What's the diff. between 1st Party, 2nd Party and 3rd Party Developement as far as Consoles are concerned?

[GoldenGuppy]

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[Demosthenes]

1st party - The console maker creating games for its own system. Ex: Sega, Nintendo
2nd party - An outside developer who only makes games for one peticular console.. so almost a 1st party Ex: Rare-N64
3rd party - Any old developer who makes games for any console they choose Ex:Namco, Electronic Arts, and so on..

 

[GoldenGuppy]

Thanks

 

[ltk007]

Almost right Demosthenes, except for you second party definition

Second party is when a company colaborates with the console maker to make the game. A lot of second party companies are partially owned by the console maker (Rare is partially owned by Nintendo). However, just because the developer is second party, doesn't mean they won't make games for other companies. A good example is Lucasarts. Shadows of the Empire for the N64 was second party, but they still make games for other systems.