| noname2200 said: They're paid for and published by Nintendo, and the developers are either wholly owned by or completely independent of (and routinely work with rivals of) Nintendo. What do you guys think second-party means? |
First party = developed, funded & published interally.
Second party = published by the company (often the IP is kept); developed externally.
Third party = no association with the company other than putting it on their platform.
Uncharted is a first party game on PS3. They own the studio, IP & published the game. Resistance is a second party game on PS3. They own the IP & published it, but it was developed by Insomniac Games who are an independent team. Fuse will be a third party game on PS3. It's developed by the same external team (Insomniac) and Sony are not publishing the game nor retaining the IP. It is merely appearing on their platform.
That's how I've always understood it, at least.
