How different is third-party support on Nontendo platforms

[Mr Khan]

pokoko said:
Games are made by development studios. First- or third-party, who really gives a damn? I play anything that interests me, without regard to publisher. The need some people have to love anything made by the studios owned by the console manufacturer they like most is puzzling to me.

Besides that, I find the generalization of 'third-party' into a single homogeneous group to be amusing. They are separate and diverse businesses with different goals, philosophies, and methods. I've come to hate the over-simplification of the term 'third-party' almost as much as I've come to hate the term 'indie'.

Are they really all that diverse? At least when it comes to high-profile releases? In terms of gameplay, certainly, but they've all been moving some sort of design singularity in terms of aesthetic, aside from niche JRPGs.