Ass of Can Whooping
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It is a first party game
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It is a first party game
They bought the studio? Nope second party game lol.
Bo_Hazem
Banned
The only other company that does remasters right is Capcom, the rest deserve all the shit because they make lazy, garbage remasters that barely can be called "patches".
Haggard
Banned
no....
Not being developed by a Sony studio disqualifies it for that description.
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Ass of Can Whooping
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Haggard
Banned
Either you are trollbaiting or you do not understand the basic relationship between developer and publisher......
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SilentUser
Member
I'm happy for them. Hopefully the game will recover it's cost at least, they deserve it. Will try this game one day, just can't play it for now as I lack time and there are other games on my backlog waiting to be finished 
Bo_Hazem
Banned
It's called 1st party because the IP is owned by Sony and published by Sony. Second party is a new phrase to make it more detailed but it's inaccurate in practice. It's like calling this game a 2nd person game because you have 3rd person mode and 1st person mode inside the house/ship.
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Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
Whether a game is first party or third party revolves around ownership
Not difficult to understand
Why do you think Naughty Dog is called a first party studio?
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Bo_Hazem
Banned
When you go to a shop/groceries/restaurant you don't buy all the stuff they offer there, same with games.
Haggard
Banned
Simply wrong.
Sony is the publisher but they are NOT the developers nor do they own the developer. It is not a first party game simply by the official definition of that term.
Video game developer - Wikipedia
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Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
Why do you think Naughty Dog is called a first party studio?
Wikipedia is not a source.
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Haggard
Banned
Because Sony owns it.......
references...... But guess that`s asking too much....
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Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
And Sony owns returnal
Holy shit you figured it out congratulations
You're using unqualified randos on the internet as a source of evidence
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muteZX
Banned
Here's another one, I've been playing games since Pong and Atari 2600. I don't need a Ryzen CPU with 10T GPU and hyperfast SSD for simple PS1-PS2 games, and the market doesn't offer anything else in this genre. Returnal is a simple AA action game.
Klayzer
Member
Papacheeks
Banned
If they paid for the game's development it is First party. Nintendo did the same thing with Platinum games for Bayonetta 2/3. Which is why those titles are locked to Nintendo's platform.
Nintendo owns the title of B2.
If Sony owns the rights to the Returnal IP then It is 100% first party.
First Party doesn't mean all internal development. It means games that are publishing and funded by said platform. Before Insomniac's purchase Spiderman was and still considered first party because of License ownership, and Sony published and paid for games development. Same goes with All other titles made by insomniac back in PS2-PS3 days. First party titles.
Haggard
Banned
Having an exclusivity deal with the developer does not make a game first party.
Owning the developer does.
bullshit from start to finish. Owning the rights to an IP makes it exclusive but not first party. that term is exclusively reserved for the owner of the developers! Platinum Games are independent. And an exlusivity deal does not make a game first party at all......
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Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
So, Gears 1, 2 and 3 aren't Microsoft first party, but Gears 4 and 5 are?
Do you realise how daft that sounds?
Thirty7ven
Banned
It's a first party game made by a third party. Get it?
If Sony hired BumFuck Interactive to develop the next Uncharted....
MS didn't own the IP though, merits saying.
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Bo_Hazem
Banned
Well, maybe you've reached the end road of gaming, honestly. Trying playing new genres that you usually hate/don't like, this might bring some refreshing experiences to you.
lh032
I cry about Xbox and hate PlayStation.
its time to retire gaming, boomer.
Haggard
Banned
Facts don`t give a damn about how they sound to you. exclusivity deals != first party. At best wrongfully called 2nd party.
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Tomeru
Member
What article?
Papacheeks
Banned
Yea, I think it's considered more second party if the platform holder pays for development. WHile third party is split with publishing rights.
Klayzer
Member
That's absolutely wrong. Owning the IP makes it first party. The developer doesn't matter. Sony could contract any developer to make a game for the IP.
gunslikewhoa
Member
reviews are out in 20 minutes
Haggard
Banned
nonsense.
First party is exclusively defined as "developed in-house". Look it up.....
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Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
I know but now that they've bought it, the argument is basically
Because Gears 1, 2 and 3 were developed by Epic those games are third party
Because Gears 4, and 5 was developed by Coilition those are first party
It's just taking something incredibly simple and convulting it
Ellery
Member
Sony’s Obsession With Blockbusters Is Stirring Unrest Within PlayStation Empire
A small team had big ambitions for a Last of Us remake, but Sony handed the work to star studio Naughty Dog.
www.bloomberg.com
There is no such thing as a second party game. It's a first party game.
What would Halo Infinite be considering they had to hire SperaSoft to help development? Second and a half party?
