At one point, LA Noire was six-discs for Xbox 360

Andre Yoskowitz
17 May 2011 11:49

Developer Team Bondi has confirmed that at one point, the blockbuster title LA Noire filled six DVDs for the Xbox 360.
Says the Team:

We've always been called stupidly ambitious ... we make very big games.
It's the biggest map that we've done and that Rockstar have done, so there's a lot of detail in there, and also a lot of actor's performances - 21 hours worth.

As new buyers will see, the team was able to use enhanced compression tech, bringing the game to a robust three DVDs.
It was a struggle, however: "It took a lot of effort to get down to three discs."
On the other hand, Sony's version fits easily on one 50GB Blu-ray disc, with zero compression issues.