HappySqurriel on 27 February 2007
staticneuron said:
let me fix this for you
Tekken - Third Party
Virtua Fighter - Third Party
Soul calibur
Gran Turismo
Jack dexter
God of war
Wild arms
Front Mission
Metal Gear Solid
Z.O.E
Resident Evil - Third Party
Silent Hill - Third Party
Devil May cry
Final Fantasy
Kingdom Hearts
Medal Of Honor - Third Party
Ridge Racer - Third Party
Tales of ...
Disgaea
Valkyrie profile
Persona
Grand Theft Auto - Third Party
Burnout - Third Party
Onimusha
Ace Combat
Ratchet and Clank
Xenosaga
Killzone
Guitar Hero - Third Party
Metal slug - Third Party (Confirmed Wii Exclusive)
Shadow of colossus
Armored Core - Third Party
Star ocean
Spyro - Third Party
Breath of fire
Chrono ... - Third Party
Grandia - Third Party
Rogue Galaxy
Wipeout
Genji
Getaway
Tekken - second party title
Soul calibur - second party title
Wild arms - second party title
Front Mission - second party title
Metal Gear Solid - second party title
Z.O.E - second party title
Devil May cry - second party title
Final Fantasy - second party title
Kingdom Hearts - second party title ( as of yet)
Tales of ... - second party title
Disgaea - second party title
Valkyrie profile - Second party title
Onimusha - Second Party title
Ace Combat - second party title
Ratchet and Clank - second Party (insomniac)
Xenosaga - second party title
Star ocean - second party title SCEA
WarDevil: Enigma - second party title - PS3 Exclusive
First party titles involve the console manufacturer's ip and are developed by studios owned by the console manufacturer.
polyphony digital, guerilla games, bungie, zipper, ensemble, lionhead; these are examples of first party developers.
insomniac, ready at dawn, retro studios are examples of second party developers. the developer is its own independent entity. but in terms of the projects that they work on, they assume first party priviledges as far as funding, licensing and publishing from the console manufacturer. the console then gets exclusivity rights to the game they develop.
rare [before they were bought out by microsoft] is a good example of a second party developer. before the buy-out, rare worked on several nintendo-owned properties for example DK country. those projects were funded/ published by nintendo. rare also created several of their own properties as well. for example the conker, or perfect dark franchises.
Since being bought by microsoft, and made into a first party developer. they no longer have access to the nintendo owned licenses. therefore they are unable to create further DK country games. nintendo owns that license and can task another developer with continuing the series.
the perfect dark and conker franchises are rare-owned IPs. therefore rare can continue the development of those franchises on microsoft platforms now. [perfect dark zero].
gears of war is an epic owned IP, but the first gears of war game was partially funded by microsoft. epic entered into a second party relationship with microsoft for the creation of that one game. epic cant just take the finished gears product to any other console now. it is quite possible for epic to decline a second party relationship with microsoft and bring a sequel to multiple platforms however.
To be a SECOND PARTY TITLE it has to be published by SCE
Tekken - Namco - Third Party
Soul calibur - Namco - Third Party
Wild arms - I appologize ... first party title
Front Mission - Squaresoft- Third Party
Metal Gear Solid - Konami- Third Party
Z.O.E - Konami- Third Party
Devil May cry - Capcom- Third Party
Final Fantasy - Squaresoft- Third Party
Kingdom Hearts - Squaresoft- Third Party
Tales of ... - Namco - Third Party
Disgaea - Nippon Ichi Software- Third Party
Valkyrie profile - Squaresoft- Third Party
Onimusha - Capcom- Third Party
Ace Combat - Namco - Third Party
Xenosaga - Namco - Third Party
Star ocean - Squaresoft- Third Party
