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.

"Only Microsoft themselves no the answer, but speculation is simple."

That itself makes EGM Magazine hard to trust. Rofl.

Oh and you're supposed to give direct links when quoting copyrighted material, not just the maker's name unless it's its own publisher.

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....it's a magazine.

righttttttt so you didn't get it off the net?

You copied that out of the magazine itself?

If you didn't remake that with your keyboard from reading the mag, you need to direct link the article.

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Ummm. duh. lol.

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lol, I thought that was common sense?

Since assassin's creed and GTAIV and shit, it's been obvious Microsoft was throwing money around.

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I still prefer a 360 over a ps3 just about any day.

lol Microsoft, such haters, like 50 pushin Styles back

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who really gives a flying fuck?

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the people in this thread so if you don't then what really was the point in you posting here?

word who gives a fuck really....
just make ya games and fuck 360 PS3 NIGGA!....

Its a fucking video game....who gives a fuck

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it's a video game system and a company war.

but word who gives a fuck.

(plus i kinda doubt it's true unless the person who runs xbox isn't Bill Gates. 'cuz I think Bill G's a good guy, he just has a lot of bugs in everything he creates in his company.)

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I guess I do... I love video games. They're fun.

Do you like or follow any sports? Sports are just games, but if people didn't give a fuck about them then the sporting industry wouldn't be a multi-billion (trillion?) dollar industry.

Likewise, if there wasn't people who gave a fuck about the video games industry, it wouldn't be a multi-billion dollar industry... Not to mention the most successful company in the world wouldn't be part of that industry if nobody gave a fuck about it.

So if you were implying that nobody gives a fuck about it, then I guess you're wrong lol. If you were honestly asking who gives a fuck about it, then... I dunno... I guess like... me, indeph, 2v... a couple of people I know... And the millions of people that fuel the industry or something... *shrug* ... Weird question.

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