A game is either first party or third party. Returnal is a first party game. It is entirely owned by Sony.
Bo_Hazem
Banned
It's not an exclusivity deal though, it's Sony owning this IP and Housemarque "can't" publish this game anywhere. Just like Sony owns Demon's Souls and Bloodborne and FromSoftware can't do shit about it if they wanna make sequels via other devs.
Returnal is like paying a good cook to come home and cook for you, you own the food and you pay for the cook and the food and you own the recipe.
Exclusivity deal is like going to an existing restaurant and strike an exclusive deal with them to only provide food for your company for a limited time, while the recipe is theirs and can offer the same food for other customers later or make an upgraded (sequel) recipe and offer it publicly (multiplats).
Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
You think Returnal is an exclusivity deal?
If i'm hired to make a product that you ultimately own, that's not an exclusivity deal, that's just you hiring me to make something for you.
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Haggard
Banned
Yes, it is incredibly simple. Devloped in-house => first party, developed by an independent studio 2nd or 3rd party depending on the type of contract.
Klayzer
Member
Correct, your debate is nonsense. First sensible post so far. Baby steps, I guess.
Thirty7ven
Banned
This isn't an exclusive deal. I think you're confused.
Tomeru
Member
Ah that shit.Sony’s Obsession With Blockbusters Is Stirring Unrest Within PlayStation Empire
A small team had big ambitions for a Last of Us remake, but Sony handed the work to star studio Naughty Dog.
Haggard
Banned
So we`re into semantics now.....
Exclusivity deal, comissioned work...simply doesn`t matter. Both cases disqualify the product as first party.
Papacheeks
Banned
Gears 1-3 at the time were developed by Epic, the IP's were exclusive to Microsoft. But license wise xbox didnt own it. It was similar to Platinum games with Nintendo which is more of a second party. As in all publishing and development is paid by the platform holder/company but the developer isn't owned by them.
Insomniac before their purchase it was weird, because Sony owned the IP's, but at the time not insomniac. I guess it was second party, but the games. licenses and ip's 100% owned by SOny at the time. It gets murky to be honest. I know for the most part a lot of first party is defined by internal studio development from the platform holder.
But if you own the rights to the ip and exclusively work with a specific developer the only thing that makes it not first is internal studio ownership, even if Sony/MS are paying for everything.
Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
So Naughty Dog is a first party studio because they were developed in-house?
Is Insomniac still a third party studio then?
Haggard
Banned
Insomniac is also Sony owned.So Naughty Dog is a first party studio because they were developed in-house?
Is Insomniac still a third party studio then?
If you want to play dumb then try to be less convincing.....
Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
Exactly
Insomniac is Sony owned therefore it's first party
Naughty Dog is Sony owned therefore its first party
Returnal is Sony owned therefore its first party
Bo_Hazem
Banned
Returnal features a lot of the things we expect from modern first-party PlayStation games: stunning visuals, a strong narrative element and a focus on single-player.
www.techradar.com
Half a year out from the launch of the console globally and roughly three months since the India PS5 launch, I get to check if Returnal is ready to carry the heavy burden of being essentially the only first-party PS5 game until Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is out.
in.ign.com
First party game doesn't always mean first party studio. Let's not mix.
PS5 exclusive Returnal is weird and brilliant – and Sony needs more like it
Opinion: Sony’s PS5 exclusives should become more diverse
Half a year out from the launch of the console globally and roughly three months since the India PS5 launch, I get to check if Returnal is ready to carry the heavy burden of being essentially the only first-party PS5 game until Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is out.
Returnal May Just Be the First PS5 Exclusive Worth Buying
"That... that can't be here..."
First party game doesn't always mean first party studio. Let's not mix.
Insane Metal
Member
This can't be right, I heard Jim is killing Sony by making it only invest in big AAAAA games!
Haggard
Banned
Still pretending to not understand the difference between "publishing" and "development", I see....
Comissioned independent work can never be first party.
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Thirty7ven
Banned
Developers =/= games.
Housermaque is a third party developer. Sony doesn't own them.
Returnal is first party game and IP. Sony owns it.
If I go on google...
(Demon Souls is a first party game, BluePoint is a third party developer)
First party games released on PS3
These are all the first party games Sony released on PS3 in North America.
www.giantbomb.com
(Resistance is a First party game, Insomniac was a third party developer)
PS: Don't forget that Returnal wasn't developed just by Housemarque, it will have involved Sony VASG and maybe even others.
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Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
Stick with the Atari VCS and you'll be a happy bunny
Papacheeks
Banned
I think his point is Sony doesn't own Housemarque. So there for it falls in that Second/Third party. i thought if you owned the IP regardless of internal/external studio it was considered first party. But I guess it seems that if the studio is internal it makes it first party?
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