[Industry]: Bungie goes 2nd-party

[Phantasee]

Actually, what Vendetta said is what I've always thought to be the case. Interesting that we had the same understanding.

[Bounty]

I've never heard "second party" used that way in a gaming context. And much as I loathe to use IGN as a reference, they agree with me, as do a damn lot of sites and forums that Google spits out when I search for the term.

[Fleet Admiral JD]

My dad (A Ninty employee) explains that First-party is the company, second-party are manufacturers who make games for the company, and third-parties manufacture for themselves.