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gergroy on 08 July 2014
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Areaz32 said:
gergroy said:

First party games made by second party studios... Is that better?

Second party studios sure.. just because they are exclusive doesnt make them first party games (btw wtf do you mean second party studio first party game?)


Any game published by a platform maker is considered first party.  There is no such thing as a second party game.  Second party developers are developers that work for platform makers, but arent owned by them.  

Second-party developer is a colloquial term used by gaming enthusiasts and media often used to describe two different types of game development studios:

  1. Independently owned studios who take development contracts from the platform holders and what they produce will usually be exclusive to that platform.
  2. Studios who are partially or wholly owned by the platform holder (also known as a subsidiary) and what they produce will usually be exclusive to that platform.

In reality, the resulting game is first party (since it is funded by the platform holder who usually owns the resulting IP), but the term helps to distinguish independent studios from those directly owned by the platform holder. These studios may have exclusive publishing agreements (or other business relationships) with the platform holder, while maintaining independence. Examples are Insomniac Games (which previously developed games solely for Sony's PlayStation platforms as an independent studio) and Game Freak, (which primarily develops the Nintendo-exclusive Pokémon game series).

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_developer

so yea, the order is considered a first party game...