Is Sony the perfect first party publisher for Spiderman with Insomniac?

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JWeinCom said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

They are still second party for Sony. Sunset Overdrive was never Sony's IP so they got Microsoft to publish it since Sony wouldnt. They are still making an exclusive IP for Sony since Sony studios has the licensing rights to Spiderman movies and games.

I'm not sure if you can be a second party and also a third party.  I think second party implies some level of ownership and oversight from a first party over the overall company, and I don't believe Sony actually has any stake in Insomniac.

As for the licensing rights, they typically don't work that way.  With a company like Marvel, I would be willing to bet anything that Sony isn't allowed to block Spider-man games coming out on other systems, unless they're actually funding the game.

A second party is a third party contracted to make IP's for a first party. Insomniac has been a second solely to Sony since the early 2000's. Also, no. Sony makes shares profits with Marvel on the movies because they have licensing rights to the character for a certain amount of years. They could make an exclusive to the PS4 without it going to anyone else.  I dont know where the idea that they couldnt is coming from.