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First Party developers

First-party developers are the members of the company responsible for making the game console and only develops for that company. These developers can use the companies name like Nintendo, they use the division name Sony's Polyphony Digital, they could also have been an independent studio before like Naughty Dog who were acquired by the console manufacturer. One of Rockstars first party games is GTA on Xbox due to Microsoft originally had all the rights so it was only available was on Xbox consoles.

Second Party developers

There are two kinds of second part developers, the first are studios who work with the platform holders and form a contract to make games for them normally they will be exclusive to that companies platform. The second are only partly owned by the platform holder so have a little more free range, but the games are still usually only for that platform. The final outcome is usually a first party game due to getting funds from the platform holder, but this term separates those who are and aren’t owned by platform holders.

Third Party developers

Third party developers also create games for certain publishers however, it is the publisher who gets the final say this time. Therefore they have a lot more free roam compared to the other two, the publisher most of the time gets more of a say than the platform holder does. As long as they stick to the contract deadlines and alert the company they will receive more loyalties.