RolStoppable said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Sorry, i've been away for a while. Anyway, is it really first party or is it merely publishing rights that Nintendo has? Microsoft used the same thing with Gears of War. People tried to argue whether Gears of War was first or third party and its quite clear last gen Gears was merely a third party exclusive with publishing rights. Microsoft only recently purchased the IP before they made the Coalition. Same thing with Sunset Overdrive. Microsoft only recently gave back publishing rights to Remedy for Alan Wake, so now they are free to do remasters anywhere they please for the specific game.
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Bayonetta 2 and 3 are really first party. Nintendo funded the development, so they own the copyright for the games with Sega.
Bayonetta 1 is only published by Nintendo on Nintendo consoles, so it remains third party.
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https://trademarks.justia.com/774/44/bayonetta-77444642.html
first party means one of two things:
1) intellectual property owned by the console manufacturer.
2) an in-house developer making a game for a console manufacturer off of its own publishing budget.
Last edited by S.T.A.G.E. - on 12 December 2019
