NobleTeam360 said:
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JayWood2010 said:
bananaking21 said: can somebody explain to me the difference between first party and second party? |
First Party - Completely owned by the platform holder
Second Party - Usually a third party studio who has been contracted by the platform holder to work on a license owned by the platform holder
Third Party - A game developed by an outside company based on their own original intellectual property
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The IP doesn't have to be owned by the platform holder to be a second party, the IP can be owned by the third party but contractually made solely for one console manufacturer. If they just hired a third party it would still be first party (The last Metroid for instance in tandem with Retro). Other than that you're spot on. ;)
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Like Infinite Undiscovery IP is owned by MS but Square Enix was the one who made the game?
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Thats third party. Square Enix got Tri-Ace to make it after Microsoft paid them for exclusivity. Tri Ace's games are published by Square Enix but they've never been owned by them.