Nintendo 1st party actually reminds me of Microsoft 1st party or vise versa

[pokoko]

Hynad said:

pokoko said:

No it isn't.  Not at all, actually.  One of the two examples given by the OP is State of Decay, a game developed by a third party developer.  That means the subject is "first party games" and not "first party studios".

From the way he worded his OP, it is obvious he mistook the game as being made by Microsoft. When you consider how he talks about "Nintendo games". And what you describe would fall under second party game, not first party.

But if I'm wrong on that, that still doesn't make sense of the Nioh situation I pointed out. ^__-

It could be either one, depending on what he intended.  He never specified that he meant first party studios and his example indicated published.  If he didn't then he made a mistake but I'm not going to assume that.  "First party games" are those where the platform holder also has publishing rights.

As for Nioh, it would be a first party game in regions where Sony has publishing rights, a third party game where they do not.  It's not something I care enough to argue over, though.  If someone want to include it, fine, if they don't, that's also fine.