The Reason Why Nintendo Can't Get 3rd Party Games

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armodillo17 said:

Roronaa_chan said:

That's what a third party game is

1st party owned and developed internally (like uncharted)

2nd party owned but developed externally (like bloodborne)

3rd party not-owned and developed externally (bayonetta 2)

 

At least in my book. And my book refuses all other doctrine

It's a second party game. The definition of 1st/2nd/3rd party has to do with who owns the IP and who publishes the IP.

1st = N/Sony/MS owns and publishes the IP

2nd = N/Sony/MS doesn't own the IP but does publish it.

3rd is N/Sony/MS neither owns nor publishes the IP

Second party games are extremely rare these days, because usually, when N/Sony/MS publish a game, they own the rights to the IP.

its really sad when they don't know which game is  first, second or third party.