Manlytears said:
Still, Japan Studios participated in the og Demon's Souls, how much?? Hard to say... We know that Bloodborne had a major participation of Japan Studios, there are many interviews that prove it. That said, we don't if the same is true with Demon's Souls, but it would be unfair to exclude Japan Studios... Yeah, kinda of a grey area... And the Remake... Well, Bluepoint participation reinforce Sony first party presence. The fucking line becomes even more blurry and grey. |
With Sony owning the IP and Japan Studios co-developing it, I consider both Demon's Souls and Bloodborne as Sony second party games.
Death Strading would be a trickier one, Sony owned the IP originally for 1, it is supposedly sold to Kojima now right before 2 released, Kojima Productions developed both but both were developed on a Sony engine, Decima from Guerilla Games, which they certainly helped him a lot with if they never participated in any kind of creative decision I would suppose.
I always considered that one second party but if Sony did sell the IP at least 2 may be considered thrid party.
