What Is 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Party? | Why Are Bayonetta 2 & 3 Only On Nintendo Systems?
109Is Bayonetta 3 first or third party? Why is it exclusive for Nintendo Switch? Why was Bayonetta 2 only on Wii U? What does second party mean? All these questions and more will be answered in this video.
In this video I talk about the difference between first (1st), second (2nd), and third (3rd) party games and developers. I also describe the relationship between a publisher and developer. We also will go over a brief history of the Nintendo's relationship with both Gamefreak (Pokemon developer) and Rare (Banjo Kazooie developer). We will also touch on how much shares or stake a publisher owns can affect the publisher and developer relationship. The example we use is Microsoft and Rare.
2nd party is basically a colloquial term that can mean different things. What is important to understand is the relationship between a publisher, a developer, and the franchise or Intellectual Property (IP).
Here are some sources describing what 2nd party even means:
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2895753/exactly-what-is-a-third-party-and-who-are-the-first-and-second-party
- "The Next Generation 1996 Lexicon A to Z: Second Party". Next Generation. No. 15. Imagine Media. March 1996. p. 40. (You read can about this on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_developer#First-party_developer)
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