Why does Sony fail at making another mega franchise?

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CGI-Quality said:

VXIII said:

CGI-Quality said:

Not about being harsh, it's about being real. Halo being a "2nd party IP" isn't fact. In fact, it's quite wrong. Epic Games owns the Gears IP - it's 3rd party. Resistance is Sony's, meaning they can do whatever they please with the IP. You have to understand that that means it's a 1st party title, which is to be developed by a 3rd party dev (as of now).

You don't have to like if people say Resistance is 1st party and Gears isn't, facts are facts. Gears belongs to Epic, not Microsoft - 3rd party. Resistance belongs to Sony, not Insomniac - 1st party.

What's the 2nd party then ? could you name some games so I can understand this correctly ?

2nd party really isn't a term. Sony basically nicknamed any studios that work only with them but are still 3rd party, 2nd party. As Insomniac proved, however, 3rd party is 3rd party. Just because they work only with one company doesn't mean they'll always be that way.

Also, Epic Games was obviously never a "2nd party", or Unreal Tournament III wouldn't have been not only on PS3, but a timed "console" exclusive for it.

So explain how Insomniac can be a 1st party developer (like you say), when they have a multi-console game in development? Also why do manufacturers like Nintendo and Microsoft also use the term 2nd party?