| AlphaCielago said:
Xenogears was made by Square, while Xenosaga was made by Namco. During the time of Gears, Monolith did not exist. However, when Saga came out it was made by Monolith, but under the power of Namco. Blade was made during the power of Nintendo. |
Yes I realize Xenogears was developed by the team while under Square, and Xenosaga while under Namco Bandai. Being under "the power" of another company really has nothing to do with it though. Individual publishers or parent companies can hold rights to individual items, which is part of the reason why international copyright law is such a nightmare when it comes to localization.
Here's another example. The Darksiders IP is for sale since THQ went bust. If say, Platinum, were to buy it and acquire the rights to make another Darksiders game, that wouldn't spawn a new IP. It's another game in the series, which they acquired the right to use. Different company, same IP. It wouldn't give them full rights to the first two games though, unless they buy the publishing rights from whoever owns them right now (probably a bank) as well. But it would still prevent anybody else from developing a Darksiders game.
It's complicated, I know.
