

Because this exceeds the available internal storage on the console, the eShop version of the game must be installed to a microSD card (sold separately) that is inserted prior beginning the download. "The Nintendo eShop digital version of LA Noire, including all bug fixes and improvements, requires 29GB of available storage. "This file can be downloaded to either the Nintendo Switch console's internal storage or a microSD card (sold separately). "If using the physical cartridge version of LA Noire, the game will require a 14GB digital download containing required gameplay data as well as general bug fixes and improvements," Rockstar stated. In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson. Corruption is rampant, the drug trade is exploding, and murder rates are at an all-time high.

The Switch comes with a base 32GB of onboard storage, but Nintendo states that you need approximately 6.2GB reserved for use by the system itself. Amid the post-war boom of Hollywood's Golden Age, Cole Phelps is an LAPD detective thrown headfirst into a city drowning in its own success. It's so big, in fact, you need to buy a separate microSD card to install it on. So how about the digital version? It weighs in at 29GB, which is huge for a Nintendo Switch game. In the case of LA Noire, the above may explain the difference in install file sizes between the Switches version and the PS4s version. This file is "required", and contains gameplay data as well as the normal day-one patch fixes, developer Rockstar has revealed. In its PS4 incarnation, very little has really changed from the original 2011 PS3 release (you can read our full, more detailed review of the PS3 version of L.A. Meanwhile, you can't play LA Noire's Nintendo Switch game cartridge until you've also downloaded a 14GB digital download file. The download version of LA Noire on Switch doesn't fit on a Switch, which means you have to buy a microSD card to play it.
