(Using Nintendo as an example):
-1st-party if Nintendo themselves makes it (Mario Galaxy)
-2nd-party if Retro Studios or HAL Laboratories makes it (Prime or Smash Bros.)
-3rd-party if a company that is not Nintendo or owned by Nintendo makes it (Resident Evil, Red Steel, No More Heroes)
Who publishes it has nothing to do with it. MS published Bioshock, but they do not own 2K Games.







