This whole conversation is hilarious. I'll chime in with my understanding. "Party" is only that of the publisher to developer for an IP. So God of War is 1st party for (notice this word FOR) Sony, since Sony owns the IP---regardless of where the game is released (console/PC/etc). 2nd party only refers to IP owned but developed by non-own developer studios---this 2nd party notion was dismissed by Insomniac games that no 2nd Party really exists--reality is, only 1st party and 3rd party are actually real--because regardless of whether the studio is owned by the publisher or not---the IP is, hence it's still 1st party. 3rd party are IPs that are developed independently from a publisher. Therefore, if a Developer or rather---even publisher for that matter, has their own IP but releases on another's platform---it is a third party. So........................you guys are both right---all-in-all.
- MLB The Show is a 1st-party game FOR Sony, and a third-party game for Microsoft. So the game is both a 1st party and third party game at the same time.
- So before Activision was bought by MS, Call of Duty was a 1st party game for Activision, but a third party game for both MS and Sony.
- Demon Soul's is a first party game for Sony (sony owns IP). Dark Souls is a third party game for Sony (ip not owned by Sony)----both developed by From Software.
Hope this helps. LOL----or maybe hope I'm not wrong. XD XD.
I am going to apply your logic
So Assassin's Creed is 1st party for (notice this word FOR)Ubisoft since Ubisoft owns the IP---regardless of where the game is released (console/PC/etc).
Is Ubisoft considered a first party or third party developer?
For Sony and MS, AC is third party. For Ubi, AC is first-party. Ubisoft also has published third party games as well. Remember Ubisoft has the "Ubisoft Original" tagline implying it's first party developed. Here's a link.
Ubisoft Originals
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