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Originally posted by Yoda9864
Well, he is my take on the different "parties" (and yes, this is way over-simplified):
1st party: The company that owns the console
2nd party: A company that has some sort of contract thingy that forces them to develop exclusively for a console
3rd party: A company that is totally independant and that can take it's games where-ever they want when-ever they want
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Under your definition, Rare is a third party because they can plublish thier own games... Plus they have no contract with Nintendo to make thier games exclusive. (even though the franchises they use have to stay exclusive)
But like I said before, I think it comes down to the games... there is a crystal clear difference between a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party game... but a developer can develop all three types of games at the same... NBA 2k2, and Sonic can be labeld as 2nd party (for Dreamcast) and third party (for Gamecube) games. So what "party" is Sega in?
Hybrid Mode
