What are Third party companies???

Andy247 · 07-04-2009, 07:05 PM

ppl keep going on about Third party games and stuff but i have no idea what third party is!! can somebody please explain in full detail!! much appreciated

Skorp · 07-04-2009, 11:00 PM

A game made by nintendo or one of the companies nintendo owns is a first party game. A game made by another company for the wii is a third party game. Basically if it has nintendo characters like Mario, Samus, Kirby, Link (Zelda) then it is generally first party. Games that have no relation to any nintendo characters are usually third party

Examples:
Super Mario Galaxy is made by nintendo and is first party.
The Conduit made by High Voltage Software and Published by Sega is third party.

People are usually concerned about the difference because nintendo makes the wii and makes software for their system but in order to have a larger library and more games for the system it is important for third parties to make games for the system as well. Nintendo systems have generally relied heavily on first party software and third parties have a hard time making games for the system because nintendo games are such high quality and hard to compete with and customers generally are more comfortable buying nintendo made games because they know they'll be good.

Sony and Microsoft's systems don't have that many first party games, they rely much more on third party companies to make games for their systems.

Andy247 · 07-06-2009, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Skorp

A game made by nintendo or one of the companies nintendo owns is a first party game. A game made by another company for the wii is a third party game. Basically if it has nintendo characters like Mario, Samus, Kirby, Link (Zelda) then it is generally first party. Games that have no relation to any nintendo characters are usually third party

Examples:
Super Mario Galaxy is made by nintendo and is first party.
The Conduit made by High Voltage Software and Published by Sega is third party.

People are usually concerned about the difference because nintendo makes the wii and makes software for their system but in order to have a larger library and more games for the system it is important for third parties to make games for the system as well. Nintendo systems have generally relied heavily on first party software and third parties have a hard time making games for the system because nintendo games are such high quality and hard to compete with and customers generally are more comfortable buying nintendo made games because they know they'll be good.

Sony and Microsoft's systems don't have that many first party games, they rely much more on third party companies to make games for their systems.

Thank your a great person

Skippy · 07-06-2009, 10:10 AM

There are also Second-Party games too. Those are games made by companies owned or contracted by the main company.

Skorp · 07-06-2009, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Andy247

Thank your a great person

Last time I checked you thought I was an asshole...

Andy247 · 07-06-2009, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Skorp

Last time I checked you thought I was an asshole...

realy i dont remember sorry about that

Barris1024 · 07-06-2009, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Skippy

There are also Second-Party games too. Those are games made by companies owned or contracted by the main company.

wait what?
is that a joke or are you serious? (if you are serious please explain)

Skippy · 07-06-2009, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Barris1024

wait what?
is that a joke or are you serious? (if you are serious please explain)

No, I'm serious. Although it's a term that's mostly fallen out of usage anymore for whatever reason. Studios owned by Nintendo but are not Nintendo themselves would be considered second-party developers. Although these days, those games tend to be lumped into the first-party category since they're usually commisioned by and published by the console maker.

Skorp · 07-06-2009, 09:40 PM

I might be wrong but I think Metroid Prime is second party.

07-04-2009, 07:05 PM	#1
Andy247 WiiChat Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: A small house in England Posts: 105 Friends: 4 2810-2655-6636-3175	What are Third party companies??? ppl keep going on about Third party games and stuff but i have no idea what third party is!! can somebody please explain in full detail!! much appreciated

07-04-2009, 11:00 PM	#2
Skorp WiiChat Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 1,271 Friends: 5 2652-0001-8231-6800	A game made by nintendo or one of the companies nintendo owns is a first party game. A game made by another company for the wii is a third party game. Basically if it has nintendo characters like Mario, Samus, Kirby, Link (Zelda) then it is generally first party. Games that have no relation to any nintendo characters are usually third party Examples: Super Mario Galaxy is made by nintendo and is first party. The Conduit made by High Voltage Software and Published by Sega is third party. People are usually concerned about the difference because nintendo makes the wii and makes software for their system but in order to have a larger library and more games for the system it is important for third parties to make games for the system as well. Nintendo systems have generally relied heavily on first party software and third parties have a hard time making games for the system because nintendo games are such high quality and hard to compete with and customers generally are more comfortable buying nintendo made games because they know they'll be good. Sony and Microsoft's systems don't have that many first party games, they rely much more on third party companies to make games for their systems. __________________ Last edited by Skorp; 07-04-2009 at 11:07 PM.

07-06-2009, 09:40 PM	#9
Skorp WiiChat Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 1,271 Friends: 5 2652-0001-8231-6800	I might be wrong but I think Metroid Prime is second party. __________________

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07-06-2009, 10:10 AM	#4
Skippy WiiChat Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,841 Friends: 1	There are also Second-Party games too. Those are games made by companies owned or contracted by the main company.

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