CGI-Quality said:
Michael-5 said:
CGI-Quality said:
Michael-5 said:
CGI-Quality said:
Sony owns the Resistance and Demon's Souls IPs, so no not 3rd party exclusives. They also have a TON more IPs than Microsoft. It far exceeds 1 or 2.
Also, Microsoft onws the PGR IP. No matter who develops it, it's still theirs.
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Sony owns the IP's to Resistance, and Demon Souls, but does not actually own the company developing the game. This makes them a second party developer. Insomniac is currently working on a multiplatform title, and Atlus makes games for everyone as it is. I only said Second/Third party because I am unsure if Sony owns the IP to Heavy Rain.
Microsoft owns the PGR IP, but if Bizzarre Creations made a PGR 5, it would be a second party exclusive title. However to be fair, at the time PGR 1-4 were made, Bizzarre Creations was owned by Microsoft and PGR 1-4 are fist party exclusives.
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You need to learn the difference between 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Party games. A game OWNED by a console manufacturer is 1st Party. It can be developed by a non-internal studio, but it's still 1st Party. Otherwise, you're calling Halo a 3rd Party title, which is inaccurate.
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A game is 1st party if the console maufacturer owns the developer and the IP. Halo has been a 1st party title for years (as MS owns the Halo IP, and Bungie). Now that Activision owns Bungie, if Bungie ever produced another Halo game, it would be second party since the Halo IP is still Microsoft despite MS not owning Bungie anymore. Hence Metroid: Other M is a second party exclusive as a company not owned by Nintendo developed it, but Metroid Prime is first party, as Retro Studios, a company owned by Nintendo, developed it.
Please understand my comments, before critisizing them. If you don't understand terms, look them up or question me. Don't tell me I'm wrong if you yourself are confused about specific terms. This isn't the first time you got a term wrong.
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Activision doesn't own Bungie. I'd suggest paying close attention before claiming someone needs to get their facts straight.
And, look up what terms? Doesn't matter who an owned IP is developed by, it's still considered an in-house title if it is owned by the manufacturer. Nobody else can do anything with it. Sure, many of these IPs are developed by an outside studio. But Team Ninja developed Other: M, 3rd party developed, 1st party IP. Same goes for titles such as resistance, Halo (now), and inFAMOUS.
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Bungie signed a 10 year publishing deal with Activision Blizzard this year you know that? They also separated from Microsoft. Activision doesn't own Bungie, but neither does Microsoft. After Reach 343 Studios is taking over Halo development, and Bungie is working on a new IP, to be published by Activision Blizzard, for both the PS3 and 360.
I do my research, Activision doesn't own Bungie, but Bungie is independent and on a 10 year publishing contract with them.
As for 2nd and third party, your mixing up the terms. Go look them up. Halo: Reach is technically second party now, same with Resistance, Gears of War, and Pokemon :O!
