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[staticneuron]

"the developer is its own independent entity. but in terms of the projects that they work on, they assume first party priviledges as far as funding, licensing and publishing from the console manufacturer. the console then gets exclusivity rights to the game they develop." Not really. It is and/or. Take for instance the Final Fantasy's. You have seen spin-off's but why haven't the numbered sequels ('cept for MMO) hit other consoles? Contractual obligations make titles second party. The company themselves do not have to be second party. If SCE publishes any of these titles they will retain rights of usage. That is something that a larger company, who does not need sony, would NOT do. Breath of fire is wholly owned by capcom but because of contractual agreements the Bof's after part 3, released on the Playstation, has not been remade for other consoles. Yet part one and part two (released on SNES) found thier way to the GBA. these games Tekken - Namco - Third Party Soul calibur - Namco - Third Party Front Mission - Squaresoft- Third Party Metal Gear Solid - Konami- Third Party Z.O.E - Konami- Third Party Devil May cry - Capcom- Third Party Final Fantasy - Squaresoft- Third Party Kingdom Hearts - Squaresoft- Third Party Tales of ... - Namco - Third Party Disgaea - Nippon Ichi Software- Third Party Valkyrie profile - Squaresoft- Third Party Onimusha - Capcom- Third Party Ace Combat - Namco - Third Party Xenosaga - Namco - Third Party Star ocean - Squaresoft- Third Party are made by third party but have a high chance of hitting the PS3 first or exclusively in the near future. Quite a few of these titles have never made it "off" the playstation line.