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kitler53 on 02 June 2014
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Wright said:
kitler53 said:

first party: the console manufaturer owns the IP and the studio

second party: the console manufaturer owns the ip but contracts an external studio

third party: the console manufaturer own neither the ip or the studio.


I disagree with the Second and Third party definition. Heavy Rain isn't owned by Sony, yet Quantic Dream is a Second Party Developer.

Sony owns the Demon's Souls IP, but From Software is a third party developer.

 

I think Second Party just means a developer who publishes a game exclusively on one console, no matter who owns the IP.


sorry but heavy rain was originally slated for both ps3 and 360,..  it is a third party exclusive.  it is no more sony's than the witness, exlusive because they found mutually beneficial terms (marketing) but sony has no real ownership in the games. 

demon's souls is a second party franchise hence why from software had to abandon the IP and create dark souls to go multiplat.  ratchet and clank/insomniac is also second party hence why insomniac is free to pursue multiplates and xbox exlusives on the side,.. just not with the R&C IP.