LogFAQs > #961504236

Peak Konami and Capcom were putting out even more all time stuff than Square, with significantly more variety (and they actually put all of it out in Europe which is a major black mark against Square). Regardless, Japanese third party publishers used to absolutely dominate the console space.

Now it seems like third party AAA games (that arent annualised or live service games) barely exist any more. Its all consolidating around the first parties and exclusive deals - a majority of that sequels/spinoffs poll were either first party or had an exclusivity deal. The old publisher model is very much less than it was.