's good to see something other than a fps selling. This game is awesome.

[cyborg6971]

I agree great game and nice change of pace.
It just sucks you in.

[sickbird]

yea, Steve Smith (WR NY Giants) tweeted about the game the other day. Thought that was pretty cool.

[Bigpappy]

Looks like the "inferior" version might be out selling the "superior" version. Who would have tunk?

[xPhearR3dx]

Not really surprised to be honest. 9/10 the 360 always sells more when it comes to multiplatform games.

[PS360PCROCKS]

::sigh:: someday a story will pass about sales without someone spouting some useless crap...

[guigsy]

Unless you're one of these obsessive polygon counters, I don't see how the difference in number of discs makes one version "superior" than the other.

[ufo8mycat]

It's the SAME game on both platforms. Same story/gameplay etc.

This 'superior' term was created by fanboys. Whether you play the PS3 or 360 version, you are playing the same exact game.

[BabyTownFrolics]

waiting to find out if vgchartz is trustworthy in this thread or not.

[Active Reload]

Wowza!

[stealth500k]

yeah but will it make 1 dollar of profit? Thats yet to be determined.

[Pintheshadows]

It's estimated budget was $26,000,000 so it has almost made that already. Just add on marketing and PR costs and that equals.......... strange, my calculator says it equals an uneducated troll.

Just to clarify when it hits 4mil sold Rockstar will be seeing this. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[stealth500k]

"75 million, not including marketing. That would suggest a breakeven point for the title to be well over 3 million units"

http://www.marketrap.com/ar...

upwards of $50 million
http://www.rockstarnetwork....

Thats more accurate than your made up budget number.....

.0001 percent of games have budgets this enormous

Maybe you should educate yourself

[Pintheshadows]

Well I pulled that off another website but having a search on Google doesn't prove your point because figures stated range from 26mil to 100mil. I don't trust any of the sites enough to say anything other than your number could easily be wrong as well.

Even at that cost though they would still stand to make a large profit from LA Noire. So
yeah, both of us are wrong.

At 50 mil it stands to break even at around 900k. Hell at 100mil it would break even way before 3 mil sold so I'm trying to figure out where the first article got that figure from.

Yeah it seems to be 50 mil but that also includes marketing and PR and the development of motionscan its hard to say for certain though as Sony was pumping money into it at first as well.

See Imma educatin' meself.

[stealth500k]

my leaning is close to 90 million which is absurd and retarded and only rockstar has the gumption to have development costs be that high

[Pintheshadows]

Perhaps it is interesting to note that Sony would have put money in as well. R* may not of footed the whole deal what with the Agent agreement. They might not know themselves how much was pumped into the game before they took over as publisher. Intruiging.

[jut420]

Great game so far, just scratching the surface for me, can't wait to play when I get out of work...

lol it's funny to see "L.A. Noire Sells 550,000 copies day one" then i noticed the is this rumor true? right before i backed out to the main page... i was like WTF? reopened the page and looked at source and realized what was going on :P

[Tripl3seis]

And I'm enjoying the game so far I don't care wish version sold more all I care is that I'm enjoying the game and is great at that whoever dosent have this game I recomend u to buy it asap!!!!

[dirtrider]

well said. i love it, and it is such a nice and welcome change over run here shoot that gameplay which has saturated this generation- on ps3 and 360.

[RememberThe357]

I just got this from Gamefly today and it's pretty good. I'm not flabbergasted by the facial animations like everyone else seems to be (the performances seem disjointed, but thats just me nitpicking), but I enjoy the pace of the game. It's a lot different than other games out there that are constantly trying to push you forward. This game lets you take your time and do things your way while still guiding you through what you need to do. I'm not far into the game at this point but it kind of feels like a mix of Red Dead Redemption and Heavy Rain. Not a bad mix in my opinion.

[dirtrider]

oh boy another one.... i got this game mon night, and i really have to ask what the hell are you playing in la noire that "feels like" red dead?

the only thing that is the same between the two is the reticule..... la noire is nothing like red dead.

[RememberThe357]

I haven't played it much at this point. Maybe I only get the feeling from the reticule. Those are my initial impressions.

[guigsy]

And to think of all those people that thought it wouldn't sell...

[dirtrider]

glad to say i contributed 1 sell to this nice figure.

[MasterCornholio]

Hmmm i was expecting people to buy the PS3 version over the 360 one because the game was lead on the PS3. Guess i am wrong people really dont care which version is superior. I really dont get why the majority of games sell better on the 360 when most of them are the same on both consoles.

[ufo8mycat]

Because the word 'superior' in regards to multiplats, was created by fanboys.

Normal people don't care, because whether they play the PS3 or 360 version, it's the same game, same story, same experience (therefore no superior version) and that is why the PS3 version is not outselling the 360 version.

It's only a 'superior' version to fanboys.

[MasterCornholio]

Look there can be a difference between the 2 versions. You have to be blind to not see it. It is like saying that Bayonetta is the same on the 360 and PS3. Or Crysis 2 is the same on the PS3 and 360. Which is why these comparisons exists so people can decide which one is the best version for 60 euros. Not being a fanboy here there are differences between 2 versions of a game. However many times the differences are so small they are barely noticible. Like DeadSpace 2 for example it has been proven that the PS3 version is better. But is 1 to 2 frames per second really worth buying a whole new console for?

[gypsygib]

360 has sold many millions more than PS3 in the US so it's expected that US sales would be higher on it.

I really only care about worldwide sales, which is how devs and publishers probably gage success.

[ChrisGTR1]

"estimates" lol

[XRider]

Looks like they may hit that 4 million mark and then some.

[GoldenBoy]

For the people commenting that it is selling betteron the 360 that is true from an absolute perspective but not from a relative one. The higher performance and DLC seem to be trending towards the PS3. In the US you would expect. everything remaining equal, the 360 to outsell the PS3 about 2:1 based on the install base. That would equate to an equal attach rate. If it is higher the 360 is trending better. If, like in this case, it is lower (here it is 1.5:1) then the PS3 is trending better as it is receiving a higher attach rate.

So good sales all around and good performance for the PS3. Just as an FYI you would expect a 1:1 ratio in Europe (actually slightly better for the PS3)