Second-party developer

Second-party developer

In the video game industry, a second-party developer is a developer who, while being a separate entity from any console manufacturer, is tied to a specific one usually through contract or partial ownership and makes games specifically for that console manufacturer.

The defining characteristic is that a second-party developer is a company completely separate from the manufacturer, while first-party developers are considered to be a "division" of the console maker itself.

A second-party developer can be an internal studio. For example, Intelligent Systems, developers of the original "Metroid" games (as well as the "Fire Emblem," Paper Mario, and "Advance Wars" games), is an internal Nintendo studio and therefore not second-party. Camelot Software Planning, developer of the "Golden Sun", "Mario Golf" and "Mario Tennis" games, is an example of another second-party developer.When Monolith Soft created and Baten Kaitos Origins for the Game Cube, they were considered third party, but Nintendo has bought them since, making them a second-party.

The term "second-party" is an official business term like "first-party" and "third-party", and is used simply to distinguish between third-party developers who develop games for various video game consoles.

See also

* First-party developer
* Third-party developer


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