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2nd party means they still are exclusive to 360 but they have creative reign so they can make whatever they please but they’re still stuck in 360. I could be wrong about 2nd party, but I’m pretty sure it goes like this:

1st party : owned by publisher, told what to do, has to do it
2nd party : partially owned by publisher, can only develop for publisher, has creative freedom
3rd party : can do whatever they want and develop for whoever they want