Correct
Koei owns the rights.
Also correct
Wrong
Wrong, or at least it's wrong now that Sony doesn't own thr IP anymore.
Wrong, Sony doesn't own the IP.
Wrong, Sony doesn't own the IP.
Wrong, for a game to be first party, the platform holder needs to own the IP. Very simple, I bet you might understand it in the future.
Explain to me Call of Duty in Japan or Final Fantasy in Asia (outside of Japan). These games were published by PlayStation there.
Explain to me why Microsoft had to buy the Gears Of War IP in order to keep making the games instead of Epic going multiplatform with it.
Explain to me Mass Effect arriving on PlayStation (with EA publishing it) after being published by Microsoft on X360.
What about LEGO Horizon? From Sony's perspective, is it only 1st party on PlayStation? Isn't it anymore a Sony game on Switch?
Wrong, for a game to be first party, the platform holder needs to own the IP. Very simple, I bet you might understand it in the future.
--> No. One criteria : Is the publisher of the game the same entity as the platform the game is played on. If Yes, then it's a first party game.
Explain to me Call of Duty in Japan or Final Fantasy in Asia (outside of Japan). These games were published by PlayStation there.
--> If played on a PlayStation console, then yes that was a first party game.
Explain to me why Microsoft had to buy the Gears Of War IP in order to keep making the games instead of Epic going multiplatform with it.
--> They bought the IP to keep making the game, has nothing to do with first party or not. The first Gears of War was still a MS first party game on X360 even if they didn't own the IP.
Explain to me Mass Effect arriving on PlayStation (with EA publishing it) after being published by Microsoft on X360.
--> It was a first party game on X360. The game on PlayStation is a third party game.
What about LEGO Horizon? From Sony's perspective, is it only 1st party on PlayStation? Isn't it anymore a Sony game on Switch?
--> On PlayStation, it's a first party game. It's a third party game everywhere else.
One criteria : Is the publisher of the game the same entity as the platform the game is played on. If Yes, then it's a first party game. If not, it's third party.