We've contacted Rockstar to find out how much the case will cost those of us who got to Best Buy just a little too late.
LA Noire's 'Nicholson Electroplating' DLC case opens June 21
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on May 19th 2011 3:30PM
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We've contacted Rockstar to find out how much the case will cost those of us who got to Best Buy just a little too late.
Reader Comments (22)
Posted: May 19th 2011 3:41PM longklaw said
I think Rockstar is busy trying to figure out why people's games are freezing.
Posted: May 19th 2011 3:41PM Kyle4 said
My guess for individual cases would be either $2 or $3 each. It's a nice little way to make money. Any more then that and I'll be out.
Posted: May 19th 2011 3:46PM XRZ36 said
How long are these cases? I don't have the game, and I can only assume around GTA-mission length.
Posted: May 19th 2011 3:59PM aughscreennames said
cases arent missions, theyre a series of missions, like episodes
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Posted: May 19th 2011 4:25PM LEeHamM said
@XRZ36 a mission lasts around 5-10 minutes (further on in the game) in GTA4 cases last triple that and more if you are looking to do it well (especially searching crime scenes if there is loads of clues to find) so yeah 45 mins or so... not worth more than $3-4 a pop
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Posted: May 19th 2011 3:54PM Hong Dong said
I've just finished the Black Dhalia case and that was pretty long; although I did spend a while getting some of the rare vehicles. I reckon $2-$3 is about right if the cases are about an hour's worth in length. The cases appear to get longer the further in the game you go.
Posted: May 19th 2011 4:13PM DarkNightRJ said
@Hong Dong
We can hope, but they're likely to charge $5 or so.
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We can hope, but they're likely to charge $5 or so.
Posted: May 19th 2011 3:57PM MLC said
This game is cool. I would like to get all of the xtra cases but I'll wait til all the cases are together in 1 package. Either on disc or download.
Posted: May 19th 2011 8:52PM JonahStein said
@MLC
Yep. That's the way to do it. I'm hoping there's a disc sometime next spring with all the extra cases. Similar to Liberty City Episodes, maybe?
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Yep. That's the way to do it. I'm hoping there's a disc sometime next spring with all the extra cases. Similar to Liberty City Episodes, maybe?
Posted: May 19th 2011 4:28PM Drdre74 said
Yeah if the cases are short like 5 min I'll pass. Some of the first ones I did pretty quick since I let my partner drive
Posted: May 19th 2011 5:48PM Mcmax3000 said
@Drdre74 - I'm still pretty early in the game but I think the first few cases are really short as their intended to be tutorials. Once you become a detective, the first couple have been much longer than those and I'm sure they get even longer as the game goes on and the cases get more complex.
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Posted: May 19th 2011 5:31PM briscott said
how about putting everything you're working on into a game? And then maybe DLC 6-10 months down the road? This DLC after 1-2 months makes it just seem like a ripoff.
Posted: May 19th 2011 5:46PM Mcmax3000 said
@briscott - Because people are expecting to hear about the next game a year later, not DLC.
Everything I've seen indicates that the GTA IV episodes were pretty much a flop compared to expectations and I'd say the biggest reason for that is because they took so long to release them.
Besides, with three DVDs worth of content, how on earth can you say it's a ripoff? It's not like they gave us a fraction of a game for $60.
They probably had extra content that has partially complete that they had to cut for timing/size/flow/etc reasons and decided to polish it up and sell it for a few dollars for people that want more. That's not exactly unreasonable.
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Everything I've seen indicates that the GTA IV episodes were pretty much a flop compared to expectations and I'd say the biggest reason for that is because they took so long to release them.
Besides, with three DVDs worth of content, how on earth can you say it's a ripoff? It's not like they gave us a fraction of a game for $60.
They probably had extra content that has partially complete that they had to cut for timing/size/flow/etc reasons and decided to polish it up and sell it for a few dollars for people that want more. That's not exactly unreasonable.
Posted: May 20th 2011 12:11AM The Aquacharger said
@Marshillboy
Valve also makes over 20% of each thing sold on STEAM.
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Valve also makes over 20% of each thing sold on STEAM.
Posted: May 19th 2011 5:49PM Klearwater Killer said
kinda sick of hearing about this game. GTA:1940s, I get it.
Never seen any of those old movies or care to.
Never seen any of those old movies or care to.
Posted: May 19th 2011 9:22PM Red Runner said
Sigh...I appreciate the idea of DLC as a means of future support for a game, but as a means of making people buy from a certain retailer, it reeks of corporate shenanigans because they'll charge money for it later when it was clearly ready and could have been on the disc.
In fact, I bet the ''DLC" is an unlock key.
In fact, I bet the ''DLC" is an unlock key.
Posted: May 19th 2011 10:30PM TylosaurusRex said
@Red Runner Well seeing as The Naked City download was about 500 MB, I doubt that future cases will be unlock keys.
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Posted: May 21st 2011 4:51AM JumboShrimp said
I hope they're just holding back pre-order DLC until PS store is backup. It would be crap if they made us wait months for those. I'm okay with pre-order bonuses for free but allow the other gamers to pay a fee for them a.s.a.p., that's not too much to ask.
