From EGM magazine:

Amid numerous rumors and reports, EGM has confirmed that Microsoft has indeed been paying off large developers to not take there titles to the Playstation 3. Reportedly, Microsoft dropped huge dollars over to 2K to keep Bioshock from hitting Sony's hands.

This amongst reports of the same actions taken on games like Stranglehold, Assassin's Creed and many others having their release dates pushed for the PS3 release not because of development issues, but because Microsoft has paid to have it that way. Not to mention GTA IV. Why has Microsoft gone through such great lengths to keep big titles out of Sony's hands? Only Microsoft themselves no the answer, but speculation is simple. The 360 has reached its full potential on current releases. Bioshock for example is based on the Unreal Engine, a code source that is known for using multiple GPU's and strong processing power. The 360 runs the game beautifully, but based on the hardware, it can definately do better. The Playstation 3 happens to have a stronger hardware base and it is rumored that running similar code, the PS3 version would be noticeably higher quality.

With the recent confirmation that MS has paid off numerous companies to keep their games off the PS3 for months or even forever, one might ask themselves if EA has received a similar offer to provide lesser quality games on the PS3 for those titles that have simultaneous or even delayed releases (Madden 08 anyone?).

With both power houses on the market in full force, it will be interesting to see where it will lead us. Let us hope that no matter how it pans out, that gamers will be the ones who win. Bring it.