Doctor_MG said:
After reading the thread here, I honestly feel like you aren't correct in your interpretation of what a third party game is and what a first party game is. A game that is owned by the console maker is a first-party game. Suggesting otherwise means the likes of Kirby, Smash Bros, most Mario spin-off titles, Earthbound, and a bunch of other games aren't first party games. In addition, for many of these games that are developed by outside studios also receive the assistance of Nintendo and the head producer or director is often a Nintendo employee (i.e. Links Awakening remake has Eiji Aonuma, a Nintendo employee, as the lead producer). Suggesting that any game not developed by a first-party studio is considered a third-party game is also inconsiderate of the fact that outsourcing is incredibly common in the industry too. Horizon: Zero Dawn was outsourced for some of it's production, but no one would argue that Horizon: Zero Dawn isn't a first-party game. |
Yeah they are all first party games. As for the games developers.. its depends on what internal and external sources are used. Greg Miller from IGN did an interview with Insomniac and asked a similar question and asked what contributes towards a first party game.. they thought of themselves as 'second party' when they were an independent devs.
Where he asks them "second or third party":
Insomniac Games: Sony Interactive Entertainment is the publisher of the game. It's 1st Party.
Greg Miller then comes into and asks:
That's how it works? I thought they had to own the studio to be first party. Wouldn't this be second party?
Which Insomniac responds:
Insomniac Games: 2nd party doesn't really technically exist except to indicate outside studio doing a 1st party game
Which then Greg Miller asks:
...so Spidey is First AND Second?
And Insomniac responds, with an example for another franchise they developed for Sony
Think of it more as inclusionary. Ratchet is a 1st party game. Insomniac is 2nd party developer.